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North Korea tensions: Russia’s Lavrov fears ‘spiral’

YoopyaMarch 29, 2013June 26, 2024

by YoopyaMarch 29, 2013June 26, 2024035

Russia has warned of tensions in North Korea slipping out of control, after Pyongyang said it was placing its missile units on stand-by. Russian Foreign...

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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt says he will ‘return to prison’

YoopyaMarch 29, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 29, 201306

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has said he will return to prison for his conviction over the 1993 Mumbai blasts. The actor has been on bail...

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Sri Lanka crowd attacks Muslim warehouse in Colombo

YoopyaMarch 29, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 29, 201308

Several people have been injured in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, when Buddhist monks led hundreds in an assault on a Muslim-owned clothing warehouse. Buddhist monks...

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North Korea ‘readies rocket force’ after US stealth flights

YoopyaMarch 29, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 29, 201302

North Korea says it has put missile units on stand-by to attack US targets in response to US stealth bomber flights over the Korean peninsula....

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The Afghan ‘green-on-blue’ attacker seen as a hero

YoopyaMarch 28, 2013March 28, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 28, 2013March 28, 201300

An Afghan border policeman who killed two US soldiers in a so-called “green-on-blue” attack in 2011 has been venerated after his death by many in...

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Despite threats, North Korea keeps border factories open

YoopyaMarch 28, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 28, 201304

(Reuters) – A heavily armed border crossing between North and South Korea that allows the North access to $2 billion in trade a year, one...

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Democratic hopes dashed for Hong Kong 2017 election

YoopyaMarch 28, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 28, 201304

(Reuters) – Hopes that Hong Kong’s 2017 election will be genuinely democratic have been dashed after a senior Chinese leader said, regardless of the vote,...