U.S.officials say the self-described satellite launch would only be a cover for a test of a long-range missile, perhaps a more advanced version of the one North Korea fired eastward over Japan in 1998.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

The Cuban leader, cut out of the main negotiations between the superpowers over the fate of the long range Soviet missiles stationed in Cuba, began to cease cooperation with Moscow.

BBC: Cuban missile crisis: The other, secret one

Portsmouth's England internationals Peter Crouch and Defoe showed some neat link-up play on 20 minutes with the former setting up the latter to shoot just over the bar from long range.

BBC: Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth

Wigan pressed forward but the closest they came to another equaliser was when Titus Bramble's hopeful long-range lob sailed over the top of Green's crossbar.

BBC: West Ham 3-2 Wigan