UN passes sanctions despite North Korea threat of ‘pre-emptive nuclear attack’
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North Korea threatened to exercise its “right to pre-emptive nuclear attack” Thursday, hours before the United Nations Security Council slapped new sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest nuclear test.
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North Korea says it successfully conducts nuclear test
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SEOUL — North Korea confirmed on Tuesday it has successfully conducted a third nuclear test, saying it used a miniaturized device that had a greater explosive force than previous tests, the North’s KCNA official news agency said.
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UN calls for ban on ‘grotesque practice’ of female genital mutilation
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In 1970, when Waris Dirie was a 5-year-old in Somalia, her mother held her down on a rock. She gave her a piece of root from an old tree.
“Bite on this,” she said. Her mother leaned over and whispered: “Try to be a good girl. Be brave for Mama, and it will go fast.” Then, an old woman who was with them in the African bush cut off parts of her genitals with a broken razor blade.
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Israel’s Netanyahu: Draw ‘clear red line’ to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons
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NEW YORK — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that a “clear red line” be set to stop Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, telling the U.N. General Assembly that with a nuclear Iran, no one in the world would be safe.
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