North Korea denied that it has a secret uranium-enrichment programme and accused Washington of double standards, a day after it indicated a willingness to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. Calling the United States a "nuclear criminal," North Korea's state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun accused Washington on Saturday of "conniving at, patronising and cooperating with the pro-American forces" in Israel, Japan and South Korea to develop nuclear arms "The US accusation against the (North) over its nonexistent 'uranium enrichment issue' clearly proves that the US policy of double standards assumes extremely partial and aggressive nature," the newspaper said. | "Then what we you gonna use to start that 'sea of fire' thing?" "Matches. We got lotsa matches!" |