"If we have a satellite launch which would call into question their
good faith
and whether they keep any of the commitments that they make, it's very hard to imagine how we will be able to move forward if this launch goes on."
North Korea says the launch will put a satellite in space and is designed to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of its founding leader Kim Il-sung. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier described the move as
provocative
. And South Korea, Russia and Japan have also expressed concern.
Human rights activists have called on the Iraqi government to investigate what have been dubbed the "emo" killings of young people. Local officials say that more than 50 young Iraqis have been killed in recent months because they've adopted the style of the emo subculture in the west, having long hair and wearing black clothes. Several leading Islamic clerics have also condemned the killings as terrorism.
Belgium has held a day of national mourning for the 22 children and six adults killed in a bus crash in Switzerland on Tuesday. Flags were flown at
half-mast
and church bells rang as the country observed a minute's silence. During the day, the bodies of the victims were flown back to Belgium. It's still not clear what caused the crash. An
autopsy
on the driver has shown he wasn't ill and had no traces of alcohol in his blood.
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An American court has convicted a former student for using a