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        N.Korean Nuclear Test Prompts Wave of International Condemnation

   Governments and leaders from around the world are condemning North
   Korea, which conducted its long-threatened third nuclear test on
   Tuesday.
   United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the move as
   "deeply destabilizing." He says it is a "clear and grave violation" of
   sanctions banning Pyongyang from nuclear and missile tests.
   U.S. President Barack Obama called the test "highly provocative." In a
   statement, he said it undermines regional stability and will not make
   North Korea safer. He called for "swift and credible" international
   action in response.
   South Korea also called the test "an unacceptable threat to peace and
   stability in the region" and a "head-on challenge" to the international
   community.
   Seoul says Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan agreed with U.S. Secretary of
   State John Kerry during a telephone call to take "swift and unified
   action" at the U.N. Security Council, which is meeting later Tuesday to
   discuss the test.
   In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo would also consider its
   own new sanctions against North Korea in response to the test, which he
   called "extremely regrettable."
   British Foreign Minister William Hague says his country will push for a
   "robust response" to the North Korean test at the Security Council.
   Moscow also "decisively" condemned the test as a violation of North
   Korea`s international obligations.
   There was no immediate response from China, North Korea`s Communist
   ally, which last month agreed to back an expansion of U.N. Security
   Council sanctions on North Korea.
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