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State media shows NKorea has new military chief

By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 12:35PM UTC

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A North Korean state media dispatch shows that leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general as his new military chief. The new title for Kim Kyok Sik came in a dispatch Wednesday from the North’s Korean Central News Agency detailing a delegation at

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North Korean leader sends ‘special envoy’ to China

By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 12:29PM UTC

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers’ Party official and a vice

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UN urges action to end child soldiers in Burma

By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 9:59AM UTC

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Burma’s government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice. Ban’s comments came as Burma President Thein Sein was making a landmark visit to Washington. The former general

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Key senator to let Burma sanctions bill lapse

By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 9:51AM UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a significant move, a prominent Republican senator said Tuesday he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Burma lapse because of the country’s progress toward democracy. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell made the announcement after meeting the nation’s President Thein Sein who is making a landmark

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Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 9:43AM UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in

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