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Special Issue: North Korea Launches ICBM;

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Monday, April 6th, 2009

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Japan, U.S. Forces, Don't Try To Shoot It Down; Instead, Obama, Others, Frown On Outlaw Launch Illicit North Korean Missile Launch Proves Need For U.S., Japanese Missile Defense; Missile Flight Aids Lawmakers Supporting U.S. Missile Defense North Korea Didn't Launch A Satellite North Korea again defied world opinion, and again got away with it, perhaps even setting itself up for yet another reward from the West. The communist regime yesterday fired a long-range Taepo Dong-2 missile that arced over Japan…

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