The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off en route to the international space station Wednesday evening after several days of weather delays. The shuttle took off at 6:03 p.m
Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off after several postponements
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N. Korea ‘reprocessing nuke fuel rods’
North Korea has begun reprocessing fuel rods, its Foreign Ministry said Saturday, according to state-run media. “The reprocessing of spent fuel rods from the pilot atomic power plant began as declared in the Foreign Ministry statement dated April 14,” a ministry spokesman said
Russia opposes North Korea sanctions
Nearly a week after North Korea ignored international warnings and launched a long-range rocket, a Russian official said Thursday that Moscow opposes new sanctions against the communist nation.
Rocket launch isolates North Korea, U.S. says
The U.S. State Department said Monday that North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday should not be seen as a victory for Pyongyang.
Amanpour: Why did North Korea launch rocket?
After a three-hour emergency session Sunday, the United Nations Security Council failed to come to any agreement on how to deal with North Korea’s rocket launch over the weekend. Deliberations will continue Monday. Sources say China, Russia Libya and Vietnam are blocking any resolution or punitive measures
U.S. soldier charged with murder in contractor’s death
A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death last month of a contractor in Taji, Iraq, the military said in a statement Sunday.
N. Korea: Revolutionary melodies beaming back to Earth
By all accounts, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, ignoring international warnings against doing so.
S. Korea: N. Korea launches rocket
North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, U.S. and South Korean officials confirmed to CNN on Sunday.
U.S. to North Korea: Don’t launch your missile
The State Department on Thursday sent a blunt, public message to North Korea: Don’t launch your missile.
N. Korea warns Japan against targeting rocket
North Korea says it will attack the Japanese military and "major targets," if Japan shoots down a rocket Pyongyang plans to launch in the coming days, North Korea’s state-run news service, KCNA, reported Thursday. “If Japan recklessly ‘intercepts’ [North Korea’s] satellite for peaceful purposes, the [Korean People’s Army] will mercilessly deal deadly blows not only at the already deployed intercepting means but at major targets,” KCNA reported. Japan recently mobilized its missile defense system in response to the planned North Korean launch, Japanese officials said