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April 5, 2009 10:40 AM

North Korea Goes Ahead With Missile Launch

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
As the international community feared, North Korea has launched a long-range missile over Japan. As a result, Japan immediately called for emergency U.N. Security Council consultations on Sunday to deal with the launch, to condemn North Korea, and to possibly strengthen sanctions on Pyongyang.

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January 10, 2009 11:15 AM

Hamas Rejects Int'l Observers In Gaza

Hamas on Saturday rejected the deployment of international observers in the Gaza Strip, describing the latest U.N. Security Council resolution as falling short of meeting the "national interests."

A statement by the Alliance of Palestinian Forces, which groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad among others, said in a statement that leaders of the Syrian-based factions "rejected the presence of any international forces or observers in Gaza Strip," and called for immediate stop of the "Zionist aggression," the withdrawal of the all Israeli troops, lifting the siege and opening of crossing points, including the Rafah crossing.

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January 8, 2009 10:52 PM

Security Council Passes Cease-Fire Resolution

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After a week of negotiations, the U.N. Security Council voted 14-0, with a U.S. abstention, for a cease-fire in the embattled Gaza Strip. The U.S. abstained, and neither Israel nor Hamas is beholden to the agreement in New York.

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