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China: We’re ready if US ‘stirs up any conflict’ in South China Sea
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In Pakistan, 4 nations mull how to bring Taliban to talks
The session ended with a promise to pursue peace, and to pressure warring groups to engage in negotiations. It also condemned violence
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North Korea: Inside the lives of Pyongyang’s rich kids
THEY love fashion and like most teenagers are happy to spend money to look good.
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MH370 search: 'decreasing possibility' plane will be found, say authorities
Australian Transport Safety Bureau says there are only 15,000 sq km of seafloor to be surveyed before search ends
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Tokyo Olympics: Japan to 'fully cooperate' with suspicious payments inquiry
French authorities investigating payments made to a secret bank account alleged to have helped Tokyo secure 2020 Games
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Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima
President Obama will visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, the White House announced Tuesday.
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Reporters in N. Korea for congress get wire factory instead
North Korea has brought in more than 100 journalists f-rom around the world to make sure that the 7th Congress of its ruling Workers' Party gets global attention.
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Landslide in China’s Fujian province buries hyd-ropower station site
EIGHT bodies have been found and 33 people are still missing after a landslide hit Taining County in southeastern China’s Fujian province, reports say.
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Kim Jong-un Announces A Five-Year Plan For North Korea
North Korea is having its first party congress in 36 years.
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So far, foreign reporters in Pyongyang see sights, but not main show
On the first day of North Korea's biggest political gathering in 36 years on Friday
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Behind closed doors, North Korea opens ruling party congress
North Korea on Friday opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980
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U.S. Tells Pakistan It Will Have To Fund F-16s Itself
“Given congressional objections, we have told the Pakistanis that they should put forward national funds for that purpose.”
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Obama won’t apologize for Hiroshima during trip to Japan
President Obama may visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan late this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, but he will not apologize for the World War II decision to destroy that city with an atomic bomb, the White House said Monday.
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South Korea: Suspected midrange North Korean missiles fail
North Korea attempted unsuccessfully to launch two suspected powerful intermediate-range missiles on Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, bringing the number of apparent failures in recent weeks to three.
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China won't allow chaos or war on Korean peninsula: Xi
China will not allow chaos and war to break out on the Korean peninsula, which would be to no one's advantage
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Philippine president vows to stop new Marcos rule
Philippines President Benigno Aquino on Monday said he would do his best to prevent the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos f-rom returning to power.
‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT
Fracking should be banned as a “global threat” as it causes methane leaks contaminating water in the communities near gas wells, says an Australian MP who literally set a river ablaze to draw attention to the adverse effects of the practice.
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Obama Dismisses NKorea Proposal on Halting Nuke Tests
day after North Korea's foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, President Barack Obama said Sunday that Washington isn't taking the proposal seriously and Pyongyang would "have to do better than that."
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North Korea fires submarine-launched missile: South Korea
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Saturday off its east coast, South Korea said, amid concerns that the isolated state might conduct a nuclear test or a missile launch ahead of a ruling party meeting in May.
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Indian father allegedly cuts off the hands of teen accused of raping his infant daughter
Some fathers will do anything for their children, but one in the Bathing district of India allegedly took the idea of “outlaw justice” to its grotesque extreme.
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