What follows N. Korea's nuclear test?

STORY HIGHLIGHTSLopez: Uranium-based blast would pose new challenge to U.N. Security CouncilIndicates Pyongyang has advanced centrifuge technologies and related systemsNorth Korea's young leader appears to care little about what U.N. or China thinkProduct-based sanctions may stifle the North's ability to continue nuclear programEditor's note: George A. Lopez holds the Hesburgh Chair in Peace Studies...

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Multi-ministerial taskforce set up to tackle dengue

SINGAPORE: A multi-ministerial taskforce has been set up to tackle the dengue scourge in Singapore.The National Environment Agency said it comprises representatives from the Ministry of National Development, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Defence.The taskforce will be activated to investigate any outbreak of dengue cases which has seen a spike recently.The...

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911 call: 'He says he killed two guys'

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Bodies were found "lying on the ground, covered in blood"The ex-Marine faces murder charges in deaths of veterans Chris Kyle and Chad LittlefieldRouth's family called cops in 2012; he was mad because his father planned to sell his gun"He told me that he's committed a murder," sister of suspect tells 911 operator (CNN) -- The 911 caller, her voice quavering, says she's terrified...

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Obama to bring "urgent" peace agenda to Israel

JERUSALEM President Obama will bring an "urgent" peacemaking agenda to Israel on his upcoming visit, focusing on the region and the resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro said Wednesday. Shapiro spoke a day after the White House announced Mr. Obama will visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in the spring, at the beginning of both his second term in...

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Lance Armstrong Under Criminal Investigation

Federal investigators are in the midst of an active criminal investigation of disgraced former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, ABC News has learned.The revelation comes in stark contrast to statements made by the U.S. Attorney for Southern California, Andre Birotte, who addressed his own criminal inquiry of Armstrong for the first time publicly on Tuesday. Birotte's...

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Richard III still the criminal king

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UBS suffers US$2.7b 2012 net loss on Libor-fixing fines

ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS announced on Tuesday a net loss of 2.5 billion Swiss francs (2 billion euros, $2.7 billion) as fines from the Libor rate-fixing scandal weighed on results.In the final quarter of last year UBS suffered a net loss of 1.8 billion francs when it booked provisions for the combined fines of 1.4 billion francs from regulators as well as restructuring costs.The...

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Police: Suspect said he had PTSD

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Routh told his sister he'd killed two men, "traded his soul for a truck," an arrest warrant saysThe ex-Marine faces murder charges in deaths of veterans Chris Kyle and Chad LittlefieldRouth's family called cops in 2012; he was mad because his father planned to sell his gunThe 25-year-old told police he had PTSD, was hurting and his family didn't understand Read a version of this...

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Signs of runaway heat seen in Dreamliner batteries

TOKYO An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found evidence of the same type of "thermal runaway" seen in a similar incident in Boston, officials said Tuesday. The Japan Transportation Safety Board said that CAT scans and other analysis found damage to all eight cells in the battery that overheated on the All Nippon Airways 787 on Jan....

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Sarai Sierra's 2 Young Boys Don't Know Mom's Dead

The two young sons of slain New York mom Sarai Sierra are under the impression that their father has gone to Turkey to bring their mother home - alive.Sierra, whose battered body was found near a highway in Istanbul over the weekend, was the mother of two boys aged 9 and 11.Steven Sierra, who went to Istanbul in search of his wife after she disappeared nearly two weeks ago,...

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