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A mock scud missile (top) and South Korean missiles are displayed at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul July 4, 2009. North Korea fired five ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defence ministry said, in an act of defiance towards the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

North Korea defies U.S. with new missile launches

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired six ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.

  • A video frame grab shows former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announcing that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska, July 3, 2009. REUTERS/KTUU-TV
    Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move Sat Jul 4, 12:01 AM

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.

  • Suicide bomber attacks foreign base in Afghan east 57 minutes ago

    KABUL (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier and an Afghan were killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, two days after a major operation against the Taliban was launched in the south.

  • U.S. soldiers of Mortar Platoon from the 4-25FA Battalion, 3 Brigade, 10th Mountain Division fire shells for targeting as they prepare for possible attacks ahead of the United States Independence Day at the Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
    British troops expand major Afghan operation Fri Jul 3, 10:14 AM

    SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new U.S.-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents.

  • Two women walk past a reflection of a mural with pictures of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a member of the Basij militia with a quote from Iran's Supreme Leader that reads, 'The breeding of Godly Basij youth is the victory of Imam (Ayatollah Khomeini)', near a university during Tehran's Friday prayers, July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
    Many Iranians unconvinced about poll result - cleric 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior pro-reform cleric said many Iranians remained unconvinced about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election because of voting "ambiguities" and the government could face problems, an Internet statement said.

  • Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya light a flame from bottles of spray paint as they pass in front of the Congress building during a march in Tegucigalpa July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero
    OAS set to suspend Honduras as it renounces charter Sat Jul 4, 2:49 AM

    TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in an apparent preemptive move.

  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) holds a meeting with Myanmar's junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe (R) in Naypyidaw, July 3, 2009. Ban had a rare meeting with Shwe on Friday but left with no clear answer to his request to see detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. REUTERS/Louis Charbonneau (
    U.N.'s Ban denied Suu Kyi meeting 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

    NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was "deeply disappointed" that military-ruled Myanmar's top general had rejected his request to meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

  • Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his visit to the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool
    Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting Fri Jul 3, 2:49 PM

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week.

  • Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia's Ingushetia 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nine Chechen police officers were killed Saturday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their convoy, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, citing the republic's interior ministry.

  • Jackson family spokesperson Ken Sunshine speaks at a news conference announcing details of the Michael Jackson public memorial service in Los Angeles July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten
    Massive demand for Jackson memorial tickets 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.