North Korea 'shows nuclear deterrent' to U.S. delegation

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3857902/

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North Korea said Saturday that it showed its "nuclear deterrent" to an unofficial U.S. delegation that visited the communist country's disputed Yongbyon nuclear facility.

Members of the delegation, which included John W. Lewis, a Stanford University professor emeritus of international relations, said Saturday they saw the nuclear facility but couldn't give details until information about their trip is reported to Washington.

The visit came amid efforts to arrange a new round of six-nation talks on ending a standoff over the North's suspected nuclear weapons program, which Pyongyang says is necessary to defend the country against a possible U.S. invasion.

"As everybody knows, the United States compelled the DPRK to build a nuclear deterrent," North Korea's official KCNA news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying. "We showed this to Lewis and his party this time."