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Young North Koreans train to seek revenge
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae ...
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South Koreans hope to return to Kaesong factories
SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic collaboration between the Koreas that...
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Missing US pilot report delayed
JOHANNESBURG — The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start searching for his missing plane. But th...
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Associated Press A monk prays inside a chapel dating back to the fourth century at the ancient monastery of St. Anthony southeast of Cairo on Tuesday.
Even in desert retreat, monks feel turmoil
ST. ANTHONY’S MONASTERY, Egypt — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 cen...
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Associated Press A defaced poster showing former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf is displayed on the window of a shop in Islamabad on Thursday. Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country's capital on Thursday after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason.
Pakistan’s Musharraf flees court
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled court in a speeding vehicle Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case involving his decision to fire senior jud...
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Chavez heir: US is behind unrest over vote
CARACAS, Venezuela — President-elect Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival traded accusations Tuesday over blame for post-election violence that the government said had caused seven deaths and 61...
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Middle East quake kills dozens
TEHRAN, Iran — A major earthquake flattened homes and offices on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, rattling buildings as far away as New Delhi and Dubai and killing dozens of people, ...
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Hatted impersonators mark Chaplin birthday
ADIPUR, India — Canes in hand and bowler hats atop their heads, Charlie Chaplin impersonators tramped through the streets of a small port town in western India to celebrate the birthday of the Holl...
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West’s mores, China imports challenge the burqa
KABUL, Afghanistan — The homespun Afghan burqa is under siege from east and west these days — cut-price competition from China, and Western influences that are leading many urban women to exchange ...
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Strong quake shakes Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — A powerful earthquake shook Papua New Guinea’s northern coast this morning, sending residents fleeing for higher ground and items tumbling from shelves. There were ...
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