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Today's (resp. y'day's/KST) TOP newsmaker:

The Dear Leader's Gwangmyeongseong "Satellite"

And the entire int'l news community was forced(^^) to report about the "successful launch of the Eunha-2 space vehicle..", or as NK's No. 3 Radio Broadcast announced today at 13:00 (KST): "The Gwangmyeongseong-2, which is a declaration of the achievements of a strong and prosperous state to the whole world, entered(*) its orbit successfully!"

Reuters (09:35 CET): "North Korea said it had successfully put a satellite into orbit on Sunday on a three-stage rocket that was now circling the Earth and transmitting revolutionary songs." "Der Satellit überträgt die Melodien der unsterblichen Revolutionshymnen 'Lied von General Kim Il Sung' und 'Lied von General Kim Jong Il'", the German Spiegel interpreted a KCNA report.

Related articles:
☞ North Korea launches rocket (LA Times)

☞ North Korea launches long-range rocket (Guardian)

☞ Donnernde Grüße von Dr. Seltsam (Der Spiegel)

* But (accidentally^^) the "satellite" left its orbit immediately, according to the latest news reports(**):

AFP: The US military on Sunday disputed North Korea's claim it had launched a satellite into space, saying "the payload itself landed in the Pacific Ocean."

CNN: No object entered orbit, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Sunday, after North Korea claimed it had launched a satellite.

BBC: North Korea failed in its attempt to get a satellite into space after a rocket launch early on Sunday

Yonhap: North Korea failed to send a satellite into space, South Korea and the United States said Sunday, declaring no object entered orbit.

Latest TOP headline on Spiegel Online (15:00 CET):

USA melden Absturz von Kims Rakete

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,617518,00.html