男女羞羞视频在线观看,国产精品黄色免费,麻豆91在线视频,美女被羞羞免费软件下载,国产的一级片,亚洲熟色妇,天天操夜夜摸,一区二区三区在线电影

Asia-Pacific

North Korea tests 7th missile amid furor

(AP)
Updated: 2006-07-05 19:25
Large Medium Small

North Korea test-fired the seventh missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.

The missiles apparently fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, and US officials said the long-range Taepodong-2 failed shortly after take-off, calling into question the technological capability of North Korea's feared ballistic missile program. Pyongyang last fired a long-range missile in 1998.

But the audacious military exercise drew immediate attention and condemnation. The North American Aerospace Defense Command monitored the launches as they progressed but soon determined they were not a threat to the United States, a spokesman said.

The political reaction was swift. The White House called the tests a "provocation," while the UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday and Tokyo warned of economic sanctions against the impoverished communist country.

A North Korea foreign ministry official told Japanese journalists in Pyongyang that the regime there has an undeniable right to test missiles.

"The missile launch is an issue that is entirely within our sovereignty. No one has the right to dispute it," Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher on Japanese affairs at the North's Foreign Ministry, said on footage aired by TBS. "On the missile launch, we are not bound by any agreement."

In Moscow, Russia summoned the North Korean ambassador to discuss the issue, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The agency said Ambassador Pak Ui Chun would meet with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev, but gave no other details.

Japanese national broadcaster NHK reported that an unidentified Foreign Ministry official in Pyongyang acknowledged the firing of the missiles, but Ri told reporters that diplomats like himself are unaware of what the military is doing.

Some feared more firings. Pyongyang could test additional missiles soon despite the international furor over Wednesday's launches, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after making a protest via telephone to North Korea's ambassador to Canberra, Chon Jae Hong.

"We think they probably do intend to launch more missiles in the next day or two," Downer told reporters, without explaining if the possibility of more tests came up in his talk with Chon.

   Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page  

主站蜘蛛池模板: 突泉县| 灵台县| 扎赉特旗| 监利县| 油尖旺区| 合水县| 永昌县| 琼结县| 罗定市| 闽侯县| 深水埗区| 张家港市| 磐石市| 包头市| 龙南县| 仙游县| 庄河市| 象山县| 宿松县| 喀喇沁旗| 大名县| 简阳市| 永宁县| 长汀县| 漾濞| 崇仁县| 隆林| 微博| 酉阳| 咸阳市| 漳平市| 无极县| 北辰区| 西乡县| 新巴尔虎左旗| 贵港市| 阳高县| 舟曲县| 安达市| 治多县| 巴林右旗| 武宁县| 梁河县| 新竹市| 军事| 关岭| 习水县| 宜都市| 富川| 宜州市| 兰州市| 珠海市| 曲周县| 大田县| 柯坪县| 灵台县| 泸溪县| 定结县| 赞皇县| 黑水县| 潼南县| 福贡县| 万载县| 和龙市| 绥德县| 梧州市| 巩留县| 元谋县| 淳安县| 日喀则市| 巢湖市| 辰溪县| 靖边县| 东丰县| 九寨沟县| 城步| 临西县| 阿尔山市| 雷山县| 家居| 焦作市| 哈密市|