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North Korea today declared themselves a nuclear power and among other things they stated that they demand the United Nations lift sanctions placed against them in response to their October 9th nuclear test (background) also they called for the lifting of financial sanctions placed against them by the United States.

North Korea defiantly declared itself a nuclear power Monday at the start of the first full international arms talks since its atomic test and threatened to increase its arsenal if its demands were not met. Reiterating those demands in its opening speech, the North said the United Nations must lift the sanctions imposed on the communist nation for its Oct. 9 nuclear test. It also said the United States must remove the financial restrictions that led the North to break off the six-nation negotiations 13 months ago.