Random Political Thoughts

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Geneva Peace Talks: What stands between Syria and peace?

eamed live on Jan 28, 2016
Syria talks are planned in Geneva on Jan 29. What chance do they have of restoring peace and what obstacles stand in the way?

UpFront - Hans Blix backs Corbyn's call to scrap UK's Trident

Published on Jan 30, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn, UK's opposition Labour party leader, has called to scrap Britain's independent nuclear deterrent programme, Trident, angering many within his own party and prompting critics to question the effect it would have on the country’s national security.In this web extra, Hans Blix, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supports Corbyn's call, saying Trident is "a tremendous cost and very little gain".The former IAEA chief also says he does not think it adds to British security. "I think it's more a question of sentimental status seeking," Blix says, "They will keep their seat in the Security Council even if they do not continue Trident."

 

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the sort of thing youd expect to see in a hollywood OLIVER STONE movie

well done USA/SK
inciting, supposedly about to protect the world

the US would use its CIA to knock off Kim, if it felt the need, or wanted to avoid a war
ie avoid killing its boys
but aaahh no need for 'boots on the ground' these days is there .. initially anyway ..
and how can we maintain sympathy for the warmongers amongst us that send the sons of mothers tyo destruction ..

War games: US and South Korea stage exercies

Published on Jan 30, 2016
Freezing temperatures of minus 24 haven't stopped a show of force from South Korean and U.S marines. They've been holding joint training drills as North Korea was reported to be planning a long-range rocket launch - following its recent nuclear bomb test. Harry Fawcett reports from Pyeongchang

 

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bit of hoo haa over nothing, me thinks
40 years ago Aussies all white policy affected many
but racisim now i feel is minimal, virtually non existent, compared to then ..
unfortunate then, but time will heal, in this case ..

Racism and the Australian dream

rather unfortunate, behind the times Italians
shame, esp with your repitedly big c...s

Thousands gather in Rome to protest legalisation of same-sex unions, adoption rights
Posted about 3 hours ago

PHOTO: Thousands of demonstrators march in central Rome holding banners reading "no to the civil unions".(AFP: Andreas Solaro)
MAP: Italy
Tens of thousands of Italians have staged a mass rally in Rome's Circus Maximus to urge the government to drop legislation that offers homosexual couples legal recognition and limited adoption rights.

www.abc.net.au: Thousands march against same-sex unions in Italy

 

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reaching out to Cuba~US propopganda, just by the way they put it
~ Noam Chomsky

UpFront - Noam Chomsky: Latin America is in regression

Published on Jan 31, 2016
After more than a decade of left-leaning governments being elected to power across Latin America, some have now lost power, and others are now embroiled in political and economic crises.

Noam Chomsky, a long time supporter of Latin American emancipation, says that despite being in "a period of regression" it is the first time in 500 years that the region has "pretty much extricated itself from foreign control".

Chomsky also dismisses that the United States is reaching out to Cuba as "the way it's put in Western propaganda" pointing to the fact that the US "has been carrying [out] a bitter war on Cuba, a terrorist war" and that the Obama administration was forced to open up to Cuba as its position was becoming increasingly isolated in the hemisphere.

Watch more from Mehdi Hasan's interview with Noam Chomsky:

be very interestingh to see what develops with this country MYANMAR
interesting
they seem to have progressed to this stage without the usual USA interferernce, or have they ..
covertly interferred/nothing in it for them so possibly havent ..

Myanmar MPs gather for new parliamentary session

Published on Jan 31, 2016
MPs in Myanmar are gathering for their new parliamentary session, marking a crucial step in the historic transfer of power to an elected civilian government. Last November’s elections swept away the military-backed Government, which replaced decades of army rule. Rob McBride reports from Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw.

NYT brteaking news
why the F its breaking news i will never know ha

Experiencing the Presidential Campaign: A Virtual Reality Film

The best part of a campaign event? The crowd. Our virtual reality film puts you in front of four presidential candidates as they make their pitches.
Read more »

 

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what is it, the first day
boring F'n creeps
azs expected
they dont want no peace, no one wants any attempts at peeace, we all know thyat
FIGHT YOU BASTARDS, KILL EACH OTHER, will get to a stage when no one will be giving a fuck what you get up to .. refugees and all ..
your all F'cked in the head/mental attitude etc etc

R & CONFLICT
Syria opposition threatens to walk out of Geneva talks
Opposition delegates say they will leave if government does not lift sieges on rebel-held areas and stop rocket attacks.

31 Jan 2016 13:53 GMT | War & Conflict, Middle East, Syria, Syrian cris

Salem al-Meslet, spokesman of the High Negotiations Committee, talked to the press in Geneva [Basma Atassi/Al Jazeera]

Syria's main opposition bloc is holding its first meeting with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in Geneva, ahead of talks aimed at ending the war.

"We're optimistic and we are here to really find a solution for all Syrians no matter what side they are on," Salem al-Meslet, spokesman for the High National Committee (HNC), told reporters on Sunday

www.aljazeera.com: Syria opposition threatens to walk out of Geneva talks

 

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almost exactly what i said severtal hours ago
of course they have to tone it down .. so damn predictable, who needs the world media to preidt/say what the devils are doing? mindset/lack of, damn animals, all fucked'

Syria Regime 'At Talks To Buy Time To Kill'

The opposition says it wants humanitarian assurances as the government insists it is looking for an "end to the bloodshed".

19:17, UK, Sunday 31 January 2016

A Syrian opposition group has claimed the Assad regime has not come to peace talks to find a solution to the civil war but rather "buy more time to kill more Syrian people".

news.sky.com: Syria Regime 'At Talks To Buy Time To Kill'

However, the Syrian government delegation hit back, saying the opposition was "not serious" and insisted it wanted an "end to the bloodshed".

Delegation chief Bashar al Jaafari branded the opposition as terrorists backed by foreign powers, but said his government was considering humanitarian moves as demanded by the rival side.

The discussions are aimed at coming up with a ceasefire to try to end the five-year conflict which has claimed the lives of over 260,000 people and displaced more than half the population.

An image of President Assad on a car in the Syrian town of Rabiya

In the latest violence, three bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 60 people in the capital Damascus.

The blasts went off in Sayyda Zeinab, a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb.

 

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new beginning, lets see hope so
and no USA aka CIA interference, that we know of .. duh/who knows ..
MY MYANMAR

 

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MY MYANMAR


a new beginning maybe
without the usual CIA aka USA interference/or was there, perhaps nothing for there grteed to gain in that country ..

and my Rohingar peoples Su Chi .. remember the support we all freely gave you, all thiose years ago..

ASIA & PACIFIC

Historic Day in Myanmar as New Parliament Opens, Ending Decades of Military Rule
By Reuters and VICE News

February 1, 2016 | 11:50 pm
Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy (NLD) were sworn into Myanmar's parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the country's first democratically-elected government since the military took power in 1962.

The NLD won some 80 percent of elected seats in November's historic vote, catapulting it to power as Myanmar's ruling party after decades of struggle that saw many of its members imprisoned.

Suu Kyi has waited decades for this day. The 70-year-old — whose father, independence hero, General Aung San, was assassinated in 1947— spent 15 years under house arrest after her government won an election in 1990.

But the new junta-drafted constitution means the party will have to share power with the army that for years suppressed, often brutally, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and her allies.

The first sitting of the NLD-dominated parliament is another step in Myanmar's drawn-out transition, which started with the election and will go on until the NLD government officially begins its term in April after parliament has picked a president.

Historic Day in Myanmar as New Parliament Opens, Ending Decades of Military Rule | VICE News

 

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good for them
why they were suppressed for 20 years who knows, like Cuba wastedwest so insistenet on getting its way no doubt ..

Inside Story - Who benefits from Iran's business boom?

Published on Feb 1, 2016
It has been less than two weeks since international sanctions were lifted on Iran.

And President Hassan Rouhani has wasted no time in seizing new opportunities, embarking on a trip to Europe in which he's signed billions of dollars worth of new business for Iran.

As leader of a country that's been isolated for so long, Rouhani probably knows the importance of a charm offensive.

And this trip, in which he's met French and Italian leaders, as well as the Pope, is also about restoring Iran's image and position in the world.

Rouhani says the visit marks a "new spring" in relations with Europe.

With European nations ready to cash in on Iran's return to the global economy, will money help restore Iran's position in the world?

And who stands to benefit from Iran opening up?

Presenter: Jane Dutton

Guests:

Luciano Zaccara - Research coordinator in Gulf politics in the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University

Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi - Research analyst at Royal United Services Institute. Aniseh is a specialist on EU policy and Iran

 

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you want to know the history of OIL
the greed of countries for oil,at what
30/40 bucks a barrell now ha, good bloody job you greedy bastards ..
every year record profits recorded ..

Secret of the Seven Sisters - Episode 4: A Time for Lies

Published on Feb 1, 2016
The last part of a special four-part series that reveals how a secret pact formed a cartel that controls the world's oil.-

the minority Rohingar
want something done please ..

Inside Story - Is Myanmar's transition to democracy tainted by the persecution of Rohingya Muslims?

Published on Feb 1, 2016
Myanmar's first democratically-elected parliament in decades is being called historic. But it's also the first Parliament that does not include a single Muslim legislator. More than a million Muslim Rohingya, who do not have citizenship, were prevented from voting in November's election.They are among the most persecuted people on earth. Hundreds were killed during violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities in 2012. Muslim-owned businesses and homes were burned.Since then, 140,000 Rohingya have been forced into refugee camps. Tens of thousands more have fled from the country on overcrowded boats.So, what will Myanmar's new mainly civilian government mean for the Rohingya?Presenter: Jane Dutton Guests:Kyaw Zwa Moe - The Irrawaddy News Magazine in Naypyidaw.Adam Cooper - Myanmar Country Representative at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Yangon.Tun Khin - President of Burmese Rohingya Organisation, UK-

 

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No matter my or other people's opinions...it's still an important step.

Hillary Clinton Just Made History

Hillary Clinton is the first woman ever to win the Iowa caucus, the moment when the voters finally jump into America's presidential selection process. That's not something to ignore.

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Kind of makes me wonder what politics will look like 10 or 20 years from now....ok if some jackass doesn't fudge it all up that is.

 

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'like'
seems like the SA govts hanling it all as fais as can be ..
no apparent land grab like Zimbabwe did

South African land divisions over land settlements

Published on Feb 2, 2016
South Africa's government is pushing through a series of controversial land reform policies. They're aimed at redressing the imbalance of land ownership between black and white citizens. Proposed changes to the law are now being examined by a parliamentary committee. Haru Mutasa reports from Johannesburg, on what's at stake.

funny you mention that tempo
as i had just watched a similar clip of the same
funnily ha
i was going yo post it, and humble/myself ha
in the hillary thread and admit, out of them all
she reluctabtly ha, tends to be my favoured of them all, very reluctantly i will repeat haha ..
i can afford to be ignorant of it all ha ..

 

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seems like the SA govts hanling it all as fais as can be ..
no apparent land grab like Zimbabwe did

South African land divisions over land settlements

Published on Feb 2, 2016
South Africa's government is pushing through a series of controversial land reform policies. They're aimed at redressing the imbalance of land ownership between black and white citizens. Proposed changes to the law are now being examined by a parliamentary committee. Haru Mutasa reports from Johannesburg, on what's at stake.

funny you mention that tempo
as i had just watched a similar clip of the same
funnily ha
i was going yo post it, and humble/myself ha
in the hillary thread and admit, out of them all
she reluctabtly ha, tends to be my favoured of them all, very reluctantly i will repeat haha ..
i can afford to be ignorant of it all ha ..

Yeah ya gotta give her respect. She's been battling republicans since the middle of her husbands presidential run. Pretty sure most other politicians wouldn't have lasted half as long. And the severity of those attacks count cause it was (and kind of still is) nasty.

 

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laugh
good bloody job the greedy oil cos are sufferingg
long may it continue ..forever even ..
takes little to delight me yahooooo

Global oil giants ExxonMobil and BP report losses

Published on Feb 3, 2016
Global oil giants ExxonMobil and BP have posted a sharp fall in profits.

The results come as the companies cut jobs and slash their exploration costs amid a worldwide drop in oil prices, as Alan Fisher reports.

interesting

Russian Defense Ministry officials sit under a display showing the Turkish-Syrian border during a briefing in Moscow, Dec. 2, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)

Will Turkey risk military confrontation with Russia?

Tensions between Russia and Turkey continue to escalate following the downing in November of a Russian Su-24 fighter jet that strayed into Turkish airspace.

Summary⎙ Print Leading military analysts say Putin is trying to draw Ankara into a fight that could have disastrous results for Turkey.
Author Semih IdizPosted February 2, 2016
Questions are being raised now whether the two countries are heading for a military confrontation. A leading Turkish military expert told Al-Monitor that such a Russian move could spell disaster for Turkey.

Turkey accused Russia of violating its airspace again last week and summoned Russia’s ambassador in Ankara to lodge a formal protest. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also warned Moscow that it was playing with fire and would have to face the consequences.

Read more: Will Turkey risk military confrontation with Russia? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

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LAUGH re the worlds panic over OIL!!!

the greasy oil wealthy bastards are snitting themselves with the fallen oil price
long may it last i say
ordinary folk will survive comfortably
unlike the greedy bastards used to high living ..

CO OPERATE indeed for there greed only
good F'n job ..

Inside Story: Russia , Saudi ready to 'cooperate' on oil production?

Published on Feb 3, 2016
With oil prices plunging to their lowest levels in a decade, a deal between Russia and Saudi Arabia could take two million barrels a day off the market.Less than two years ago, a barrel of oil was over $100. Since then, it has fallen to around $30.That is the business story. But it is also a political story. The last time oil prices dropped so low and stayed there was during the 1980's, when the Soviet Union collapsed.Some Russians see history repeating itself. There is talk in the Kremlin of a US-led conspiracy and economic warfare by NATO.Fifty percent of Russia's government revenue comes from oil and gas. For every dollar fall in the oil price Moscow loses around $2 billion in revenue.It is not just Russia that is feeling the pinch.Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries have seen their revenues slashed, but with lower production costs have more margin for manoeuvre. A cut in production would drive up prices, but can Russia and Opec overcome their mutual suspicion and do a deal?Presenter - Peter DobbieGuests:Anastasia Nesvetailova - Political Economist, City University, LondonSean Evers - Gulf Intelligence Oil, DubaiMikhail Krutihin -RusEnergy Consulting, Moscow-

either way, trying to be honest, a little late
but at least hes not like other blatant corrupt dictators
good on him for trying to be honest ha
immpressed with South Africas progress since Mandela, no denying that ..

South Africa president offers to return taxpayers' money

Published on Feb 3, 2016
After spending millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on luxury renovations to his rural property, South Africa's president is offering to pay it back.But despite the pledge to pay it back, his political rivals are not satisfied.Haru Mutasa has more from Johannesburg.

 

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Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal
TPP
or not/or bust
the signing of, a partial NZ instigated initiative
a worry by some of us, that it may lead to 'a countrys govt beingsued'
no harm in caution, but too late now, its been signed ..
could be a future worry/i dont quite fully understand myself .
good to see we can still muster up a little protest now and then thanks Sue Bradfurd, x MP

Controversial TPP pact signed amid New Zealand protests
Protesters highlight the deal's corporate agenda as 12 countries sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Auckland.

www.aljazeera.com: Controversial TPP pact signed amid New Zealand protests

TPP signed in Auckland

Image copyrightGetty Images
Image captionNew Zealand's trade minister Todd McClay welcomes his Australian counterpart Andrew Robb in Auckland with a traditional hongi greeting
The Trans Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest multinational trade deals ever, has been signed by ministers from its 12 member nations in New Zealand.

The ceremony in Auckland brings the huge trade pact, which has been five years in the making, another step towards to becoming a reality.

But the TPP continues to face opposition.

The 12 nations account for some 40% of the world's economy - they now have two years to ratify or reject the pact.

Australia's minister for trade Andrew Robb was the first to sign the pact. Those attending the ceremony cheered as his counterpart, New Zealand trade minister Todd McClay, added the last signature.

Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal signed in Auckland - BBC News

 

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gtrrr
just watched a BBC report re SYRIA /RUSSIA
now it carried on for 3 minutes or more, and all it was saying was the Russian air strike bombing of the syrians causing refugees etc

no mention at all of the western coalition/US/NATO./UK or there 5 years worth of bombing/killing
of which the British parliamentarioans voted unaniously to send there aircratf in to bomb the shit out of the Syrians/what a couple of months ago

gee there are so many lying straight faced bastards that are shown on televisiojn
straibght faced lying bastards

it was all abnout Russia Russia Rissia doing the bombing

take heed
the west and there 5 years of bombing klilling a 1/2 of a million alleged deaths of Syrian civilians
theyre now trying to lay the blame on Russia who have bneen bombing for a few months only

no links, because i cant be fucked looking for them/it

The Battle Between Oxford University Students and the British Empire
February 5, 2016 | 8:20 am
Oriel College sits in the heart of Oxford, a stone's throw from the British city's 1,000-year-old market street. Down the road is the site where the medieval Bocardo Prison once stood — and where, in 1555, a group of martyrs was famously burnt at the stake for heresy. Around the corner, heading north, is the Turf Tavern pub where, according to popular lore, former US President and Oxford University graduate student Bill Clinton "did not inhale."

 

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and it looks like the BBC News
have imitated Al Jazeera,as of yesterday utiliaing utiliaing google plus, and especially you tube
so much for those ruhbbishing Ajs innovation


.rosy future for the oil mongers amongst us WW
good F n job, i say again
may it continue falling ..

Falling oil prices: Is history repeating itself? BBC News

Published on Feb 5, 2016
The price of oil on global markets has collapsed almost 60% since June 2014, punching a big hole in the pockets of the big producers and creating thousands of job losses. The falling price of a barrel of oil has made headline news around the world as demand fails to match supply. But we've been here before - as veteran financial journalist Mickey Clark remembers.

plenty of monet available for our killling objectives ..

Hakan Fidan (C), the head of Turkey's intelligence agency, stands in Ankara, Dec. 19, 2014. (photo by Getty Images/Adem Altan)

Turkey plans shiny new HQ for shadowy intelligence operations
Turkey is transforming its National Intelligence Agency (MIT), expanding not only its headquarters, but its operations and reach.

Summary⎙ Print Senior Turkish intelligence officers say the $140 million budgeted for their agency's new headquarters reveals there is more going on than meets the eye.
Author Pinar TremblayPosted February 1, 2016
The MIT traditionally has been seen as a domestically oriented, meek secret service, mainly spying on its own citizens. Now, however, it is engaged inborder security and surveillance, coordinating paramilitary troops abroadand developing its own internal structure to include foreign and domesticintelligence operations. For example, new laws allow the MIT to monitor the activities of the financial crimes investigation board.

Read more: Turkey plans shiny new HQ for shadowy intelligence operations - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

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local NZ content for a change ha

WAITANGI dat NZ, a big event, wondering now if it should be scrapped
that would irk the Maori radicals no end/ Brfitish referendum on the way?? haha

Maori myself but
not impressed with my Maori supposed cultural behaviour tbh

throwing a dido
or throwing panties at the Queen ( in the 60s), bloody pathetic and disgusting behaviour

youger radicals being broght up to do a hate thing ,supposedly because of past wrongs
absolute crap, belongs in the 60s/1860s

i think a majority of modern Maori believe so also..

you have to know the history of the Treaty of Waitangi
and not carry on blaming the past ..

Prime Minister John Key target of flying-dildo Waitangi protest

turns out National MP Steven Joyce did the honourable thing and took a dildo for his boss.

The large, rubber sex toy thrown at the Economic Minister's face was actually meant for Prime Minister John Key, a protester says.

It was only after the Prime Minister backed out of Waitangi events at the last-minute that protester Josie Butler was forced to find a new target: Joyce's face.


www.stuff.co.nz: Dildo-thrower 'apologetic'

 

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Ireland'
fastest growing economy in the E uropean union
and if Britaian left ..

and
GREECE is doing reasonably well, considering all the refugee drama it has had to handle huh' duhj' ..

Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis part 2 - Ireland

OIL the demise of ..

Counting the Cost - Crude reality: Winners and losers in the oil crisis

hed on Feb 6, 2016
As the oil price has dropped more than 70 percent since the summer of 2014, the oil industry is facing its deepest downturn in more than two decades.The price of oil has decoupled from the actual cost of production. It is becoming unprofitable and the effects are being felt across the globe. Nigeria and Angola, Africas's two biggest oil producers are both in talks with the World Bank about support for their strained state finances.Budgets in Russia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Canada are in deficit, which means cuts in public spending.Big oil is cutting jobs and capital spending, in fact BP just reported its worst annual loss in 20 years and Shell reported a 80 percent slide in profits for 2015.But there are winners too: China, India, Japan, and South Korea are among the largest importers of oil so they are benefiting from the dropping oil price.We are backtracking the demise of oil - from production companies in the North Sea to a former Caspian Tiger fallen on hard times, Kazakhstan, to find out who are the winners and losers of the oil price drop and what it means for the people.Also on Counting the Cost: Ireland is now the fastest growing economy in the EU, but has its post-bailout success come at the expense of the country's poor?And how will it affect Ireland's economy and its people if its closest neighbour, the UK, decides to leave the European Union?Plus, after years of negotiations, the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) has been signed at a ceremony in New Zealand. But sealing the deal on paper doesn't mean an end to the opposition, so what is the future of TPPA?-

wsell
like it or not, they do honour what they say??

North Korea launches long-range rocket in defiance of United Nations sanctions
Updated 10 minutes ago

PHOTO: Footage from a North Korean television broadcast shows the launch of a rocket carrying satellite Kwangmyongsong-4.(AFP/Yonhap)
MAP: Korea, Democratic People S Republic Of
North Korea has launched a long-range rocket carrying what it claims is an observational satellite, in a move United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon described as "deeply deplorable".

Key points:

• North Korea launches rocket, in defiance of UN orders
• US allies see rocket as a weapons test, North Korea insists it is carrying satellite
• UN to hold emergency meeting

The launch was in defiance of United Nations sanctions barring it from using ballistic missile technology.

"It is deeply deplorable that [North Korea] has conducted a launch using ballistic missile technology in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions ... despite the united plea of the international community against such an act," Mr Ban's press office said.