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South Korea raises military alert near propaganda loudspeakers
Experts scrambled Thursday to find more details about the detonation, which drew worldwide skepticism and condemnation. Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said it would be going "too far" to say that Moscow supports more sanctions against Pyongyang in response to the nuclear test announcement.
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S. Korea announces start of anti-North propaganda broadcasts
Sent via 30-foot tall banks of loudspeakers that blast across the border, the propaganda can be heard over 15 miles into North Korea. The broadcasts don't attack the regime directly, but reveal the comparative wealth and freedom of the South through a mix of music - including slick K-pop tunes - commercials for consumer goods and reports on economic conditions in the two countries.
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Iran claims Saudi airstrike on Yemen embassy amid deepening tensions
Nimr, one of 47 men executed on Saturday, was a driving force behind 2011 anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Wednesday offered to mediate a dispute that has sent ripples of reaction across the Middle East and elevated worldwide concerns of a deepening sectarian divide between Shiites and Sunnis.
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German city holds crisis meeting after New Year sex assaults
During a conversation with Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker Merkel expressed her " outrage over these disgusting attacks and sexual assaults ". Merkel herself said, "Everything must be done to find as numerous perpetrators as possible as quickly as possible and bring them to justice, regardless of their origin or background", her spokesman quoted to AFP .
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Governor says he won't pardon men featured in 'Making a Murderer' show
TMZ claimed to uncover legal documents in which he claims brothers Earl and Charles may have done the deed for which he's serving a life sentence. The former apparently pled "no contest" to sexually assaulting his own two daughters; the latter reportedly made unwanted passes at women who visited the Avery family junkyard.
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Former juror believes Avery is innocent
Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey should be given a full pardon by President Obama for their wrongful conviction in the connection to the murder of Teresa Halbach . ►An assistant district attorney in Manitowoc County tells a Milwaukee TV station that law-enforcement officials have been receiving threats because of the case.