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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has begun fueling a long-range rocket for an impending launch, a news report said Thursday, as President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a "provocative act" that would generate a U.N. Security Council response.
North Korea says it will send a communications satellite into orbit on a multistage rocket sometime from Saturday to Wednesday. The United States, South Korea and Japan think the reclusive country is using the launch to test long-range missile technology; they've warned the move would violate a Security Council resolution banning the North from ballistic activity.
Regional powers have also begun to deploy ships to monitor the launch, and Japan is preparing to intercept any debris that might fall if the launch goes awry — moves that have prompted several threats of retaliation from Pyongyang, including one Thursday.
North Korea is almost certain to launch its long-range rocket, possibly as early as Saturday if weather allows, Reuters reported South Korean President Lee Myung-bak as saying on Friday, promising a "strong and stern response."
"I think it's almost certain North Korea will fire the missile," he told reporters in London where he had attended the G20 summit.
President Obama gave North Korea a firm warning Friday, saying the provocative threat has put "enormous strains" on the international community.
STRASBOURG, France -- President Barack Obama says North Korea should stop its expected rocket launch.
The U.S. president is calling the planned launch provocative. And, he says the threat of it has put "enormous strains" on international talks over North Korea's disputed nuclear ambitions.
Obama Warns North Korea: Do Not Launch Rocket - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/03/obama-warns-north-korea-launch-rocket/ - broken link)
What are the odds of this thing failing early? I don't even know if there'll be the opportunity to shoot it down, or if the North Koreans would even know the difference between the thing crapping out or getting shot down anyway.
Obama issues warning as North Korea readies rocket (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_nkorea_missile - broken link)
Between more troops to Afghanastan, threatening N. Korea, bowing to the Saudis, and flubbering everything he says without his teleprompter, the Leftist Bush-bashers are still in business: meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Obama issues warning as North Korea readies rocket (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_nkorea_missile - broken link)
Between more troops to Afghanastan, threatening N. Korea, bowing to the Saudis, and flubbering everything he says without his teleprompter, the Leftist Bush-bashers are still in business: meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
The world didn't reset because we elected a new leader. The majority of the citizens that voted for our new leader realize that. What will it take for you to realize that is what we expected and voted for?
How many threads are you going to start on this same topic, Jack?
This makes 2 in as many hours.
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South Korea: North May Launch Rocket Saturday
