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NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler

By Jean Lee
Published December 14, 2012 4:00pm ET
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NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler
Slogans honoring the leadership and celebrating the successful rocket launch of a satellite are displayed during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. As the U.S. led international condemnation of what it calls a covert test of missile technology, top North Korean officials denied the allegations and maintained the country's right to develop its space program. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) | Ng Han Guan

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A triumphant North Korea staged a mass rally of soldiers and civilians Friday to glorify the country’s young ruler, who took a big gamble this week in sending a satellite into orbit in defiance of international warnings.

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