Monday, October 09, 2006

U.N. weighs sanctions against N. Korea (AP)

South Korean Army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom South Korea Monday Oct. 9 2006. South Korea's Defense Ministry said the alert level of the military had been raised in response to the claimed nuclear test. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The world lined up against North Korea on Monday for staging a nuclear test denounced even by key allies. President Bush called it "a threat to international peace and security" and the U.N. Security Council weighed severe sanctions to punish the impoverished communist nation.


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