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DPRK launches long-range rocket

Updated: 2012-12-12 09:22
( Xinhua)

TOKYO - The Japanese government said Wednesday morning that a rocket launched by the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has passed Japan's Okinawa at around 10: 01 am local time.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces in Okinawa did not launch their missile interceptors.

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