World alarm as N Korea threatens nuclear test LONDON -- World leaders ...
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"A missile test launch would be viewed by the United Kingdom and the rest of the international community as a highly provocative act with serious consequences for the DPRK," said a spokesman for the British ...Comment
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Radioactive sabre-rattling North Korea has announced it will test one of its nuclear warheads, the BBC reports. North Korea's foreign ministry announced: "[North Korea] will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed."â¦
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The U.N. Security Council prepared to warn North Korea on Friday against a nuclear test amid speculation the secretive state might detonate a device deep inside an abandoned mine as early as this weekend.
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Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo is stepping up monitoring of North Korea amid speculation that the communist nation could carry out a nuclear test as early as this weekend.
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The United States and Japan warned North   Korea against a missile launch as some officials said Pyongyang   appeared to have finished fuelling for a test flight that could   possibly reach as far as Alaska.
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North Korea threatened yesterday to turn Japan into a &quot;nuclear sea of fire&quot; if it comes under attack from the United States.
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SYDNEY : The world must take immediate action against the real threat of nuclear terrorism to prevent a September 11-style outrage, the head of the UN&#39;s atomic energy watchdog agency warned.
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The U.N. Security Council must send a &quot;strong and unanimous signal&quot; that North Korea&#039;s missile test-launch was unacceptable, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Wednesday. Bolton made the remarks while heading into an emergency Security Council meeting where diplomats were to discuss a draft Japanese resolution that would likely condemn the North Korean missile tests.
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World leaders voiced outrage at the assassination on Thursday of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and expressed fears for the fate of the nuclear-armed state.
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Japan has warned North Korea it would view any test-fired missile landing on Japanese soil as an attack, after reports the secretive nation was preparing to jangle international nerves with a new missile launch.
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said that South Korea&#39;s failure to report its nuclear experiments to the IAEA in the past is of serious concern.
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WASHINGTONâAn explosion last Sunday in South Korea prompted huge warning signals, as all eyes shifted to North Korea glaring skeptically as to whether the blast was a nuclear test of some sort.
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TOKYO -- A pledge by North Korea yesterday to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States dramatically raised tensions in the region and marked the communist government's first unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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World powers are set to adopt a joint statement urging North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear device, which Japan said could happen as early as this weekend.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il rallied with his top army commanders, the country's official media reported, amid growing concern the isolated communist regime may conduct its first nuclear test.
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North Korea's neighbors scrambled Wednesday to forge a common front against Pyongyang's threatened nuclear test, with South Korea warning of a regional atomic arms race that could upend the regional balance of power.