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UN Security Council to consider expansion of sanctions against N Korea

A draft resolution is expected to be voted on Tuesday afternoon
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS

UNITED NATIONS, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- UN Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution Tuesday afternoon /early morning hours of Wednesday Moscow Standard Time/ that will expand sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in response to the launch of a satellite it effectuated in December 2012, a source at the UN headquarters told Itar-Tass Monday.