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3 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Editorial: Holder crosses a line in going after leaks

Federal judges should be on notice: The U.S. Justice Department seems fully prepared to stretch the truth – or worse, spread falsehoods – to obtain search warrants.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Asia, World News, Opinion

7 hrs ago | KATV Little Rock

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Arkansas' state treasurer has resigned after federal prosecutors accused her of taking cash payments from a broker who handled a large amount of the state's investment portfolio.

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10 hrs ago | KATV Little Rock

War on Terror

Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Jerusalem Post

Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea

Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, the and other newspapers said on Wednesday.

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WLNE-TV Providence

North Korean leader sends 'special envoy' to China

U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year.

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Mother Jones

How the World's Dullest Story Became the Target of a Massive Leak Investigation

Four years ago, Fox News reporter James Rosen wrote a story saying the CIA had learned that North Korea planned to carry out a nuclear test if the UN approved additional sanctions: What's more, Pyongyang's next nuclear detonation is but one of four planned actions the Central Intelligence Agency has learned, through sources inside North Korea, that ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kim Jong Il

WCTI

North Korea border town opens to tourists

The colorful, electric sign was something of an unusual and unexpected greeting for Briton Simon Cockerell, 35, who this week embarked on a landmark visit to Sinuiju, North Korea's largest border town.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Travel, Asia Travel, North Korea Travel, China, Beijing, China Travel, China Travel,

Korean News

Chongryon Officials Flay S. Korean Chief Executive's Trip to U.S.

Officials of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan made public statements on May 16 condemning the south Korean chief executive's sycophantic and country-selling trip to the U.S. Ri Tong Je, chairman of the Association of Koreans in Japan for Peaceful Reunification, denounced the south Korean chief executive for having worked hard to ... (more)

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Bangkok Post

Anti-govt 'Thai Spring' website opened

The new website, Thai Spring, is launched by Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn and Kaewsun Atibodhi on Thursday to voice opposition to the government.

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The New Zealand Herald

Bob Jones: NZ should abolish its armed forces

In conversation recently, the subject turned to the most anger-making aspect of humankind.

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Channelnewsasia.com

President Obama to meet Chinese president in California in June

President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific.

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Mon May 20, 2013

New York Post

Snoops: We did it again

The Obama administration's snooping scandal mushroomed yesterday when it was revealed that the Justice Department seized a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to aid a leak investigation - including tracking the reporter's movements in and out of the State Department.

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Asia News Network

TOKYO: Can Iijima's trip to North Korea be conducive to solving abduction issue?

Is there any chance of finding a toehold to break the long-standing impasse on the problem of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents? The effectiveness of the diplomatic strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is now being tested over the issue.

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The Miami Herald

Chinese fishing boat, crew released by North Korea

The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been released.

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12NewsNow.Com

Firefighter trapped in six-alarm blaze at Dallas condo

A firefighter was trapped early Monday in a six-alarm blaze at a Dallas condominium complex, the city's fire department said.

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Science Library Pad

YouTube as War Correspondent - When is Reality Counterproductive

Social media and social uprisings have been linked since photography was invented.

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Talking Points Memo

SKorea: NKorea Fires Sixth Projectile Into Waters

North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said.

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CNN

Washington AM Note

North Korea on Monday fired a projectile into the sea off its east coast for the third day in a row, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts." The South Korean Defense Ministry still needs to analyze exactly what the North fired, said Choi Yong-su, an official in the ministry's spokesperson's office.

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KLFY-TV Lafayette

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

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Patch.com

Drew University Graduates Class of 2013

Diplomas were awarded to 599 Drew University graduates Saturday on the school's campus in Madison.

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