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Clinton: N. Korea must face consequences for attack on ship

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

MAY 21, 2010 12:51

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that evidence was "overwhelming" that North Korea sank a South Korean warship and that the communist country must face international consequences for its actions.

Speaking in the Japanese capital at the outset of a three-nation Asian trip, Clinton said that the U.S., Japan, South Korea and China are consulting on an appropriate reaction to an international investigation that blamed North Korea for the incident.

She said the report proves a North Korean sub fired a torpedo that sank the ship, the Cheonan, in March and that it could no longer be "business as usual" in dealing with the matter.

While it was "premature" to discuss exact options or actions that will be taken in response, Clinton said it was "important to send a clear message to North Korea that provocative actions have consequences."

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