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North Korea warns foreigners to leave South amid new threats of war By Christine Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL | Tue Apr 9, 2013 11:59am EDT (Reuters) - North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South on Tuesday, warning foreigners to evacuate South...

Italian suicides over unpaid bills sparks anti-government protest Three middle aged family members who killed themselves over unpaid bills in a small Italian town have fuelled a nationwide debate over rising poverty and prompted an anti-government protest when a politician showed up for their...

Published: Monday April 8, 2013 MYT 11:49:00 AM Updated: Monday April 8, 2013 MYT 1:12:39 PM Cops make RM100,000 drug bust in Taiping By IVAN LOH Perak police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan (centre) holding the packets of drugs, seized on Apr 4. IPOH: Police seized almost 4kg...

China to open disputed islands to tourism China is to open disputed South China Sea islands up to tourism this month, state media reported on Sunday, a move likely to inflame a long-running territorial row with its neighbours. crew members of a fishery administration ship attend a ceremony...

US drone war deal 'in return for killing Pakistani militant in CIA missile strike' The US assassinated a Pakistani tribal rebel with an armed Predator drone to win support from the country's government to launch the war from the skies with drones in 2004, according to US reports. The...

North Korea's Twitter and Flicks accounts have been hacked by Anonymous. Picture: @Uriminzok

A South Korean man who is waiting to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong, watches a news program airing file footage of a North Korean rocket displayed during a military parade at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju. Picture: Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

A South Korean soldier gestures at a military check point in Paju. Picture: Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

South Korean soldiers of an artillery unit move to conduct military training near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. South Korea is to buy Taurus bunker-busting air-to-ground long range missiles for its F-15K strike fighters in a move to boost its strike power amid rising tensions...

A South Korean worker Kwon Suk-Mi, arriving from the Kaesong Kaesong joint industrial complex in North Korea, speaks to reporters at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea. 400 South Koreans remain in the joint industrial complex fearing they can not get back there once return to...

South Korean soldiers patrol inside the barbed-wire fence near the border village of Panmunjom. South Korean President Park Geun-hye admitted that while hoping for the best, she is preparing for the worst. Picture: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

South Korean soldiers prepare 155 mm howitzers for their military exercise on April 5, 2013 in the border city between two Koreas, Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. Picture: AP

North Korean officials wait by the docks along the bank of the Yalu River in the North Korean town of Sinuiju across from the Chinese city of Dandong. North Korea appears to have moved a medium range missile to its east coast, South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin said, prompting fears of a...

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 23rd chemical battalion put on their gear as they give a demonstration of their equipment. Picture: REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

South Korean soldiers stand guard as a North Korean soldier (C far) is seen at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas. North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on April 4, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on...

A North Korean soldier keeps watch at a guard post near the inter-Korean Kaesong industrial complex. The picture was taken from a South Korean military observation post near the truce village of Panmunjom. Picture: Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap/Reuters

Army reservists salute the flag during a Foundation Day ceremony of the local reserve forces in Seoul. North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or US Pacific bases...

Princess Letizia book threatens further embarrassment for Spain's Royals A new book about Princess Letizia, Spain’s future Queen, threatens to heap yet more embarrassment on Spain’s Royals just days after Princess Cristina, the King’s youngest daughter was made a suspect in an embezzlement...

Silvio Berlusconi's Bunga Bunga guests: 'Ruby went with half of Milan' Silvio Berlusconi's female Bunga Bunga guests have reacted in anger to 'Ruby the Heart Stealer's' claims that she had never had sex with the former prime minister. Mr Berlusconi is currently standing trial for abuse of...