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    President Bush Urges Quick Action on North Korea

    Along with today's nomination of Ban Ki-moon as the next Secretary General , news of North Korea's nuclear test dominated this morning's UN agenda. The 15-member Security Council spent a brisk 30 minutes in universally condemning the test .

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    By Diana Nyad • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Along with today's nomination of Ban Ki-moon as the next Secretary General, news of North Korea's nuclear test dominated this morning's UN agenda. The 15-member Security Council spent a brisk 30 minutes in universally condemning the test. President Bush issued a statement calling North Korea's actions "a grave threat," vowing to "hold North Korea fully accountable for the consequences of such action." Similar statements were issued from South Korea, the UK, China, Japan and Australia.

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