Japan PM: N. Korea rocket launch will break UN pacts

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will tell North Korea its planned rocket launch would violate UN resolutions and hurt global anti-nuclear efforts, according to a draft of a speech he is due to give to a nuclear security summit on Tuesday.

"The international community strongly demands North Korea exercise self-restraint on the launch," Noda will say, according to the draft speech, adding his voice to a chorus of calls on Pyongyang to abandon the project. (Reuters)