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North Korea fires three short-range missilesSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches More »
- Hopes fade for those still trapped in Freeport Indonesia min …
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Saturday that rockfalls were hampering rescue efforts after a tunnel collapse four days ago at its More »
- Northeast Japan jolted by M5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan More »
Commuter trains collide in Connecticut, injuring up to 60 pe …By Michelle McLoughlin FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A commuter train traveling eastbound from New York City derailed near the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield More »
Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percentBy Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by More »
Venezuela frees opposition activist jailed over post-vote vi …CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Friday released an opposition activist who had been jailed on accusations of inciting violence in the wake of President Nicolas More »
Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" More »
- White House fights and loses battle to withhold Benghazi rec …
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's White House fought and lost a battle to avoid making public what it claimed were confidential More »
- U.N. Security Council mulls Syria cross-border aid push
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is considering a plea from senior U.N. aid officials to demand aid access in war-torn More »
IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandalBy Andy Sullivan and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting More »
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