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Defiant N. Korea hit with new sanctions

By RICK GLADSTONE AND CHOE SANG-HUN THE NEW YORK TIMES

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 12:55 a.m.

BEBETO MATTHEWS
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U.N. Security Council members vote Thursday in New York for tough new sanctions against North Korea over the country’s latest nuclear test.

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved new sanctions against North Korea for its underground nuclear test last month, in a unanimous vote that came just hours after North Korea threatened for the first time to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States and South Korea.

Furious over sanctions, N. Korea vows to nuke U.S.

North Korea vows March 7, 2013, to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test. (By The Associated Press)
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