Nations confront N. Korea over nuke 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.
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While Russia and China try to convince Pyongyang not to go ahead with its nuclear test, South Korea sends a stern warning to its neighbor
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World powers neared consensus on a statement warning North Korea against a nuclear test on Friday amid speculation the secretive state might detonate a device deep inside an abandoned mine as early as this weekend.
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Analysis: More tough talk, another provocation. What's behind Pyongyang's threat to test a nuclear weapon?
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The United States and Japan on Wednesday called on G8 partners to take a tough line against North Korea&#39;s nuclear arsenal, warning their patience with the reclusive state is running out.
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The U.N. Security Council on Friday urged North Korea not to carry out a planned nuclear-weapon test and warned Pyongyang of unspecified consequences if it did.
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Delegates for the U.N. nuclear agency worked to resolve a dispute over Iran's interpretation of a freeze on uranium enrichment as they prepared to deal with another matter &#151; South Korea and its illicit plutonium and uranium experiments.
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The United States in its starkest warning so far said on Wednesday it would not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, while Japan and other neighbors hardened their responses after the reclusive state announced it planned a nuclear test.
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North Korea faced stern warnings from its neighbors Wednesday against carrying out an unprecedented nuclear test, but insisted such a move wouldn't be meant as a provocation. A top South Korean security official said there was no sign a test was imminent.
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SEOGWIPO, South Korea  - The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China meet on Sunday to try to smooth often prickly ties and help resolve the impasse over the nuclear weapons plans of their neighbor, North Korea.
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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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Japan pressed on with efforts on Thursday to secure a U.N. condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test threat after Washington, in its starkest warning so far, said it would not live with a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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Countries around the globe urged North  Korea Friday to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs  after it said it had nuclear weapons and had pulled out of  disarmament discussions.
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An increasingly isolated North Korea said  on Tuesday it would conduct its first-ever nuclear test,  blaming a U.S. "threat of nuclear war and sanctions" for  forcing its hand.
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World powers neared consensus on Friday on a statement warning North Korea 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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As North Korea, South Korea, and Iran raise risks of an arms race, the global challenge to nonproliferation grows.
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A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China has weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint. "We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency.