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Security Council OKs N. Korea sanctions
Oct 14 2006 11:32PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test "a clear threat to international peace and security."
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U.N.'s next leader urges North Korea
Oct 14 2006 9:26PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Korea's foreign minister, who has promised to make peace with North Korea a top priority as the new U.N. secretary-general, said Saturday the global community must engage the reclusive country in talks over its nuclear program, not just punish it with sanctions.
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Analysis: Pyongyang reaction no surprise
Oct 14 2006 9:05PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's rejection of a U.N. resolution sanctioning the communist nation for its reported nuclear test was a repetition of Pyongyang's well-worn rhetoric, and comments that it would consider sanctions a declaration of war essentially an empty threat.
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2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Oct 14 2006 6:48PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two NATO soldiers were killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan after militants ambushed them with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, the alliance said.
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U.N. seeks to put Kim Jong Il on diet
Oct 14 2006 3:23PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - He's known for swigging cognac and owning thousands of bottles of vintage French wine. His private train is reportedly stocked with live lobsters served with silver chopsticks. He allegedly flew in an Italian chef to make him pizzas.
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Purported Tibet shooting video released
Oct 14 2006 12:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Romanian TV station released a video Saturday that it said shows Chinese forces fatally shooting a Tibetan refugee who was with a group of people trying to flee to Nepal in an incident that prompted an international outcry.
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2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Oct 14 2006 12:00PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two NATO soldiers were killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan after militants ambushed them with rocket propelled grenades and gunfire, the alliance said.
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