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City Lights: Looking back on an interview with Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens would have been a darn good high school teacher.
That was one of my first memories after hearing that the prolific author and columnist had died Thursday at the age of 62. A leftist for years, then an adamant supporter of the War...Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Terrorism, Arts and Culture, Documentary (genre), Michael Moore
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Aide to Japan's leader pays unannounced visit to North Korea
BEIJING -- A senior aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Tuesday in North Korea, but neither country gave a reason for the unannounced visit that followed weeks of high tension in the region over the North's nuclear and missile tests....
Tags: Japan, North Korea, Shinzo Abe, Government, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: National Security, Barack Obama, Espionage and Intelligence, The New York Times, U.S. Congress
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The Week in Pictures | April 15 – April 21, 2013
FrameworkThe eyes of the world were on Boston this week with the two bomb blasts during the marathon on Monday and subsequent manhunt for two brothers believed to be the perpetrators.... -
Pictures in the News | April 15, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in North Korea, where people visit giant statues of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile... -
North Korea marks founder's birthday with flowers, not missiles
BEIJING -- North Korea celebrated the 101th anniversary of its founder's birth Monday with flowers and dancing instead of missiles, raising hopes that the regime may be climbing down from the furious rhetoric of recent weeks. Even the fire-breathing...
Tags: China, Defense, North Korea, United Nations, Kim Jong Un
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North Korea, marking leader's birthday, shows more ire
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it...
Tags: Park Geun-hye, Arts, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, North Korea
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After weeks of North Korean fury, calm on key holiday
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader Monday by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts, with little hint of the fiery language that has kept the international community fearful that a missile...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, North Korea, John Kerry, Government, Kim Jong Un
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Kerry affirms U.S.-Japan bond as North Korean threat looms
TOKYO — Secretary of State John F. Kerry pledged a strong and continuing U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan in the final stop of an Asia tour that was dominated by North Korea's threats of an attack with nuclear weapons. Speaking before a...
Tags: Japan, China, Arts and Culture, Defense, North Korea
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Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat
BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, China, North Korea, Iran's Nuclear Program, John Kerry
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Kerry arrives in South Korea at a touchy time
From the Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday on an unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test and risking that his presence alone could...Tags: U.S. Department of State, China, Barack Obama, North Korea, John Kerry
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North Korea delivers new round of war rhetoric
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had "powerful striking means" on standby for a launch, while Seoul and Washington speculated that the country is preparing to test a medium-range...
Tags: Japan, Wars and Interventions, North Korea, Chuck Hagel, Government
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