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US: NKorea nuke test plan ‘provocative’

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a banquet for rocket scientists in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 21. North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States.

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North Korea's plan to conduct a third nuclear test is "needlessly provocative" and will only increase its isolation, the White House said Thursday, as the U.S. expanded its financial sanctions against the north Asian country. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he's seen no outward sign that North Korea will follow through soon on its plan to conduct a test — following its underground atomic explosions in 2006 and 2009.
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