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SKorean managers: NKoreans not working at factory

South Korea: North Korean workers didn’t show up for work at a jointly run factory complex with South Korea on Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang

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Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes

TOKYO: It’s easy to write off North Korea’s threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: It has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile

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Obama says he’s ‘determined as ever’ for gun bill

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter

30 Pakistani soldiers killed in northwest valley

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani military officials say 30 soldiers and nearly 100 militants have been killed in four days of fierce fighting in a remote valley in the northwest. The

Annette Funicello Passes Away at 70

Hollywood icon Annette Funicello has died at age 70, Disney confirmed today on Twitter. The former Mouseketeer passed away from complications due to her multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled

Margaret Thatcher dies at 87 following stroke

Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 following a stroke, her family announced today. As tributes poured in to the former premier, it was announced that she will

SKorea: ‘Indication’ NKorea prepping for nuke test

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea’s point man on North Korea said Monday there is an “indication” that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another Seoul

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects blasphemy law

DHAKA: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has firmly rejected demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who defame Islam and Prophet Muhammad. In a BBC interview, she

New fears in Sri Lanka amid anti-Muslim campaign

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A red-robbed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, Muslim-owned

Aide: Pakistan’s Musharraf can run for parliament

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A close aide to Pakistan’s former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf sayselections officials have approved his candidacy for parliament in a remote northern district after it was