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White House May Go to U.N. Over North Korean Shipments

by Mark5019 Apr 24, 2005 10:27PM PDT

ASHINGTON, April 24 - The Bush administration, facing a series of recent provocations from North Korea, is debating a plan to seek a United Nations resolution empowering all nations to intercept shipments in or out of the country that may contain nuclear materials or components, say senior administration officials and diplomats who have been briefed on the proposal.

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The resolution envisioned by a growing number of senior administration officials would amount to a quarantine of North Korea, though, so far at least, President Bush's aides are not using that word. It would enable the United States and other nations to intercept shipments in international waters off the Korean Peninsula and to force down aircraft for

ok lets see if it happens

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/politics/25prexy.html?ex=1272081600&en=94ad0d41a2140d36&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

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