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North Korea launches a long-range rocket
North Korea has claims that it successfully launched a long-range rocket carrying what it has called a satellite drawing international condemnation.
The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected a missile entering space, and South Korea’s military said the rocket had put an object into orbit, as Reuters reports.
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North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, US
North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7 carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbors and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of U.N. sanctions and just weeks after a nuclear bomb test.