S. Korea conducts firing drills from border island
Monday, December 20th, 2010 16:41:00 YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea: South Korea fired artillery in a 90-minute drill from a front-line island Monday and launched fighter jets to deter attacks after North Korea warned of catastrophic retaliation for the maneuvers.
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Coastguard officials may be punished for video leak
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan is considering punishing more than 50 coastguard officials over the leak of a video showing a collision between Japanese and Chinese vessels that sparked a major row, reports said Monday.
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SKorea to hold firing drills
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — South Korea ordered residents of front-line islands into bomb shelters as it vowed to press forward with live-fire drills near disputed waters Monday despite North Korea’s threat to retaliate, sharply spiking
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NKorea backs away from threat to attack South
North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program – signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula…
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NKorea backs away from threat to attack South
North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program – signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula…
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NKorea backs away from threat to attack South
North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program – signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula…
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NKorea backs away from threat to attack South
North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program – signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula…
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Christmas Island of Australia to hold memorial services for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers who died when their boat was wrecked off Christmas Island of Australia last week will be remembered in a private memorial service on Sunday.
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A baffling illness
For two years, Nicholas Volker has suffered from a mysterious, devastating illness. He has survived more than 100 trips to the operating room. Desperate for clues, doctors consider an extraordinary step – sequencing the 4-year-old’s DNA.
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South Korea set for live-fire drills despite North threat
South Korean marines were poised on Saturday to conduct a live-fire drill off the west coast despite a threat by the North to launch a new strike and Beijing’s call for restraint from the rival states.
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BFAR allays fears of fishkill in Lapu-Lapu City
POLLUTED WATERS? – A tanod of Sitio Apro, Brgy. Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City, in Cebu collects liquid samples to check for alleged leakage in a power company’s disposal pipe. Photo by CHERYL BALDICANTOS. LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 7 yesterday clarified that there is no fish kill in the waters of Barangay Ibo, this city, despite the claims of the fishing …
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The joy of receiving
Sportsmen love their toys. Of course, they prefer to consider these toys as indispensable tools for the outdoors. Sometimes the best gift one can give an outdoorsman is a tool or device that he might not either think to buy for himself or feel comfortable buying.
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