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04-12-2012 09:01 PM
North Korean launches long-range missile; launch fails
UPDATE: [7:45pm ET]: This story will be updated as events unfold.
A U.S. official has confirmed that a North Korean long-range missile broke apart midair after launch, ABC News reports. U.S. officials say they believe the missile fell apart within the Earth's atmosphere before crashing into the sea.
The U.N. Security Council will meet Friday to discuss a response to the North's attempted launch.
South Korea's Defense Ministry first reported the launch, which is seen as defying international warnings and widely viewed as a provocation from the rogue nation.
Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters in a nationally televised news conference that the rocket was fired at 7:39 a.m.
Article:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/north-korea-launches-long-range-missile-232147093.html
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