51.   South Korean officials and others have said North Korea appears ready to test another missile soon.

52.   Since the freeze was negotiated, North Korea pledged to stop testing its missiles and exporting weapons technology to other nations.

53.   South Korean officials and others have said North Korea appears ready to test another missile within the next month.

54.   South Korean officials have said North Korea appears ready to test another missile in the next month.

55.   Syria reportedly has recently tested Scud missiles capable of hitting targets anywhere in Israel, increasing tensions in a week of militant words in the two countries.

56.   Tensions between the two sides flared again last summer after Lee visited the United States, and China reacted by staging war games and testing missiles near Taiwan.

57.   The North is believed to have missiles capable of reaching U.S. territory but agreed during Clinton-era talks not to test the missiles.

58.   The United States dispatched aircraft carriers off Taiwan after China tested missiles near the island, infuriating Beijing which claims Taiwan is part of China.

59.   The United States feared the North was on the verge of testing another missile, this one capable of striking Alaska or Hawaii.

60.   The United States and Russia agree that the battlefield missiles can be tested because they are excluded from the treaty, but they disagree about the other missiles.