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Top Chinese leader urges N.Korea envoy to work toward denuclearisation
ReutersBEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party's fifth-ranked leader, told a North Korean envoy on Thursday that China hopes all parties would work toward denuclearisation and called on all sides to restart talks on North Korea as...Tags: Kim Jong Un, China
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North Korea says willing to take China's advice to start talks
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest...Tags: Kim Jong Un, China, Communist Party of China, Kim Jong Il, Politics
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Yen rallies sharply against dollar, euro after China data
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The yen broke recent trends and jumped against the dollar and the euro on Thursday after a slide in stocks sparked by a drop in Chinese factory activity prompted a rush for the safe-haven Japanese currency. China's factory activity...Tags: G20, Political Fundraising, Elections, Market and Exchange, France
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea - aid groups
Reuters* NGOs say European banks won't send money to North Korea * Main problem was Bank of China move to shut account of North's Foreign Trade Bank * Bank of China was key intermediary for fund transfers * Aid groups say worried donors will withdraw...Tags: International Organizations, Banking, Beijing (China), European Union, Money and Monetary Policy
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...
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The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Theft, U.S. Senate, Manufacturing and Engineering, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groups
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into...Tags: Thomson Corporation, International Organizations, Banking, Beijing (China), European Union
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. DIGGING OUT FROM OKLAHOMA TORNADO Rescuers are nearly finished searching for victims, but most Moore residents are just starting to find out...
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North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid - group
Reuters* Sanctions imposed over nuclear programme * Agencies to seek help from EU By Emma Batha LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank cut ties with...Tags: China, Thomson Corporation, Robin Williams, International Organizations, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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Is Obama Richard Nixon?
Despite what you may hear from some of his more fevered critics, President Barack Obama's recent scandal-quakes don't appear to fall anywhere near the level of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. But by another Nixonian yardstick, trying to muzzle on press...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, News Media, Central Intelligence Agency, Richard Nixon, U.S. Supreme Court
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North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
ReutersSEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with...Tags: Shinzo Abe, Kim Jong Un, South Korea, Japan, News Agency
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Hawkish general makes comeback as North Korea's military chief
ReutersBy Ju-min Park SEOUL, May 22 (Reuters) - North Korea has reappointed a hardline and loyal general as military chief in a move experts said was part of young leader Kim Jong-un's attempt to tighten his grip on the armed forces. Kim Kyok-sik, widely...Tags: Kim Jong Un, South Korea, Seoul (South Korea)
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