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North Korea Blasts Off - World Rattled

Description:North Korea successfuly launches a satellite into orbit, in a move which lead to international expressions of regret and condemnation, led by the United Nations Security Council. North Korean state TV showed these pictures on Thursday, a day after the launch. Pyongyang says it only put a weather satellite into orbit. But the launch is viewed by the U.S., South Korea and Japan as a test of technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead to targets as far away as the U.S. (1:00)

Source: Reuters

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