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Anonymous Tip Reveals Secret Payments to Hong Kong Leader
A journalist who contributed to a report revealing how Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying received secret payments from an Australian company says the story began from an anonymous tip his team received last Sunday.
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India Warns Pakistan Over Kashmir Attacks
India's defense minister has warned Pakistan against launching what he calls unprovoked attacks on Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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EU enlargement package 2014: MEPs stress need to communicate benefits better
Commissioner Štefan Füle’s plan to focus on strengthening democratic institutions and public administration in EU accession candidate and potential candidate countries was welcomed by Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Wednesday. In a debate following the Commission’s approval of the 2014 EU enlargement package earlier the same day, many also stressed the need to communicate the concrete and visible results of the EU enlargement process better.
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Mali: Ban voices ‘outrage’ as UN peacekeeper killed in second deadly attack this month
A Senegalese UN peacekeeper patrols along with a Malian soldier in Kidal in July 2013.
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US Welcomes Canada Joining Airstrikes against Islamic State
The United States has welcomed a decision from Canada's parliament to authorize airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
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US, Japan Lay Out Objectives of Expanded Security Cooperation
U.S. and Japanese officials on Wednesday laid out guidelines for significantly expanded security coordination between the two nations, in order to better respond to what one senior state department official described as "the modern threat environment."
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North Korea Defends Rights Record at UN Briefing
North Korea is defending its human rights record, even while acknowledging it runs labor camps that have been slammed by rights groups as inhumane.
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Smuggling of migrants tops agenda at opening of conference on organized crime
Asylum-seekers and economic migrants take to the seas, waiting out the dangerous journey in the boat's cramped cargo space.
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Airstrikes Hit Near Key Northern Syrian Town
Suspected U.S.-led airstrikes have struck near a key Syrian town along the Turkish border, where Kurdish fighters have spent weeks trying to hold off an advance by Islamic State militants.
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North, South Korean Warships Exchange Warning Shots
North and South Korean warships exchanged warning shots near a disputed sea border Tuesday, days after the two sides agreed to high-level talks that many hope could improve inter-Korean relations.
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Human Rights
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