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Pressure grows on China to rein in N Korea
North Korea considers such broadcasts to be an act of psychological warfare and likely will have a furious response. South Korea is to resume propaganda broadcasts into North Korea in response to Pyongyang's claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
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18 asylum seekers detained in Cologne crime probe
The move Friday comes amid uproar over mob sex attacks and muggings in the German city on New Year's Eve. German federal police have confirmed that at least 32 people are suspected of playing a role in the violence on New Year's Eve , 22 of whom are in the process of seeking asylum.
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IS sets off 2 car bombs near Libya's oil fields
In the nearby oil port of Ras Lanuf, a fire at an oil tank that was hit on Monday had been mostly contained but was still burning, the spokesman said. The United Nations has since pressed both sides to accept a power-sharing agreement. Foreign Office officials have been in discussions with Coalition partners for months and defence secretary Michael Fallon has indicated that 1,000 British troops may be sent to help train Libyan forces.
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Bush, Rubio Aim For 3rd Place In Iowa Caucuses
Though the governor's support has languished for months - a super PAC dedicated to opposing Christie disbanded after it appeared that Christie's campaign was dead in the water - recently, he's experienced a dramatic turnaround in state polls in New Hampshire, a key primary state.
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Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Iowa; Bill Clinton Makes N.H. Appearances
He said: "How the hell can she do that when she's got one of the great woman abusers of all time sitting at her house waiting for her to come home for dinner?" Before taking a step back on Wednesday from any more attacks on Bill Clinton's sexual past, Donald Trump said he'd like to hear someone ask the former president the difference between him and Bill Cosby, who was charged last week with sexual assault in a 2004 case.
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South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts into the North
North Korea started its own loudspeaker broadcasts on the shared border, the South's Yonhap News Agency said on Friday. They burned an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and cut apart the North Korean flag. Observers expect North Korean officials to be angered by the decision. North Korea's state TV announces hours later that scientists have achieved " perfect success " in testing a "miniaturized" H-bomb.