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Monday, March 09, 2009

N. Korea threatens war if satellite is shot down

By JAE-SOON CHANG
Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea put its armed forces on standby Monday and threatened retaliation against anyone seeking to stop it from firing what regional powers fear will be a missile in the latest barrage of threats from the communist regime.

Pyongyang also cut off a military hot line with the South, causing a complete shutdown of their border and stranding hundreds of South Koreans working in an industrial zone in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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