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Bring it on, Pyongyang dares Seoul
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SEOUL: North Korea said Thursday it was “fully ready” for war
with South Korea, stepping up its rhetoric just hours before US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was scheduled to arrive in Seoul.
“The Lee Myung Bak group of traitors should
never forget that the Korean People’s Army is fully ready for an
all-out confrontation,” a spokesman for the Army General Staff
said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Gaza ceasefire conditional on Israeli soldier’s release
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s Security Cabinet voted on Wednesday to make a
Gaza truce conditional on the release of a captive soldier, a move
that risked complicating Egyptian efforts to broker a lasting
ceasefire.
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Battle for control of Malaysian states mounts
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KUALA LUMPUR: A battle for control of a Malaysian state has flared
again as the defiant opposition alliance used a parliamentary
maneuver to suspend the new leadership.
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China orders crackdown on Dalai Lama supporters
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BEIJING: China has ordered government and security forces in Tibet
to crush any signs of support for the Dalai Lama, state media said
Thursday, as the tense 50th anniversary of an anti-Chinese uprising
nears.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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SYDNEY: Australia’s Defense minister warned Thursday he did not
expect victory against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan in the near
future and would not commit more troops unless North Atlantic Treaty
Organization members did so too.
-- Xinhua
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