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              North Korean Leader Calls for More Powerful Rockets

   by VOA News

   North Korea's leader has called for the development of more powerful
   rockets, following last week's successful launch of a long-range
   rocket.

   The official state media reported Saturday Kim Jong Un made the call
   for the advancement of North Korean rockets at a banquet Friday in
   Pyongyang.

   The U.S., South Korea, Japan and various other countries condemned last
   week's launch as a ballistic missile test banned under U.N. Security
   Council resolutions.

   North Korea said the three-stage rocket succeeded in placing what it
   called a weather satellite into orbit.

   The timing of the launch surprised many observers and Western diplomats
   because reports, just a day earlier, suggested North Korea was
   disassembling the rocket due to technical difficulties.
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