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North Korea vows to attack Japan if rocket intercepted
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SEOUL: North Korea’s military threatened Thursday to attack
“major targets” in Japan if Tokyo tries to shoot down a
satellite it intends to launch as soon as this weekend.
“If Japan recklessly ‘intercepts’ the
DPRK’s [North’s] satellite for peaceful purposes, the KPA will
mercilessly deal deadly blows not only at the already deployed
intercepting means but at major targets,” said a statement from
the Korean People’s Army (KPA).
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Malaysia picks Najib Razak to replace Badawi as PM
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
resigned Thursday after six years in office, clearing the way for
his deputy to take over the task of steering the nation out of
economic crisis.
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Israel-Palestine peace talks may be shelved by Tel Aviv
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s new government has set a hawkish tone in its
first days in office, with statements by its top diplomat setting
off warnings that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet risked burying the
troubled peace talks.
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University blunder leaves LA students heartbroken
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LOS ANGELES: Around 28,000 students were left heartbroken after the
University of California San Diego mistakenly informed them they had
won acceptance to the college, it was reported Wednesday.
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Japan’s suicide cases decrease by a margin
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TOKYO: More than 32,000 people killed themselves in Japan last year,
police reported Thursday, as experts warned that suicides may go up
amid the country’s worst recession since World War II.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: US envoy Scott Gration heads for Sudan Wednesday
as President Barack Obama turns up the heat on his Sudanese
counterpart Omar al-Beshir to allow aid groups back into war-torn
Darfur.
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