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North Korea is building and deploying intermediate-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting targets up to 4,000 kilometers away and has been testing a new main engine for its long-range ballistics missiles, the Daepodong-2, the Defense Ministry said yesterday.

The North has also constructed about 80 underground tunnels to disguise its buildup since the U.S.-led war against Iraq began in mid-March last year, the ministry said in its first confirmation of the North's buildup of missiles to hit long-range targets.

North Korea's moves were outlined to the National Assembly's Defense Committee in a report that said Pyongyang aimed to keep its military superiority to South Korea and foster an environment to reunify the divided peninsula based on its military power.

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According to police, Royster-Clark, one of the nation's largest retailers of fertilizer products, filed a report of a break-in and larceny that occurred between July 1 and Tuesday at the company's plant at 3105 N. Glenn Ave. An inventory check revealed that 100 50-pound bags of the compound were missing, Lt. Brad Yandell said.

Police found 35 of the bags at three local addresses, including two vacant houses on Glenn Avenue and a home in the 1000 block of Betty Drive. Officials are still looking for the other 65 bags, Yandell said, and have no suspects in the larceny