[01:13.29]Speaking after talks with the UN Secretary General, he said that no one wanted to see a conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

[01:20.16]"It's important for North Korea, like every other country in the world, to observe the basic rules and norms that are set forth,

[01:30.55]including a wide variety of UN resolutions that have passed.

[01:34.95]And we will continue to try to work to resolve some of those issues diplomatically,

[01:41.16]even as I indicated the Secretary General that the United States

[01:44.32]will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region."

[01:52.90]The government of Cyprus has confirmed that it will have to raise nearly twice as much money as previously thought towards an international bailout.

[02:00.19]An extra six billion euros on top of the seven billion it had already agreed.

[02:04.84]Officials said a deeper recession had resulted in more government spending on benefits and further recapitalization of troubled banks.

[02:12.15]The Untied States senators have voted to debated new gun restrictions for the first time in 20 years.

[02:18.23]The vote was prompted by a massacre at a Connecticut primary school last year.

[02:22.49]Republicans who'd threatened to filibuster the motion were defeated by 68 votes to 31.

[02:28.37]The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid said the killings at Newtown had changed attitudes.