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North Korea Threatens to Attack South Korean Media

North Korea’s military threatened Monday to blow up the Seoul offices of South Korean media outlets following critical coverage of a mass children’s event in Pyongyang. 11:32am Jun 4, 2012

Paris Police Investigate Porn Star Sighting Claims

Paris. A state prosecutor’s office says police are investigating two claimed sightings in the French capital of a Canadian porn actor wanted in connection with a grisly murder in Montreal. 10:41am Jun 4, 2012

Israel Media Worried Over Looming Indictment

Jerusalem. The Israeli government’s plans to indict an investigative reporter who exposed classified military practices for killing wanted Palestinian militants has sent a chill over Israel’s aggressive media and evoked dark warnings of a crusade to muzzle the press. 10:50am Jun 4, 2012

Alleged Trayvon Shooter Zimmerman in Police Custody: Defense

Miami. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of an unarmed black teenager, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into jail after having his bail revoked two days earlier. 10:38am Jun 4, 2012

Car Bombing at North Nigeria Church Kills 15

Bauchi, Nigeria. A suicide car bomber drove into a church compound in northern Nigeria Sunday and detonated his explosives as worshippers left an early morning service, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said. 10:35am Jun 4, 2012

US Democracy Aid Went to Favored Groups in Egypt

Washington. Two months before Egyptian police stormed the offices of US-backed democracy organizations last year, seven Egyptian employees resigned from one of the American groups to protest what they called undemocratic practices. 9:29am Jun 4, 2012

Alleged Colombian Gang Leader Seized in Venezuela

Nigerian Airplane Crashes, Killing All 153 Onboard

New Philippine ‘Maturity’ Reaping Rewards: Analysts

Hun Sen’s Party Poised to Win Cambodia Elections

Putin Visits China to Tighten Key Alliance

153 Feared Killed as Plane Crashes in Lagos: Aviation Body

South Korean Firms Tapped for Compensation Over Japan’s Rule

Canada Wants Singapore Hub as US Shifts Military Focus

Brazil Farmers in Legal Feud With Monsanto Over GM Soy

People gather at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, government officials said. Firefighters pulled at ...
A wounded man is assisted after a vehicle exploded following a suicide bomb attack in a church compound in Bauchi, Nigeria, on June 3, 2012. The suicide car bomber detonated the bomb as worshipers departed from a morning service, ...
This surveillance image provided by Interpol shows who authorities believe is Luka Rocco Magnotta at a security checkpoint area. A state prosecutor says police are investigating two claimed French capital sightings of the Canadian...
George Zimmerman (R) is escorted out of a van in to the Seminole County Jail as he surrenders to authorities after he had his bond revoked because of allegedly misleading the court about his finances June 3, 2012 in Sanford, Flori...
Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters raise an Egyptian flag during a rally in Cairo's landmark Tahrir square on June 3, 2012. The US government spent tens of millions of dollars to back liberal groups in Egypt in an effort to build an...
SE ASIA

Cambodia Says It Seeks Return Of Met Statues

New York. The Cambodian government is convinced that two life-size 10th-century statues that have anchored the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Southeast Asian galleries for nearly two decades were looted from a jungle temple and plans to ask for their return, Cambodian officials said. 4:59pm Jun 2, 2012

30 Missing, Hundreds Stranded in Philippine Storm

New Muzzle for Malaysian Media?

Myanmar Dissident Cautions Perspective Investors, Urges Consideration of Wider Reforms

ASIA PACIFIC

China Cracks Down on Illegal Filipino Maids as Shoal Dispute Intensifies

Beijing. Like many Filipino maids in China, Rita tries not to go out these days if she can help it. Although she is a Catholic, she even skips church on Sundays. 2:31pm Jun 2, 2012

NYT: Beijing Exhibiting New Assertiveness in South China Sea

Top Chinese Official Accused of Being US Spy: Report

Chinese Missile Boat a Game Changer in South China Sea Disputes

WORLD

Global Hunt for Suspected Canada ‘Body Part’ Killer

A global manhunt was under way Friday for a Canadian porn star suspected of dismembering his boyfriend and mailing the body parts, after a video of the grisly killing surfaced online. 5:41pm Jun 1, 2012

South African Court Jails Australian Over Murder Plot

UN Report Predicts Increase in World’s Displaced

Indonesian Embassy Officer Killed in Syria

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