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N. Korea to face sanctions for nuke, but China key

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Koreans watch a TV screen showing a North Korean state television news program on the country's nuclear test, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 12. North Korea defied U.N. warnings by conducting an underground nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast in what could be a crucial step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile capable of striking the United States. (AP Photo)

SEOUL, South Korea -- For the past decade, the world's most powerful nations have turned to sanctions in an attempt to punish North Korea for a series of rocket launches and nuclear tests. Their stated goal: to stop North Korea's march toward acquiring an arsenal of nuclear-armed long-range missiles.

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