Rice cautions North Korea against missile launch
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Monday a missile launch by North Korea would be a  &quot;very serious matter&quot; and regarded as a provocative act.
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The United States warned North Korea against thinking it could use worries over a possible long-range missile to force the United States into direct talks.
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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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North Korea threatened on Friday to take   "stronger physical actions" after Japan imposed punitive   measures in response to its barrage of missile tests and pushed   for international sanctions at the United Nations.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday he would regret a new North Korean missile launch but it would not change the US diplomatic effort to persuade Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will  press her hardline case over Iran's nuclear ambitions with  Russia on Saturday after saying the United States has no plans  for an imminent attack on the Islamic republic.
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South Korean and US military authorities are on alert as North Korea appears to be preparing to test-fire a missile, the Defense Ministry said yesterday.
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The United States expects North Korea to maintain a freeze on missile tests, President Bush&#039;s spokesman said Sunday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned the U.N. nuclear watchdog group Wednesday not to interfere with international diplomacy over Iran's alleged weapons program.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned North Korea against carrying out any new missile tests, saying Washington would not be intimidated into changing its policy towards the Stalinist state.
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The United States would consider a  North Korean missile launch over Japan a clear threat to  international peace and security, the U.S. ambassador to the  United Nations said on Wednesday.
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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein&#39;s nuclear capabilities in the months
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is targeting progress on foreign policy crises on North Korea and Iran, and will press for democratic change in Myanmar in a five-nation Asian tour this month.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile  capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese and U.S.  government sources said on Thursday.
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North Korea fired several short-range missiles on Friday, but the United States and its Asian allies said the launches were part of normal military drills and would not affect talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms program.
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North Korea on Thursday publicly acknowledged for the first time that it had tested missiles and vowed to continue launching them, threatening to &quot;take stronger physical actions&quot; against opponents of the tests.