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Button wins M'sian GP 8:09 PM

SEPANG (Malaysia) - JENSON Button in a Brawn won a chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday for a second straight victory after the race was abandoned when a ferocious storm lashed the Sepang circuit.

Nick Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber came second, benefiting from pitting only once to Button's four times in a race that became a lottery. Timo Glock in a Toyota was third.

N.Korea must be punished 8:49 PM

PRAGUE - US PRESIDENT Barack Obama said on Sunday that North Korea must be punished for its rocket launch and called for a strong international response at an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

'This provocation underscores the need for action - not just this afternoon at the UN Security Council, but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons,' Mr Obama said.

A 'provocative act' 2:34 PM

PRAGUE - THE United States, Japan and South Korea Sunday condemned a North Korean rocket launch, with US President Barack Obama calling it a 'provocative' act amounting to an illegal long-range missile test.

The launch on Sunday defied weeks of pressure from the United States and its allies, who had warned it would be an illegal ballistic missile test, although the North had said it would put a communications satellite into orb

Rocket passes over Japan 12:15 PM

TOKYO/SEOUL - NORTH Korea launched a long-range rocket over Japan on Sunday, drawing swift international condemnation and triggering an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.

Washington said it would take steps to let the reclusive North know it could not threaten regional security. South Korea called the launch of the rocket, seen by many powers as a disguised missile test, a 'reckless' act.