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              UN Security Council to Discuss North Korea Sanctions

   The United Nations Security Council is meeting Tuesday to discuss new
   sanctions in response to North Korea`s latest nuclear test.
   The closed-door meetings come as diplomats report the United States and
   China have reached a tentative deal to punish Pyongyang for last
   month`s test, its third and most powerful yet.
   Diplomats told reporters late Monday they hope the council will be able
   to vote on a resolution by the end of the week. Details of the draft
   resolution were not immediately available.
   The Security Council already unanimously condemned the February 12
   nuclear test as a "grave violation" of existing U.N. sanctions on North
   Korea`s nuclear and missile programs. Pyongyang said its test was aimed
   at its "arch-enemy," the United States.
   China, North Korea`s long-time ally, joined the rest of the 15-member
   Security Council in condemning the test. But Beijing has said that any
   response to the test should be "moderate" and not raise tensions on the
   Korean peninsula.
   North Korea is already under tough sanctions as a result of its
   previous nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. In January, the Security
   Council expanded those sanctions in response to a December rocket
   launch.
   The North says its latest tests prove that it can strike the mainland
   U.S. with a long-range missile. It has angrily rejected the U.N
   sanctions, and threatened to carry out more missile and nuclear tests
   in response to what it says is U.S. hostility.
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