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NEWS BRIEFS
Issue date: 10/5/06 Section: News
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World News
Democratic People's Republic of Korea announces testing of nuclear weapons
The North Korean government announced Tuesday that it plans to conduct a nuclear test at an unspecified future date. Prior to the statement, issued by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, the DPRK had only asserted its right to conduct such tests.
Thus far both the U.S. and Japan have condemned the announcement as belligerent and unnecessarily provocative. John Bolton, the American ambassador to the U.N., said that the matter should be taken to the Security Council.
In its statement, North Korea maintained that nuclear tests were needed to ensure its security as a deterrent against military action from nations like the United States.
Six-way multilateral talks regarding North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons had previously broken down. Testing of medium and long range ballistic missiles added further tension on the international stage.
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National News
Pennsylvania schoolhouse killer revealed tendencies towards molestation
A lone shooter killed five students in a small Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on Monday. The gunman, Charles Roberts IV, entered the school and held the occupants hostage.
After letting all males and three women with babies loose, he bound the remaining females' feet. He shot 10 girls at close range, and then killed himself when police forces entered through a window. Five girls are still hospitalized, four in critical condition.
Police said Tuesday that suicide notes and interviews with his wife indicated that Roberts may have molested two younger family members 20 years ago, and that he desired to so now.
Congressman Foley may have had cybersex with underage congressional page
Representative Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigned Friday after allegations that he had sent inappropriate and sexually suggestive e-mails to a former male congressional page, then 16 years old. Other former pages have also come forward, delivering transcripts from 2003 to ABC News detailing internet sex with the Congressman.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea announces testing of nuclear weapons
The North Korean government announced Tuesday that it plans to conduct a nuclear test at an unspecified future date. Prior to the statement, issued by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, the DPRK had only asserted its right to conduct such tests.
Thus far both the U.S. and Japan have condemned the announcement as belligerent and unnecessarily provocative. John Bolton, the American ambassador to the U.N., said that the matter should be taken to the Security Council.
In its statement, North Korea maintained that nuclear tests were needed to ensure its security as a deterrent against military action from nations like the United States.
Six-way multilateral talks regarding North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons had previously broken down. Testing of medium and long range ballistic missiles added further tension on the international stage.
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National News
Pennsylvania schoolhouse killer revealed tendencies towards molestation
A lone shooter killed five students in a small Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on Monday. The gunman, Charles Roberts IV, entered the school and held the occupants hostage.
After letting all males and three women with babies loose, he bound the remaining females' feet. He shot 10 girls at close range, and then killed himself when police forces entered through a window. Five girls are still hospitalized, four in critical condition.
Police said Tuesday that suicide notes and interviews with his wife indicated that Roberts may have molested two younger family members 20 years ago, and that he desired to so now.
Congressman Foley may have had cybersex with underage congressional page
Representative Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigned Friday after allegations that he had sent inappropriate and sexually suggestive e-mails to a former male congressional page, then 16 years old. Other former pages have also come forward, delivering transcripts from 2003 to ABC News detailing internet sex with the Congressman.
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