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Monks and Buddhists holding lanterns walk around a giant lantern featuring national treasure "Seokgatap" (not seen), a traditional Buddhist pagoda, during a lighting ceremony in central Seoul April 23, 2013. The ceremony is held to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha, which falls on May 17 in South Korea, and also pray for peace in the Korean peninsula. North Korea demanded on Tuesday that it be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, rejecting a U.S. condition that it agree to give up its nuclear arms program before talks can begin. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)
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