N. Korea launches rocket

N. Korea launches rocket

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Journalists ask a North Korean official (bottom L) for information at a media center at a hotel in Pyongyang following reports that North Korea launched a rocket on the morning of April 13, 2012. The rocket launch was found to be a failure later in the day.

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