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NKorea vows nuclear response to US-SKorea drills (AP)

July 24th, 2010

In a Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Lt. Cmdr. Severn Stephensto looks at the Republic of Korea corvette (ROKS) Cheonan at Pyeongtaek naval base. The ship sank March 26 near Baengnyeong Island. The Republic of Korea and the United States are scheduled to conduct the combined alliance maritime and air readiness exercise 'Invincible Spirit' in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. North Korea on Friday, July 23, 2010 threatened the United States and South Korea with a 'physical response' to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of the South Korean warship blamed on the North. (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service)AP - North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a “powerful” nuclear response from Pyongyang.


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