N.Korea Blast Cause Unclear But Many Theories
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An accident at an underground munitions  depot or a weapons factory was the likely cause of a huge  explosion in North Korea last week, and there were possibly two  blasts, South Korean media reports said on Monday.
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BEIJING - Video footage of the area where North Korea said a huge explosion occurred showed dozens of workers swarming around a dusty construction site resembling a large dam project, while a foreign diplomat who visited the site said Friday he found no sign the blast was nuclear.    South Korea, meanwhile, said a mushroom-shaped plume thought to be from the Sept...
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SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a plume of smoke more than two miles wide into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday. Secretary of State Colin Powell said the explosion Thursday was not a nuclear test but that it was not known yet what caused it...
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ELEANOR HALL: A huge explosion in North Korea near the border with China has sparked fears around the world about the communist regime&#39;s nuclear capacity.
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TEHRAN -- An explosion in a southern city some 110 miles from a nuclear facility sparked fears yesterday of a missile attack, and Iranian authorities gave conflicting explanations for the blast, including friendly fire in a military area and construction work.
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WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that the United States did not know what caused a huge mysterious blast in North Korea last week but it was not a nuclear test.
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North Korea's explanation that a  blast last week was demolition work for a power project rather  than a nuclear explosion squared with what Washington saw,  Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday.
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SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge column of smoke into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday.    The South Korean government said it was trying to confirm the report of an explosion at 11 a.m...
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South Korea's intelligence agency said that North Korea may have built nuclear bombs but lacked the technical know-how to mount them on missiles.
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SEOUL : Communist North Korea&#39;s claim that a huge and mysterious explosion was caused by a civil engineering project might be true, South Korea&#39;s intelligence agency has said.
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South Korean officials said Tuesday they were trying to verify North Korea's claim that a huge explosion last week was caused by the demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project.
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North Korea says last week&#39;s massive explosion in a remote area of the country&#39;s north was the result of deliberate demolition work.
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Communist North Korea's claim that a huge and mysterious explosion was caused by a civil engineering project might be true, according to South Korea's intelligence agency.
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SEOUL, South Korea  - A huge explosion rocked  North Korea three days ago but U.S. and South Korean officials  said on Sunday it was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons  test despite a report the blast produced a mushroom cloud.
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A trip by diplomats to the site of a  mysterious blast in North Korea has been delayed for logistical  reasons, Western diplomats based in Pyongyang said on  Wednesday.
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Intelligence officials in South Korea say the mysterious blast in North Korea may have been from a hydro-electric dam project, as Pyongyang claims.
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South Korea is seeking independent  verification on the nature of a huge blast in North Korea last  week, which its communist neighbor has said was linked to a  hydroelectric scheme, government officials said on Tuesday.