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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

Reuters - 14 minutes ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired seven 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.

  • Pakistan captain Younus Khan (C) celebrates dismissing Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraeera (R). Pakistan's new-look bowling attack dealt regular blows to keep Sri Lanka on a tight leash on the opening day of the first cricket Test on Saturday. Photo:Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP
    Pakistan's Aamer rocks Sri Lanka in first Test AFP - 14 minutes ago

    GALLE, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Pakistan's teenaged fast bowler Mohammad Aamer grabbed two quick wickets before Sri Lanka recovered from a shaky start in the first cricket Test here Saturday.

  • Iranian students burn mock flags during a demonstration last month outside the British embassy in Tehran. Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of Iranian reformist leaders are to face trial after being accused of 'acting against national security,' their lawyer Saleh Nikbakht has told AFP. Photo:Maryam Hasanzadeh/AFP
    Newsweek reporter faces Iran trial: lawyer AFP - 17 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of reformist leaders in Iran are to face trial accused of "acting against national security," their lawyer Saleh Nikbakht told AFP on Saturday.

  • Nine Chechen police killed in Russia's Ingushetia Reuters - 25 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nine Chechen policemen sent to crush an insurgency in the neighboring Russian republic of Ingushetia were gunned down Saturday, Interfax reported, intensifying the cycle of violence now unfolding in the region.

  • North Korea fires rockets during a military exercise in January 2009. North Korea has test-fired seven missiles in what appeared to be a calculated message of defiance timed for the US Independence Day holiday. Photo:/AFP
    N.Korea fires seventh missile: S.Korea AFP - 28 minutes ago

    SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea test-fired a seventh missile on Saturday from its base on the east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said.

  • Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers Reuters - 45 minutes ago

    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security services were searching Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, the women's employer said.


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