GENEVA – North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, saying it could take further steps after a nuclear test last week.
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JERUSALEM – Israel denied on Tuesday that an Australian immigrant who committed suicide in 2010 while jailed for security offences had spied for his native country.
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama renewed pressure on congressional Republicans to head off budget cuts that are due to begin on March 1, staging a White House appearance with emergency workers to illustrate jobs he said were at risk.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. General John Allen, who oversaw the NATO war effort in Afghanistan until earlier this month, has decided to retire instead of pursuing his nomination as the next NATO supreme allied commander due to family health issues, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
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CARACAS – Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro would win a presidential vote should his boss Hugo Chavez’s cancer force him out, according to the first survey this year on such a scenario in the South American OPEC nation.
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