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Eli Leslie said he wouldn't cut his hair until Kim Jong II died; Locks of Love gets ponytail
Rondi Leslie said her son’s long ponytail never really bothered her. His 80-year-old grandfather, on the other hand, would have preferred a shorter style.
“A few times, Grandpa sent him $20 to get it cut,” Rondi Leslie said.
Eli Leslie...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Osama bin Laden, Personal Service
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Pastor jailed for solidarity with persecuted churches
Sunday, Stanford New Beginnings United Methodist Church Pastor Jeremy James was taken into custody by City of Stanford and Lincoln County law enforcement officers. James was taken from the church by local law enforcement officers while preaching to his...Tags: Genesis (music group), Church and State Relations, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin Luther King Jr.
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President Obama to meet China's Xi Jinping in California
President Obama is to meet with President Xi Jinping in California next month, their first meeting since the Chinese leader took office in March. The meeting is scheduled for June 7-8 at Sunnylands, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg estate in Rancho...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Xi Jinping, Beijing (China), China
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FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime
WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter's personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a government...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Espionage Act of 1917, U.S. Department of State, University of Chicago Law School, News Media
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North Korean captors free Chinese fishing boat crew
DALIAN, China — After being held for more than two weeks, a Chinese fishing vessel and its crew were released by North Korean captors, the boat’s owner said early Tuesday. The release came less than two days after news of the seizure was...Tags: Fines, Kidnapping, Beijing (China), Communist Party of China, Fishing
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North Korea seizes another Chinese fishing boat, crew
DALIAN, China — Among fishermen in this historic seaport city, the danger of steering their boats near North Korean waters is well known. North Koreans took three Chinese ships and their crews hostage a year ago, and Chinese maritime officials...
Tags: Fines, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Beijing (China), Fishing, Communist Party of China
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It's news, not espionage
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's...Tags: Espionage Act of 1917, U.S. Department of State, The Associated Press, Media Industry, The New York Times
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North Korea fires sixth projectile in three days
SEOUL — North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called “rocket launching tests” intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, South Korea, Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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Tensions rise between China, North Korea over boat held hostage
BEIJING -- A Chinese fishing boat was seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members. The Chinese Communist Party's Global Times newspaper suggested in Monday's...
Tags: Beijing (China), Lifestyle and Leisure, Communist Party of China, China
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North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Korean War (1950-1953), Wars and Interventions, South Korea
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More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
SEOUL — Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too. Even in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Crisis, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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North Korea fires short-range missiles off east coast
BEIJING — North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch. The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that it detected two launches in the morning and...Tags: Barack Obama, Pyongyang (North Korea), Wars and Interventions, United Nations, South Korea
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