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S.Korea to rapidly respond to possible DPRK rocket launch

​South Korea said Tuesday that it will make rapid and effective responses to possible launch of a long-range rocket by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK) via the UN Security Council.

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DPRK erects taller launch pad for long-range rocket

​The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) erected a taller launch pad for long-range rocket at a rocket base near the west coast, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday citing a government official.

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Conflict, rocket attacks kills 2, wounds 16 in N. Afghanistan

​Gun battle and rocket attacks have killed two people and injured 16 others, including six civilians, in the northern Baghlan province on Monday, police said.

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Rockets fired by Gaza militants hit southern Israel

​At least two rockets fired by Gaza militants hit southern Israel late on Wednesday, in a second rocket attack launched from the Palestinian enclave over the past two weeks, Israeli officials said.

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Israel appeals world organ to oversee Gaza rehabilitation

​Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday called upon the international community to establish a body to oversee rehabilitation in the Gaza Strip.

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Hamas says not aware of rockets fried from Gaza into Israel

​A senior Islamic Hamas movement official said on Thursday that his group has not been aware of any rocket being fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

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Gaza rocket hits Israel

​At least one rocket fired from Gaza hit Israel on Friday night, a spokesperson for the Israeli military said.

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Finland denounces rebel attacks on eastern Ukraine

​A statement jointly issued on Sunday by Finnish president Sauli Niinisto and the Finnish government condemned the rocket attacks on Mariupol, Ukraine.

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Countdown to China's new space programs begins

China hopes to put a rover on Mars around 2020, complete a manned space station around 2022 and test a heavy carrier rocket around 2030, a top space scientist revealed Sunday.

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U.S. cargo rocket explodes seconds after launch

​An unmanned rocket operated by private U.S. firm Orbital Sciences Corp. exploded Tuesday seconds after its launch, NASA TV showed.

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U.S. deep space rocket moves into construction phase

​U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday that it has completed a rigorous review of the Space Launch System (SLS), the world's largest rocket under development to take humans beyond Earth orbit and to Mars.

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Israeli warplane targets 7 military sites in Gaza

An Israeli warplane launched airstrikes on seven military sites in Gaza late Tuesday in response to five rockets attacks from Gaza, the Israeli army said.

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Japan launches global rainfall monitoring satellite

Japan launched a rocket early Friday morning with a global precipitation monitoring satellite developed by U.S. and Japanese agencies on board, said the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Israeli PM warns Gaza militants against further rocket strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel remains steadfast in preventing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel.

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Israeli military confirms air strike on Gaza after rocket attack

The Israeli air force (IAF) struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in retaliation for a rocket attack on southern Israel from the coastal enclave Thursday evening, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

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NASA launches rocket to test accuracy of solar experiment data

U.S. space agency NASA launched a sounding rocket Monday, which will verify the accuracy of data it is receiving from an orbiting experiment measuring the sun's output.