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Amy little teapot
Amy Winehouse has been immortalised - as a teapot. The tragic Back to Black singer is one of a range of quirky ceramics that feature offbeat famous faces. Other subjects include teapot versions of Charles Manson, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,Kim Jong-il and,...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Amy Winehouse, Charles Manson
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Grant's Golf Blog: The magical 59
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsIt is the white whale of golf. Of all the numbers one can score in golf, 59 is the one that stands out. It is not however the perfect round (that would be 54) but 59 is darn near close. There is an elite club of 59 shooters in this world and two are...Tags: Annika Sorenstam, Sports, Ice Hockey, PGA Tour
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North and South Korea name date for talks on restoring ties
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- North Korea and South Korea indicated Friday that they would hold working-level talks on Sunday to discuss the reopening of a closed-down industrial park and the restart of tourist exchanges and reunions of separated families. In a possible...Tags: South Korea, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea
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New leadership looking to revamp China's economic growth model
BEIJING — For years China has fueled its booming growth with investments aggressively pushed by local officials, who have used their power to secure land and take other measures to boost government coffers and economic output. But much of the...Tags: Politics, China, Property, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Xi Jinping
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INSIGHT-N.Korean economy surrenders to foreign currency invasion
Reuters* North Koreans crave U.S. dollars and yuan, shun own currency * No one wants to get paid in North Korean won - expert * Won currency has lost 99 percent of its value since 2009 on black market * Illustrates regime's loss of control over the economy *...Tags: South Korea, Money and Monetary Policy, Civil Rights, Politics, China
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North Korea changes course, calls for talks with South
SEOUL -- In a sudden change of heart, North Korea called Thursday for talks with South Korea about reopening a shuttered industrial park and restarting tourist exchanges and reunions of separated families. Seoul almost immediately accepted, setting...
Tags: South Korea, Travel, North Korea, Xi Jinping, Tourism and Leisure
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Japan's Abe says North Korea can settle old kidnapping row
ReutersTOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he believed North Korea's young leader was capable of making the right decision to resolve a dispute over kidnapped Japanese citizens, repeating he was open to a summit if it...Tags: Shinzo Abe, Kim Jong Un, Television Industry, Pyongyang (North Korea), Kidnapping
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North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday personally received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling a possible rapprochement after months of estrangement between the communist allies. The contents of the letter...
Tags: Politics, Nuclear Policy, China, Japan, International Military Interventions
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Aide to Japan's leader pays unannounced visit to North Korea
BEIJING -- A senior aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Tuesday in North Korea, but neither country gave a reason for the unannounced visit that followed weeks of high tension in the region over the North's nuclear and missile tests....
Tags: Shinzo Abe, Pyongyang (North Korea), News Agency, Politics, Japan
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Leon Panetta, Fidel Castro, Espionage and Intelligence, David Petraeus, Police Investigations
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The Week in Pictures | April 15 – April 21, 2013
FrameworkThe eyes of the world were on Boston this week with the two bomb blasts during the marathon on Monday and subsequent manhunt for two brothers believed to be the perpetrators.... -
Pictures in the News | April 15, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in North Korea, where people visit giant statues of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile...
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