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Report: North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Missiles

Oct. 12, 2009
Yonhap news agency says that North Korea has fired two short-range missiles off its east coast. Yonhap quoted an unidentified South Korean government official as saying that the North test-fired the missiles on Monday afternoon.
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