Using 449 million BBbar pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider, we observe clear signals for B^+-> \bar{ K}^0 K^+ and B^0-> \bar{ K}^0 K^0 decays with 5.3 sigma and 6.0 sigma significance, respectively. We measure the branching fractions Br(B^+-> \bar{ K}^0 K^+ = (1.22^{ +0.32+0.13}_{ -0.28-0.16})x10^{ -6} and Br(B^0-> \bar{ K}^0 K^0) = (0.87^{ +0.25}_{ -0.20} +- 0.09)x10^{ -6}, and partial-rate asymmetries A_{ CP}(B^+-> \bar{ K}^0 K^+) = 0.13^{ +0.23}_{ -0.24}+- 0.02 and A_{ CP}(B^0-> \bar{ K}^0 K^0) = -0.58^{ +0.73}_{ -0.66}+- 0.04. From a simultaneous fit we also obtain Br(B^+-> K^0\pi^+)= (22.8^{ +0.8}_{ -0.7} +- 1.3)x 10^{ -6} and A_{ CP}(B^+-> K^0 \pi^+) = 0.03 +- 0.03 +- 0.01. The first and second error in the branching fractions and the partial-rate asymmetries are statistical and systematic, respectively. No signal is observed for B^0-> K^+ K^- decays, and for this branching fraction we set an upper limit of 4.1x10^{ -7} at the 90% confidence level.
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