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Are there nuclear reactors at Earth's core?
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5-17-2008 4:25 AM
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5-17-2008
4:58 PM
carrerinyes
5-18-2008
10:17 AM
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Of course there are! Iran and N. Korea are doing it. Why else would they have been called the "axis" of evil?
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