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The United States urged North Korea on Saturday not to "aggravate tensions" as it slammed Pyongyang's latest missile test, apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday, as "not helpful." "North Korea should refrain from actions that aggravate tensions and focus on denuclearization talks and the implementation of its commitments from the September 19, 2005 joint statement," said State Department spokesman Karl Duckworth. "This type of North Korean behavior is not helpful," he told AFP after North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its east coast earlier Saturday, according to ...

The United States urged North Korea on Saturday not to "aggravate tensions" as it slammed Pyongyang's latest missile test, apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday, as "not helpful." "North Korea should refrain from actions that aggravate tensions and focus on denuclearization talks and the implementation of its commitments from the September 19, 2005 joint statement," said State Department spokesman Karl Duckworth. "This type of North Korean behavior is not helpful," he told AFP after North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its east coast earlier Saturday, according to ...

Defense lawyers and a U.S. senator are criticizing comments made by Pittsburgh's U.S. attorney last month as her office dismissed fraud and theft charges against a noted pathologist. Lawyers for former Allegheny County medical examiner Cyril Wecht are calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to formally rebuke U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan, saying she "vindictively ... expressed the view that Dr. Wecht was a criminal and was guilty of the charges made against ...