uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
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> The Hindu
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> Thursday, Aug 25, 2005
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> A.Q. Khan gave North Korea centrifuges, confirms Musharraf
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> Pakistan is self-reliant in nuclear and missile development, says President
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> [Abdul Qadeer Khan]
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> TOKYO: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed that disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan provided North Korea with centrifuge machines and their designs, Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday.
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> Mr. Khan, revered in Pakistan as the man who gave his country the weapons capability to balance that of the nuclear-armed neighbour India, admitted last year to leaking nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Mr. Khan deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, considering how conducive to peace is the possession of nuclear weapons by potential targets of u.s. aggression.
Carrol