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N Korea threatens military action
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North Korea’s military celebrated the controversial nuclear and missile tests
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North Korea says it has abandoned the truce that ended the Korean war, amid rising tension in the region.
It blamed its decision on South Korea joining a US-led initiative to search ships for nuclear weapons.
It said the South’s actions were a "declaration of war", and pledged to attack if its ships were stopped.
The move is part of an increasingly hard line being taken by North Korea, and comes two days after it conducted an underground nuclear test.
Meanwhile, South Korean news reports say that steam has been seen coming from a plant at the North’s main nuclear facility, a sign that it has made good on its threat to restart efforts to make weapons-grade plutonium.
The United Nations Security Council is working on a strong resolution condemning North Korea’s actions, including possible punitive measures.
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NUCLEAR CRISIS
Oct 2006 - North Korea conducts an underground nuclear test
Feb 2007 - North Korea agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid
June 2008 - North Korea makes its long-awaited declaration of nuclear assets
Oct 2008 - The US removes North Korea from its list of countries which sponsor terrorism
Dec 2008 - Pyongyang slows work to dismantle reactor after a US decision to suspend energy aid
Jan 2009 - The North says it is scrapping all deals with the South, accusing it of "hostile intent"
April 2009 - Pyongyang launches a rocket carrying what it says is a communications satellite
25 May 2009 - North Korea conducts a second nuclear test
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07 Apr 09
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The US military says North Korea failed to show an ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
US officials say the rocket failed to fire its later stages and fell into the Pacific.
However, analysts say the test was partially successful and should increase North Korea’s bargaining power at the negotiating table.
Earlier, the emergency meeting of the Security Council ended without agreement.
"It’s a provocative act that has grave implications," Mrs Clinton told reporters.
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The Earthquake
With 1,500 injured and some 50,000 homeless after Monday’s pre-dawn quake struck L’Aquila and its region, many survivors spent the night in shelters.
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The Sorrow Plane Crash
A plane has crashed in the northern US state of Montana, killing at least 16 people on board, officials say.
The light aircraft went down in a cemetery as it approached the airport in the town of Butte.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said children were among the victims. There were no survivors.
A cargo plane has crash-landed in a fireball near Tokyo, killing both crew members, officials say.
The accident happened as the Federal Express plane arrived in windy weather at Narita international airport from Guangzhou in China.
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK showed dramatic footage of the plane bouncing as it landed and then bursting into flames on Monday morning local time.
It took firefighters about 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.
The accident happened at about 0650 local time on Monday (2150 GMT Sunday).
The two crews were taken to hospital but both were confirmed dead.
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Austrian Fritzl sentenced to life
Austrian Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Fritzl, 73, was found guilty of all charges against him, including rape, incest, murder and enslavement.
He showed no obvious emotion at the verdict, telling the court that he accepted it and would not appeal.
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Dalai Lama renews autonomy call
The Dalai Lama has repeated his demand for "legitimate and meaningful autonomy" for Tibet.
His call came in a message on the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese troops.
Five decades of Chinese rule had caused "untold suffering", Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader said, accusing Beijing of creating a climate of fear.
He said hundreds of thousands of Tibetans had been killed, and thousands of places of worship destroyed.
The Dalai Lama’s message came fifty years to the day after a bloody uprising against Chinese troops in Lhasa that led, a week later, to his flight into exile in India.
China says its troops freed Tibetans from effective slavery in a feudal society. It is planning to mark 28 March - the day in 1959 on which the Communist Party dissolved the existing local government in Tibet - as Serfs’ Emancipation Day.
The Dalai Lama said the two sides needed to work for "mutual benefit".
"We Tibetans are looking for legitimate and meaningful autonomy, an arrangement that would enable Tibetans to live within the framework of the People’s Republic of China," the exiled leader said.
"I have no doubt that the justice of Tibet’s cause will prevail."
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