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Korea missile test adds to 'Military First' celebration
Joseph S. Bermudez, a military analyst affiliated with the Washington-based U.S. -Korea Institute at SAIS, said this week's test showed that North Korea remains strongly committed to the long-term development of an operational submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and is learning from its previous successes and failures.
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Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway
It's unclear whether a single lightning bolt killed off the pack of 323 reindeer or if several bolts struck them over the course of a few minutes. The officials of Norwegian Nature Inspecter believe that the flock was struck by lightening when a strong storm passed through Hardangervidda region.
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Nephew: Gene Wilder, star of Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83
Wilder also starred in the 1974 live-action adaption of The Little Prince , playing the intelligent, thoughtful fox. "I do have this need to expose myself, to reveal some bad - or wonderful - secret I can't wait to show the world", he said.
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UW officials cool to top party school ranking
Every home football game is preceded by hours of off-site drinking. According to a Princeton Review survey that asked 143,000 students at 381 top colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their experiences at them, the college at which students gave their teachers the highest marks is Wellesley College (MA).
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Uzbek president's daughter says he suffered brain hemorrhage
The stroke occurred Saturday. The veteran leader, 78, now fighting for his life in intensive care according to his family, has played Russia, China and the West off against one other to avoid total isolation after steering his strategic state out of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Australian Hostage Freed In Afghanistan
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed by Afghan forces after four months in captivity, officials said Monday. No armed group claimed responsibility for the abduction, prompting local authorities to call it a kidnapping for ransom. An Australian teacher and his American colleague at the American University of Afghanistan were kidnapped in Kabul earlier this month.