outsidethebeltway.com - 3/9/2009
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North Korea has threatened war if the U. S., South Korea, or Japan were to shoot down its satellite launch which is widely believed actually to be the test of a long-range missile:
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea put its armed forces on standby Monday and threatened “a war” if ...
breitbart.com - 3/9/2009
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breitbart.com —
PYONGYANG/BEIJING, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)North Korea warned
Monday that any move to intercept what it calls...
a satellite launch and what other countries suspect may be a missile test-firing would result in a counterstrike against the countries trying ...
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N. Korea warns intercepting 'satellite' will prompt ...
guardian.co.uk - 3/13/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
• Pyongyang says response would be act of
war • Regional tensions rise over missile launch Japan...
today threatened to shoot down a satellite that North Korea plans to launch early next month if it shows any signs of striking its territory. Tokyo's ...
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Japan may shoot down N Korean satellite
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/10/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
For a decade or so Japan's lost decade
has been the great bugaboo of modern macroeconomics. Economists...
constantly warned that you mustn't do X or you must do Y, because otherwise we'll turn into Japan. And policymakers congratulated themselves in ...
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Japan reconsidered
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I’ve got two foreign policy posts up at Outside the Beltway this morning:
The Impossibility of an Export-Driven Recovery
U. S. Treasuries remain a safe haven. As long as that’s the case and we’re willing to keep borrowing, don’t expect much help from exports in a recovery.
That Would Mean War!?
North Korea threatens to declare war on the U. S., South Korea, and/or Japan. Again.
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