UN approves new sanctions against North Korea

  • Thursday, March 7th, 2013
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Russiaís UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, center, current president for the U.N. Security Council, listens as he confers with China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong, left, before leading council members on a vote for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its latest nuclear test, during a meeting at U.N. headquarters Thursday, March 7, 2013. The unanimous vote by the U.N.'s most powerful body sparked a furious Pyongyang to threaten a nuclear strike against the United States. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russiaís UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, center, current president for the U.N. Security Council, listens as he confers with China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong, left, before leading council members on a vote for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its latest nuclear test, during a meeting at U.N. headquarters Thursday, March 7, 2013. The unanimous vote by the U.N.'s most powerful body sparked a furious Pyongyang to threaten a nuclear strike against the United States. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)