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We talked about the North Korean nuclear tests and the death of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya and it seems people are still talking about both of these today - but what can we say today that wasn't said yesterday? Any thoughts?

Yesterday we asked people whether or not they were worried by the claimed nuclear test, and surprisingly many were not too worried. We received many texts like this one:

Matimo, India

North has the knowledge. They have the technology, as do other countries... Fighting with North Korea is not a solution, Let the rest of the world talk to them about proper utilization of its weapons for safeguarding and not terrorizing the world ..

The rights and wrongs of the situation aside, what should now be done about North Korea? What can be done?
Please send us your suggestions and don't forget to leave a phone number for us to contact you on (we won't publish this).

Here are what some of the papers are saying:

NOTHING has worked so far in deterring North Korea from building a nuclear bomb and testing it. None of the options now for responding to the test offers much hope....

Diverted Attention, Neglect Set the Stage for Kim's Move Up until 2001, North Korea's nuclear program was largely under seal and monitored by the UN What went wrong?

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