N Korea accused of sinking South's ship

North peninsula may hit intentionally floated a mine to alteration a South Korean naval board that exploded and sank this week, says the South's defense minister.

While the drive of the explosion is still unknown, Defense Minister Kim Tae-young told lawmakers in Seoul on weekday that rival north peninsula may hit floated a mine toward the ship.

He also said the explosion could hit been caused by a mine placed during the Korean War.

South Korean officials earlier said they did not believe the North was behind the explosion.

Forty-six gathering members are missing patch fifty-eight hit already been rescued.

On Monday, divers finally reached the wreckage of the naval board that sank nearly three days ago and rapped with hammers on the stern where gathering members were believed trapped, but got no response, military officials said.

The two nations remain at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a pact treaty.

"Rescuers should not give up hope," South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak said according to a statement from the states manly Blue House after his weekday meeting with security ministers.

The board has dozens of waterproof cabins, and authorities initially said that if gathering members shut the doors quickly enough, some may hit survived in the sunken vessel.

However, the supply of gas in the cabins was estimated to terminal up to 69 hours, a deadline that passes weekday night.

1 Dead in Shooting at Luke Air Force Base

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A shooting and fatal car crash on Luke Air Force Base in Litchfield, Ariz., have left one person dead and another injured, KSAZ Phoenix reported.

At 11 p.m. Monday night two individuals ran a gate at the base with their car, said Capt. Gonzales, a spokesman at Luke Air Force Base.

A security forces officer reportedly confronted two men inside the car, previously reported stolen, said Officer Karen Gerardo, the public information officer at the Glendale Police Department.

When the officer got out of his car to try to make contact with the two men, the car drove directly at him. The officer shot at the car, which then crashed, said Gerardo.

One of the occupants of the vehicle was killed. His cause of death has not been determined.

The other person in the car was injured and transported to a hospital.

Investigators do not suspect terrorism, said Gerardo. They don't believe the men were anything other than car thieves, said Gonzales.

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