IGP: Police checking with Pattaya counterparts on Peter Chong's abduction claim
On Wednesday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the activist was not kidnapped and was spotted crossing the Malaysia-Thailand border on April 7, but he also later said they are helping look for him to ensure that he is safe.
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S. Korea prosecutors charge ousted leader Park and Lotte chief with bribery
Park was also charged with abuse of power and coercion by pressuring big businesses to contribute funds to non-profit foundations, the prosecutors said. Park has denied any legal wrongdoing. Park was removed from office on March 10th and later arrested by South Korean authorities on March 30th. Prosecutors arrested Park on bribery and a dozen other criminal charges in March.
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The U.S. faces a complicated landscape on the Korean peninsula
A North Korean deputy foreign minister also told the BBC Monday that the country would continue to carry out missile tests "every weekly, monthly, and yearly basis". "The South Korean public in general has come out and said, 'We support these more hardline measures to deal with these problems, '" he says. Pence arrived in Tokyo from South Korea, where he assured leaders of the "iron-clad" alliance with the United States.
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Thwarted attack rattles France days before presidential vote
The French interior minister says police have arrested two suspected radicals who were allegedly preparing an "imminent" terror attack in France as it prepares to vote Sunday in the first round of its presidential election. "My first measure as president will be to reinstate France's borders", Le Pen said to wide applause and cheers from the crowd of about 5,000, prompting the National Front's (FN) traditional "This is our home!" chant.
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Spicer apologises for 'inexcusable' Hitler gaffe
He was accused of being insensitive to Jews and Holocaust survivors. "(Hitler) was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing", Spicer said. "Any attack on innocent people is reprehensible and inexcusable". "I think what he was saying is that Hitler didn't take chemical weapons out in a battle-like form and do what Assad did with these children".
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Still no verdict in Aaron Hernandez double-murder trial
Jurors have spent about 21 hours deliberating since Friday. The girl sat with her mother, Hernandez's longtime fiancee. Deliberations will resume around 9 a.m.in Suffolk Superior Court. Jurors have not asked a question since Monday, when they inquired about whether they could find Hernandez indirectly guilty on the witness intimidation charge.
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South Korea: US To Renegotiate Trade Pact, Pence Says
The vice president said the USA will not waver on its decades-long partnership South Korea amid rising tensions with North Korea . US President Trump has asked China's President Xi Jinping to take stronger measures to stop North Korea's programmes to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
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Theresa May announces snap election
Will she try to get a mandate for a harder Brexit or a personal mandate to go soft around the edges of a hard Brexit as she sees fit in negotiations. It should be noted that this forthcoming election will be contested on existing electoral boundaries, which will favour Labour - or at least ameliorate an otherwise unappetising prospect for the party.
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Ex-Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez acquitted on double-murder charges
Hernandez was on trial for two counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End on July 16, 2012. Daniel Conley said they believe all evidence points to Hernandez despite the verdict. Prosecutors said the killings were fueled by Hernandez's anger over a spilled drink at a nightclub.
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Trump 'creating a war situation' says North Korean official at huge parade
North Korea conducted two such tests a year ago alone, which analysts say would have taken the country a step forward in gaining the knowledge to make nuclear weapons small enough to fit on long-range missiles . Security Council resolutions. China on Friday warned North Korea, its ally, and the United States to de-escalate tensions before the situation in the peninsula reached "an irreversible and unmanageable stage".
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European Union calls on Turkey to seek national consensus
Three of Turkey's biggest cities - Istanbul , Ankara and Izmir - all voted "No" to the constitutional changes, BBC reported. "On April 17, we have woken up to a new Turkey", wrote pro-government Hurriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi. Restrictions on media outlets, arrests of journalists, inadequate legal framework and late changes in ballot counting were cited by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that monitored the vote.
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Cleveland killing leads Facebook to review handling of videos
Some of those who know Stephens described him as pleasant and kind, while some said he had a gambling problem. "We want this to end with as much peace as we can bring to this right now, and we want him to turn himself in", Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters, adding that local authorities were working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and regional law enforcement.









