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Beijing, Sept 17, SPA -- Sweden's ambassador to North Korea said Friday that diplomats who visited what North Koreanofficials claimed was the source of a huge explosion saw noevidence to support fears it might have been caused by anuclear blast. Diplomats from seven countries were taken Thursday to aconstruction site for a dam in the country's remotenortheast where North Korean officials reported two plannedblasts on Sept. 9, Ambassador Paul Beijer said. "One thing is entirely clear: This was not a nuclearexplosion that happened at this site," Beijer said byphone from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. "This is asite where thousands of people are working on dambuilding." Beijer said North Korean officials at the constructionsite told the diplomats the blasts were unusually large andneeded for construction of the dam. He said they explainedhow much explosive was used. The delegation was led by Britain's ambassador to NorthKorea, David Slinn, and also included diplomats from thePyongyang embassies of Russia, Poland, Mongolia, Germany,Sweden and the Czech Republic.--SPA1317 Local Time 1017 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/202424

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