U.N. to slap North Korea over nuclear test plan
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The U.N. Security Council reached broad agreement on a statement warning North Korea against a nuclear test, but Washington backed off earlier language directed at Pyongyang, saying it was not threatening "lethal" action.
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Washington says it will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang announces test plans.
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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Reclusive 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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North Korea was poised to take its first step in nearly five years toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program with U.N. inspectors en route to the North Friday to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.
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A unanimous U.N. Security Council vote to condemn North Korea&#039;s missile launches has set an important precedent and strengthened the powerful U.N. body as it turns to its next challenge: confronting Iran&#039;s suspect nuclear program, diplomats said.
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North Korea has agreed to wide-ranging U.N. measures to verify a shutdown of its atom bomb program, nuclear inspectors said on Tuesday, but doubts arose about when disarmament would begin.
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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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International Atomic Energy Agency monitors will leave Vienna on Thursday for North Korea to verify a pledge by Pyongyang to shut down its atomic bomb program, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Thursday.
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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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North Korea said Sunday it is ready to permanently disable the nuclear reactor it just turned off if the United States lifts economic sanctions on the impoverished nation and strikes it from a list of terrorism sponsors.
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 6 -- The U.N. Security Council issued a statement Friday expressing "deep concern" about North Korea's threat to conduct its first test of a nuclear explosive, saying it would "jeopardize peace, stability and security in the region and beyond."
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Japan on Wednesday sought to secure a U.N. Security Council warning to North Korea that there would be consequences if it conducted a nuclear test.
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North Korea said on Tuesday that it would conduct a nuclear test in the future but remained committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency said.
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The Bush administration said Tuesday that a North Korea nuclear test would be an "unacceptable threat to peace and stability" and further isolate Pyongyang from the rest of the world.
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The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency agreed today to send experts to North Korea as part of a process that is intended to lead to the closure of the countryâs nuclear facility.
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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.