That latest example of shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang comes as the U.S.Navy tracks a North Korean vessel which may be carrying missile parts or other weaponry.
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For those who believe that the national debate over boat people should become a lot less shrill and a lot more compassionate, perhaps the biggest drawback of the programme was that it was preaching to the converted.
Mr Sarkozy has turned from a stout defender of the euro into ashrill critic of the EU. A Europe that opens its markets without counterparties, and which does not defend its enterprises and farmers, is finished, he says.
Global Times says the country's rapid development is "sounding ashrill alarm again" on pollution and backs public calls for a fireworks ban during the Chinese New Year next month.