Clinton pressing UN on North Korean launch

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton extends sympathy to victims of the Italian earthquake as she and the foreign minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Stoere, hold a news conference following their meetings, Monday, April 6, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. (AP)

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is lobbying key members of the U.N. Security Council to respond to North Korea's missile launch. Clinton said Monday that she spoke with the foreign ministers from the four other countries that have been involved in negotiations with North Korea to end its nuclear activities. They include Russia and China, which hold veto power in the Security Council.

Clinton called the launch "a provocative act that has grave implications."

But the United States appears to be struggling to achieve U.N. condemnation of Sunday's launch by Pyongyang.

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(Agencies)