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North Korea Sends First High-Level Envoy to China This Year Amid Cooling Relations
For the first time this year, and for the first time since China's change of leadership, a high-ranking North Korean official has made a visit to its neighbor and largest trading partner. ... Full story
North Korea Fires Short Range Projectiles into its Coastal Waters for Third Straight Day
Ignoring calls to refrain from provocative behavior by South Korea, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, North Korea continued for the third straight day to fire short range projectiles into the North Korean coastal waters on Monday. ... Full story
Russians Arrest and Expel American Embassy Secretary for Attempting to Recruit Intelligence Officer
A Secretary in the Political section of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was arrested and held for at time in that city on charges that he attempted to recruit a member of the Russian Intelligence Services on Monday. ... Full story
Syria's Internet and Communications with the Outside World 'Go Dark'
Reports coming from several global Internet monitoring sites say that Syria went dark on Tuesday night(10:45am Tuesday Alaska time) as service to Internet and cell phones became non-existant. ... Full story
Israel Strikes Out Again at Syria Sunday
Two days after its attack on a warehouse near Damascus, Israel launched yet another air attack on the areas around the Syrian capital on Sunday. ... Full story
Israeli Aircraft Target Warehouse at Damascus Airport Suspected of Holding Missiles Bound for Hezbollah
For a second time this year, Israel has launched an air attack on suspected weapons in Syria. On Friday, Israeli jets over Lebanon let loose stand-off bombs at a building in Damascus and is suspected of hitting surface-to-surface Fateh-110 missiles stored there. ... Full story
Death Toll in Bangladesh Building Collapse Reaches 400 and Still Climbing
Eight people have been arrested as a result of the collapse of the commercial building in Bangladesh, where the death toll has now reached 400. ... Full story
Dempsey Discusses Regional Issues With Japanese Leaders
TOKYO, April 26, 2013 – North Korea and China led the list of topics Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, discussed today in a series of meetings with senior Japanese leaders here. ... Full story
Hagel: Intel Community Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 25, 2013 – The U.S. intelligence community assesses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons -- specifically the nerve-agent sarin -- on a small scale in that violence-torn nation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here tonight. ... Full story
22 Confirmed Dead Thus Far in China from New H7N9 Virus
Although health authorities in China are uncertain if the new H7N9 influenza virus can be spread from human-to-human contact. Poultry-to-human contact has resulted in over 100 cases of illness from the virus in humans. ... Full story
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NASA Releases Image of 'Comet of the Century' as it Barrels Toward the Sun
The comet that will make its closest approach to the sun on November 28th, had its picture taken by the Hubble telescope on April 10th. ... Full story