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Australian Prime Minister John Howard suggested as much. Reuters is reporting:

North Korea has probably exaggerated its nuclear weapons boast to try to bluff its way into a stronger bargaining position in six-party talks, Australia said on Friday.

Prime Minister John Howard said he believed talks among the reclusive North and South Korea, China, Japan, the United States and Russia could be re-established despite Thursday's declaration from Pyongyang that it has an atomic capability.

"There is an element of bluff, I'm sure, there's an element of exaggeration -- even if [North Korea] does have some nuclear capacity, it has probably been exaggerated," he told Australian television.