North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship

North Korea on Saturday denied that it had sunk a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month. There has been growing speculation in the South that the ship had been hit by a North Korean torpedo, killing nearly 50 sailors.

"As South Korea can't identify the cause of the accident, they are using the media to attribute it to us ... and trying to fabricate the cause of the accident," the North's official KCNA news agency said. (Reuters)