Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton harshly condemned North Korea on Friday for a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean Navy warship last March, and promised to marshal an international response in the coming week with Japan, China and other countries.

"I think it is important to send a clear message to North Korea that provocative actions have consequences," she said after meeting here with the Japanese foreign minister, Katsuya Okada. "We cannot allow this attack on South Korea to go unanswered by the international community."

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