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News Headlines October 6, 2014: Ebola in Spain, Ruble Continues to Fall, ISIS in Kobani, Large Explosion in Iran
World Headline News for October 6, 2014 1. World News: Nurse in Spain Infected with Ebola 2. Technology: Dubai Police to Use Google Glass Facial Recognition to Capture Criminals 3. World Politics: United Kingdom (UK) Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Calls for Drug Laws Reform, Calling Addiction a Health Issue 4. World News: Kim Jong un Absent As Democratic […]
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North Korea Warns Foreign Nationals to Evacuate South Korea Ahead of Possible War
The official state media outlet of the DPRK has issued a warning to foreign nationals currently residing in South Korea to evacuate ahead of a potential missile test by Pyongyang. In a further escalation of tensions since the DPRK issued a statement warning diplomats in Pyongyang that their safety could not be guaranteed in the […]
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North Korea Prepping for New Nuclear Test
South Korean media outlets expect a new North Korean nuclear test to occur any day now. Tensions between North Korea, the United States, and South Korea were exacerbated recently by the conducting of joint, annual drills between US and South Korean forces. Kim Jong un’s behavior of late has much of the world concerned about […]
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Iran’s Rial Hits All-Time Low
Iran’s currency the rial has fallen 20% in value over the last two weeks in trade against the US dollar. The devaluation indicates the Islamic Republic of Iran is increasingly struggling against international sanctions that have limited its ability to obtain foreign currency. The sanctions placed on Iran are intended to reduce its […]
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Israel Threatens to Strike Syria If Rebels Gain Access to Chemical Weapons
Silvan Shalom, Israel’s vice premier, said that if it appeared that the Syrian government was losing control of its chemical weapons stockpile in its struggle against rebels fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad that Israel would launch military strikes on those bases. Silvan Shalom was commenting on a report that leaked to the […]
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South Korea Has Detained a Korean-American Man Charged with Massive Billion-Dollar Iran Wire Fraud
A Korean-American man was detained by Republic of Korea authorities on charges that he had transferred more than $1 billion to Iran, a staggering sum in one of the world’s largest cases of wire fraud. The Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office would only identify the 73-year old man by his surname, Chung. Chung is suspected […]
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State Media in the People’s Republic of China Warns DPRK Over Planned Nuclear Test
- January 25, 2013
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In a change of tone, official state media outlets in the PRC are criticizing North Korea’s latest round of bellicose posturing, threatening aid cuts if the DPRK proceeds with yet another nuclear test. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s main ally, China, has criticized the regime through official media outlets after North Korea threatened the United […]
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North Korea Announces New Round of Nuclear and Rocket Tests, Targets the United States
- January 24, 2013
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In Pyongyang’s most challenging declaration yet, the world’s most isolated state announced that it would continue its provocative nuclear tests and missile tests with its target being the DPRK’s avowed enemy, the United States. Ever since the death of Dear Leader Kim Jong–il in 2011, the regime in Pyongyang was consumed with establishing his […]
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Pentagon’s Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) Bunker-Buster Bomb Ready for Deployment in Iran
- January 22, 2013
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The Pentagon’s latest weapon, the massive ordnance penetrator, could be deployed in theaters like Iran where it would destroy underground nuclear research facilities and bunkers. The US Defense Department’s Operational Test and Evaluation office stated that the 15-ton MOP bomb is now ready for field use after a series of successful tests at Holloman Air […]
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Will China Prevent Korean Reunification?
- January 20, 2013
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A recent report by a United States Senate Republican committee speculates that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) could prevent any potential reunification of North Korea and South Korea in the event that the Kim family is thrown out of power or the government of the DPRK collapses. Of course, such a scenario is not entirely implausible […]
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