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DPRK calls South Korea's claim of drone intrusion "mental derangement"

ThearmyoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)saidThursdaythattheclaimbySouthKoreaofadroneintrusionwasnothingbut"mentalderangement."Theso-calleddronewas"af

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Pyongyang claims death of DPRK citizen "conspiratorial racket" by S. Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday said the death of a DPRK citizen at Kuala Lumpur last week was an "anti-DPRK conspiratorial racket" launched by South Korea.

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S. Korea closely monitoring DPRK's possible test-launch of long-range missile

South Korea's defense ministry said Monday that its military is closely watching whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would possibly test-launch its long-range missile.

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Xi, Abe have brief talk at Lima APEC: spokesman

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a brief talk on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima at the request of the Japanese side, a Chinese delegation spokesman said Sunday.

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Merkel expected to say on Sunday if she'll run for office in 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to announce on Sunday whether she will run for a fourth term in next year's federal election, the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland media group said on Wednesday.

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KMT leader to visit mainland

Hung Hsiu-chu, leader of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) Party, will lead a delegation to visit the mainland from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Monday.

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"False alarm" over Saudia plane in Philippines: airline

A false alarm prompted Philippine police to surround a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane at Manila airport on Tuesday, an airline spokesman said.

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DPRK calls for pullout of U.S. troops from S.Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday lashed out at the growing U.S. military presence in South Korea, describing U.S. troops in the South as a "time bomb."

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HK strongly rejects U.S. human trafficking report

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government on Thursday strongly rejected Hong Kong's grading in the U.S. Department of State's "2016 Trafficking in Persons Report" (TIP report).

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Fire, explosions at Sri Lankan army camp force evacuation of villagers

​A fire erupted at an army camp outside the Sri Lankan capital on Sunday, resulting in multiple explosions at the camp and forcing evacuation of nearby villagers.

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5 policemen killed in SE Nigeria attack

Police authorities in Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed that five riot policemen were killed in an attack by gunmen in the southeastern state of Rivers.

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No list of fugitives given to Singapore by Indonesia, says foreign ministries of both countries

Indonesia has not given Singapore a list of its fugitives as previously reported, said the foreign ministries of the two countries.

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Myanmar gripped by extreme weather, with 1,700 ancient pagodas toppled

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that severe weather conditions around Myanmar have resulted in deaths and injuries as well as large-scale damage to housing, a UN spokesman told reporters here Monday.

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Indonesia rules out militant strike on army helicopter crash

Indonesian military have ruled out the possibility of terrorist strikes as the cause of an army helicopter crash Sunday in Poso of Sulawesi that killed all 13 military men on board, military spokesman said here Monday.

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Indonesian army helicopter crashes in Sulawesi

A helicopter with 13 military men on board crashed in Poso of Central Sulawesi province on Sunday, Colonel I Made Sutia, spokesman of the military command in the province said.

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Over 1,500 displaced as floods hit Aceh, Indonesia

As many as 1,505 people have taken shelters at higher grounds as floods hit Aceh Utara district of Indonesia's Aceh province, a government spokesman said here Monday.

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Mainland says no intervention in Taiwan elections

The mainland won't intervene in Taiwan's elections but it will maintain its focus on cross-Strait relations, the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office has said.