World powers urge NKorea to back down on nuclear test
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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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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council issued a statement yesterday 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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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 said on Tuesday it would conduct its first nuclear test, and Washington warned it would respond to such an "unacceptable threat" to world peace.
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China indicated on Monday it  might back a modified U.N. Security Council resolution on North  Korea&#039;s missile tests and the council put off a vote on  sanctions to allow for more regional diplomacy.
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The United States and Japan have challenged reluctant China and Russia to back sanctions against North Korea, calling for a UN Security Council vote on the Stalinist state&#039;s missile tests.
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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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The United States on Sunday pushed China to apply more pressure on North Korea to end its missile tests and return to international nuclear disarmament talks. A top diplomat said the aim is to show that Kim Jong Il&#039;s government has &quot;no support in the world.&quot;
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South Korea welcomes the UN Security Council's call on North Korea to abandon its nuclear test plans.
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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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North Korea wants the United States to  free its overseas bank accounts and for countries to drop  sanctions imposed after Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon,  South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted its envoy  as saying.
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The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a call for North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear bomb, which Japan said could be exploded this weekend.
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The United States urged North Korea Tuesday to stop boasting about its nuclear weapons capability and return to the negotiating table to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.
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The United States warned North Korea against conducting a &quot;reckless&quot; and &quot;very provocative&quot; nuclear weapons test but recommitted itself to six-country talks to end the atomic crisis.
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China and Russia introduced a resolution Wednesday deploring North Korea&#039;s missile tests but dropping language from a rival proposal that could have led to military action against Pyongyang.
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Countries from China to Germany urged  North Korea on Friday to return to talks on ending its nuclear  programs after the communist state announced it had nuclear  weapons and had pulled out of disarmament discussions.
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Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan introduced a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its series of rocket test-launches and also order a halt to its development of ballistic missiles.