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North Korea Rocket Launch
North Korea defied international protests by launching a long-range rocket on Friday, but it fell apart and harmlessly crashed into the sea shortly after blast off.
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North Korean officials and foreign journalists leave the launch pad after a visit to see the rocket Unha-3 at Tangachai -ri space center on April 8, 2012. (AFP photo)
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Hamgyeongbuk-do Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site View. Upper left: West Tunnel Upper right: East Tunnel Lower left: South Tunnel (Photo taken April 1, 2012 by US Quickbird )
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Hamgyeongbuk-do Punggye-ri Nuclear Test South Tunnel. (Yellow box): Pile of earth and sand (Yellow arrow): Entrance of new tunnel. (Photo taken on April 1, 2012 by US Quickbird)
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Outside the General Satellite Control and Command Center in North Korea. (Sungwon Baik/VOA)