North Korean rocket launch window opens

Photos SEOUL, South Korea - (AP) -- A near two-week launch window for a North Korean long-range rocket began Monday, a day after said it may delay liftoff. North Korea has faced mounting international pressure to abandon what critics call a cover for a banned missile test. Scientists had been pushing forward with final preparations for the launch from a west coast site but are considering "readjusting" the timing for unspecified reasons, an unidentified spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology told North Korea's state-run early Sunday. It was unclear whether diplomatic intervention or technical glitches were behind the potential delay. A brief KCNA dispatch said scientists and...