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Show Page KU THE DAILY HERALD, (wwwJtaitTheHenldcom), Prow, Utah, Friday, April 23, 2003 .- AS?i there appears to be no record of such a previous North By GLENN KESSLER TheWuhingtoBhx Korean statement . At one point, the North Korean official, Li pun, pulled aside the top senior official. r North Korean negotiators told US. officials in Beijing that tN winnpitft rigrn Assistant Secretary of otate has nuclear and weapons threatened to export them or conduct a "physical demonstration," US. officials said Thursday Ityongyang has never before admitted it had nuclear weapons, though the CIA has estimated it had the materials for one or two devices. The disclosure at the talks the first meeting by North Korean and US. officials since October, when North Korea admitted it had a second, secret nuclear pro;:;; suggested gram Pyongyang was determined to strike a belligerent stance, James Kelry, and in effect told him: "we've got nukes. We cant dismantle them. It's up to you whether we do a physical demonstration or transfer them." US officials are still puzzling over the statement and US officials . If you took so , t , ; Bay col, i.iezulin orTZphedra c The hbui ifSpi c4 3-49- 12 : private-Officia- ; , Helping tlifi injured for over 32 ..ears www.utah-la- said. The statement about haying nuclear weapons was made during the first day of talks, during the presentation of talking points, and the North Koreans said they had made the same admission in 1993. But US officials have contacted former Clinton administration officials and - , w li3bW-- LilUXJ JYI15UU ... ; said the turned into threatening to test a nuclear material for two to three f weapon. But, one official said, ; nuclear bombs within a few ;r-, v r 5t was very fast, very categor- -. months. y. ' China joined the talks as ical and obviously very script host and full, participant m ed." Li, the deputy director cf the . djacussions, mat cegan aiwursvumuiu 'American anam iar rjwin vveanesaa Korea's foreign Ministry, also comment on the talks, China said the discussions had toldtheAmericansthatNorth Korea has almost completed helped promote understand-- , reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel . ingand would help in fading rods a statement not con- - a solution. But a US. official, ls sdd that the Oimese firmed by US mtelligenc& believe that may just ry are in disbelief over the be a bluff, but ifs a sobering North Korean statements. Officials allude to testing weapons; . ;:'-- ' - U Hospital in China closed due to SARS ByAUDRAANG Associated Press Writer PF.T.TTWfl J-- Aiihnmtfaa a major hospital Thursday and put patients ' and closed 2,000 workers under observation for the SARS virus, while across the city, anxious residents emptied grocery stores of rice, oil and frozen food in a ... till! bout of The People's Hospital of Peking University was the second medical facility to close because of severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed four more people, raising Beijing's' death toll to 3d. Nationwide, 110 people have died from the disease, the Health Ministry said. The hospital was being dis infected, and a university offi cial said an unknown number of patients and 2,262 employf ees were moved for observation to another hospital, one of six designated to handle l panic-buyin- g. SARS. However, a sign outside the building, which was cordoned off with .police tape, -- said ' ' ' from everything inside patients to equipment was being kept there to stem the spread of the SARS virus. The university official, who would only give his surname; Sun, said he didnt know how many patients were in the hospital; the hospital Web site says it has 1,020 beds. It was also unclear how many hospital staff might still be inside. It was China's latest action this week along with the closing of public schools and to plans for a quarantine try to contain the respiratory disease. Its spread has touched on virtually every aspect ofsociety, from tourism to business to sports. The effects of the disease were also being felt though f in Canada. less profoundly Both Toronto and Beying were added Wednesday to a list of other Chinese cities as places travelers should avoid Toronto has far fewer cases than China and only 16 deaths, but the World Health Organization said it had exported SARS cases to other countries. Canadian, officials, fearing a continued decline in asked the WHO to business, 1 reconawer, um noma mat was 1 L A- -J unlikely. , Jn Bering, the airport and train. ' stations were packed this week with people trying to flea ; Shoppere worried that officials might close stores as a preventive measure, or worse, $ quarantine all of Beying, which would cut off food sup--, plies. They have been rushing to clear the shelves of eggs, dumplings, soy sauce, rice and VV If ' 1 1 1,1 t:.. iViUHM: : I it a m a, I 5f : '"'W.'o.. mi-- ....... ,r' ..ffi' MWi 4 .. . ALL MERCHANDISE IS SELECTED, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Selection varies by store. 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