| The White House says any nuclear test
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| | expects immediate action in the Security
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| conducted by North Korea should be
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| | Council to respond to - what he called -
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| considered a provocative act. The
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| | "this unprovoked act."
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| comments came just a few hours after
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| | The Security Council issued a stern
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| North Korea claimed it had conducted its
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| | warning to North Korea just on Friday to
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| first underground test of a nuclear
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| | refrain from nuclear testing, after
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| weapon.
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| | Pyongyang announced it was planning to
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| The first reaction from the White House
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| | take such action.
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| came from spokesman Tony Snow.
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| | Snow said the North Koreans had called
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| In an unusual middle-of-the-night
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| | officials in China early Monday morning
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| conference call with news agencies, Snow
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| | to tell them a test would be coming.
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| said American and South Korean
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| | Shortly after that, the message was
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| intelligence agencies have detected
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| | passed on to the United States.
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| seismic activity near a suspected nuclear
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| | Snow declined to speculate on a possible
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| test site in North Korea.
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| | U.S. response to a North Korean nuclear
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| Speaking a few hours after Pyongyang
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| | test and would not answer questions about
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| claimed that it had conducted such a
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| | possible military action. He said only
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| test, Snow made clear the United States
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| | that the United States reaffirms its
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| and its allies are still monitoring the
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| | commitment to protect its allies in the
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| situation and gathering information.
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| | region - South Korea and Japan - while
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| But at the same time, he stressed any
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| | emphasizing that the focus now should be
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| nuclear test by North Korea would be
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| | on international action through the U.N.
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| considered a provocative act in defiance
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| | Snow went on to say that there are still
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| of the international community and U.S.
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| | many unanswered questions, and plenty of
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| calls on Pyongyang to refrain from
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| | data to be assessed to confirm a test. He
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| actions that would aggravate tensions in
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| | said much would depend on what that data
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| the region. Snow said the United States
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| | reveal.
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