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The New York Times leads with Iran's test-firing of a missile with a range sufficient to strike Israel, Saudi Arabia, and most of Turkey--a story nobody else has on the front page.
The fronts at USAT and LAT report North Korea's test-firing of a ballistic missile Monday, a test which sent the missile's second stage clear across Japan and displayed a far greater range than was previously attributed to it.
Meanwhile the front pages of both the WP and the NYT national edition state that the Defense Department has given the green light to test-firing a powerful laser at a satellite orbiting some 200-plus miles up.
In Japan, Mainichi Shimbun said that North Korea's agreement with the United States this week to suspend plans for further test-firing of long-range missiles "by no means constitutes a fundamental solution to the North Korean missile problem."
In India, the Asian Age led Wednesday with a report claiming Clinton "shares India's concern over cross-border terrorism from Pakistan," while the Pioneer reported the Pentagon was considering new sanctions against Pakistan after its recent test-firing of a homemade surface-to-surface missile.