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N. Korea voids pacts with South as sanctions toughened
North Korea announced Friday it was voiding non-aggression pacts with South Korea and severing a hotline with Seoul, hours after the UN Security Council adopted tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. ... more
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N. Korea media ramps up the war talk
North Korea's state media ramped its bellicose rhetoric up another notch Thursday, warning of a "thermonuclear war" as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on new sanctions against the isolated state. ... more
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IAEA chief Amano sails into second term
The UN atomic agency's board of governors on Wednesday approved giving Japanese director general Yukiya Amano a new four-year term without even resorting to a vote. ... more
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US wasted billions in Iraq with few results: inspector
After invading Iraq ten years ago, the United States spent $60 billion on a vast reconstruction effort that left behind few successes and a litany of failures, an auditor's report said Wednesday. ... more
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