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North Korea rocket launch a failure

Seoul: After weeks of attention, North Korean rocket launch ended up in debris. A spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology had announced on March 16 that North Korea would launch a long-range Unha-3 rocket (Galaxy-3) between April 12 and 16. He said the rocket would carry a North Korean-made Kwangmyongsong-3 polar-orbiting observation satellite [...]



Moldova referendum declared invalid, just 30 percent turnout

The plebiscite in Moldova on Sunday on direct presidential elections has been declared null and void by the Moldovian election officials today. But the Communist say that they are determined to amend the constitutional clause whereby the head of state is chosen by parliament. The preliminary results on Sunday saw voters overwhelmingly voting for direct [...]