North Korea - with a “little pressure” from the Chinese appears to be backing off it’s nuke stance:
“BEIJING - In exchange for fuel aid, North Korea agreed Tuesday to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing [...]

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As I said in the previous posting, China would have to step in to reign in Kim as only they really can.
Looks like it took place.
” Jong Il Thursday and delivered a message from Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to press South Korea on Thursday [...]

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Crazy Kim threatens to do three more times what he f-ked up the first time.
” North Korea has informed China that it is prepared to conduct “as many as three additional tests” following the first nuclear experiment Oct. 9, CNN television reported Wednesday.
Quoting U.S. intelligence analysts and officials, CNN and Fox News said U.S. spy [...]

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Via CNN:
“he U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to slap North Korea with trade, travel and other sanctions as punishment for its claimed nuclear weapons test.
President Bush described the U.N. action as a “swift and tough” message that the world is “united in our determination to see to it that the Korean Peninsula is nuclear-weapons [...]

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Michelle ask, Another test?
Nope, just an earthquake in Japan.
“A big earthquake off Japan has sparked rumours of a second nuclear test by North Korea, a US official says.
The US Geological Survey said it had detected a 5.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast off northern Japan and a US official said the temblor appeared to be [...]

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It’s so predictable. No sooner than Kim lit his firecracker in the mountains, did the Democrats and their enablers on the left blame Bush. The Washington Post continues the syndrome:
“Nearly five years after President Bush introduced the concept of an “axis of evil” comprising Iraq, Iran and North Korea, the administration has reached a [...]

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Breaking….
“North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test.
U.S. and South Korean officials could not immediately confirm the report.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the underground test was performed successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.
South Korean intelligence officials said a seismic wave of magnitude-3.58 had been [...]

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In this editorial in the NY Times, the writer tries to blame the nuclear escalation in North Korean on President Bush.
“Unless something changes soon, by the end of President Bush‚Äôs second term North Korea will have produced enough plutonium for 10 or more nuclear weapons while Iran‚Äôs scientists will be close to mastering the skills [...]

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