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26.05.2009 metro.co.uk Add ice for Indian spice Taste of Mumbai and the best glass for wine P18-21 NEWS Tory couple

quit over expenses Sir Nicholas and Ann Winterton are the latest MPs to stand down in the row over expenses. The Conservative husband and wife will quit at the next election after it emerged they claimed £80,000 for a flat owned by a trust their children controlled gP5

NEWS ‘Naughty

nuns’ in the dock

A group of 17 British men dressed as nuns, some wearing suspenders and thongs, were hauled before a court in Crete yesterday –while still wearing their outfits. They were charged with exposing themselves in public and offending religious symbols gP6

Mamma Mia! I’m alive Coma girl wakes up singing Abba song P7

North Korea test ‘like Hiroshima’ g Grin when you’re winning

‘Looks like they’re paying for it themselves’

CELEBRITY Boyle

‘to be next Oprah’ Susan Boyle has been tipped to be the next Oprah Winfrey by one of Simon Cowell’s closest confidantes. The Britain’s Got Talent singing sensation could host the ITV1 programme or have her own chat show, according to pop star Sinitta gP26-27

SPORT Sunderland

keen on Strachan

Gordon Strachan appears close to taking over as Sunderland boss after quitting Celtic yesterday. The Scot was made favourite by bookmakers to succeed Ricky Sbragia at the Stadium Of Light, with some even closing the market gP56

Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle grips the Championship play-off trophy after securing a spot in next season’s Premier League. They beat Sheffield United 1-0 at Wembley yesterday Picture: Action Images gP56

By Aidan Radnedge THE world united in fear and outrage yesterday after North Korea carried out a nuclear test with the force of the bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even the rogue Communist state’s usual allies, China and Russia, condemned the underground test which shook the ground 210km (130 miles) away. An emergency United Nations meeting was called to discuss toughening up sanctions against Pyongyang. Secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon accused the nation of ‘a clear violation’ of Security Council resolution 1718, which bars it from any nuclear tests. Gordon Brown threatened ‘renewed isolation’ for an act of nuclear provocation that made it ‘a danger to the world’. Barack Obama called the country’s nuclear programme ‘a grave threat to the peace and security of the world’, adding: ‘The international community must take action.’ In Russia, the Kremlin said the test caused ‘deep regret and the most serious concern’ while China said it was ‘vehemently opposed’ to the act. North Korea announced it had carried out a ‘successful’ test in the north-east of the country at 12.55am British time yesterday. This was reportedly followed by test-firing of three short-range, ground-to-air missiles at the Musudan-ri launchpad on the country’s north-eastern coast. The missile system was reported to be the S-200 SAM defensive set-up, enabling them to be loaded with nuclear warheads. The nuclear test was much larger than one carried out by the country in 2006, which prompted similar criticism and UN sanctions. Back then, the force was thought to be equal to 1,000 tonnes of TNT. Russia estimated the latest test at up to 20,000 tonnes. When the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945, Hiroshima was hit by 13,000 tonnes and Nagasaki 21,000 tonnes. More than 220,000 people died.

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