SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state poses to its opponents. The rocket, which North Korea says was designed to put a weather satellite into orbit, has been labeled by the United States, South Korea and Japan as a test of technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead capable of hitting targets as far as the continental the United States. "The satellite has entered the planned orbit," North Korea's state news agency KCNA said. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-launches-rocket-ytn-reports-010307236.html

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