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April 15, 2013

US urges talks as world watches for N. Korea missile
Tokyo (AFP) April 15, 2013
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the US will talk with North Korea if it takes "meaningful steps" towards peace, as the world watched to see if Pyongyang will mark its founder's birthday with a missile launch. The isolated state has a habit of linking high-profile military tests with key dates in its annual calendar and expectations are high that it could fire two medium-range missiles in honour of late former leader Kim Il-Sung. But Kerry, speaking in Japan on the last leg of an Asian ... read more

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