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Volcano erupts in southwestern Japan: JMA

MountKirishimaonthesouthwesternJapanesemainislandofKyushueruptedonThursday,accordingtotheJapanMeteorologicalAgency(JMA).Accordingtotheweatheragency'spreliminary

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Report: Wreckage of Iranian plane found in mountains

ThewreckageoftheIranianplanethatcrashedonSundaywith65peopleonboardwasfoundincentralIran,ISNANewsAgencyreportedcitingalocalofficial.ThedeputygovernorofKohgiluyeh

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Plane carrying over 60 disappears from radar in Iran

ApassengerflightdisappearedfromradaraftertakingofffromtheIraniancapital,Teheran,accordingtothelocalTasnimNewsAgency.TheAsemanAirlinesflightwasreportedtobecarryi

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7 killed in roof-collapse incident in NW Pakistan

AtleastsevenpeoplewerekilledandsixothersinjuredinanincidentofroofcollapseinPakistan'snorthwesternregionofBajaurAgencyintheweehoursofMondaymorning,officialssaid.

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UK government funds scientists to study life on Mars

SpacescientistsinBritainhavewonmorethan4.2millionUSdollarsofgovernmentfundingtohelpsupportexplorationoflifeonMars.ThefundingfromtheofficialUKSpaceAgencywillalso

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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido prefecture

Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.7struckoffJapan'sHokkaidoprefectureat5:44p.m.localtime,JapanMeteorologicalAgencysaidonSunday.(ASIAPACIFICDAILY)

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3 killed in landmine blast in NW Pakistan

AtleastthreepeoplewerekilledandtwoothersinjuredafterablasthitavehicleinPakistan'snorthwesttribalareaofMohmandAgencyonFriday,localUrdumediareported.Thekilledincl

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Xinhua, Yonhap, Kyodo to hold Olympics promotion exhibit

KeynewsagenciesofSouthKorea,ChinaandJapanwillholdajointphotoexhibitioninSeoulnextmonth,thefirstinaseriesofexhibitsaimedatpromotingscheduledOlympicsinNortheastAs

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DPRK military says plan to strike Guam to be ready by mid-August

The DPRK is working on plans for a missile strike near the US Pacific territory of Guam, calling President Donald Trump's warning of "fire and fury" a "load of nonsense" and that only "absolute force can work on him."

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Here's a first look at BIGBANG's T.O.P and JYJ's Junsu in the military!

For those BIGBANG fans and JYJ fans who have been going through some withdrawals since T.O.P and Junsu enlisted, you're in luck!

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Trump appoints attorney general, national security advisor, CIA chief

​U.S. President-elect Donald Trump Friday appointed Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Lt.General Michael Flynn as national security advisor and Congressman Mike Pompeo as chief of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Chilean president congratulates Xinhua on 85th anniversary

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has congratulated Xinhua, China's official news agency, on its upcoming 85th anniversary.

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2016 Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs opens in China's Hainan

More than 500 politicians, economists and businessmen gathered here in south China's island province of Hainan for the 2016 Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs Saturday.

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Militants kill 9 tribal policemen, destroy girls' school in NW Pakistan

At least nine tribal policemen were killed in two separate attacks by militants who also destroyed a girls'school in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Mohmand Agency on Thursday, local media reported.

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8 militants killed in military airstrike in NW Pakistan

​At least eight militants were killed when Pakistani military launched an airstrike in the country's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Friday, local media reported.

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Powerful under-earth quake hits Papua, Indonesia

​A 7.2 magnitude quake rocked Papua in easternmost of Indonesia earlier Tuesday, however there is no immediate report of damages and casualty, officials said here.

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Wetlands cover nearly one tenth of Cuba

Wetlands, including inland and coastal swampland, occupied 10,410 square km of land area, or 9.3 percent of Cuba, the Cuban News Agency (ACN) reported Monday.