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KERRY IN JAPAN FOR TALKS ON NORTH KOREAN TENSIONS
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| BBC NEWS |
US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Japan, the last stop of his four-day Asian tour which has focused on tensions on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea has recently threatened attacks against South Korea and the US, sparking alarm in the region.
After meeting China's top leaders on Saturday Mr Kerry said China was "very serious" in its pledge to help resolve tensions with North Korea, its ally.
KERRY HAILS CHINESE PLEDGE ON NORTH KOREA
US Secretary of State John Kerry says China is "very serious" about a pledge to help resolve tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.
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| Reuters |
The US and China earlier said they were committed to the "denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula and would hold further meetings on how to do so.
Mr Kerry is now continuing his Asian tour in Tokyo.
N.J. 6-year-old shooting victim mourned
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| N.J. Press |
TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- As they gathered outside St. Joseph's Church on Saturday with tears in their eyes, family, friends and neighbors remembered Brandon Holt as a little boy who was full of life.
Six-year-old Brandon was shot in the head Monday night, police said, by a 4-year-old playmate who had taken a .22-caliber rifle from his house. The 4-year-old fired the rifle accidentally while the two were playing outside. Brandon, the son of Ronald and Christine Holt, was pronounced dead Tuesday.
OFFICER ACCUSED OF HAVING TRAYVON MARTIN TARGETS
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| AFP/Family Photo |
A police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired, according to several reports.
Port Canaveral, Fla. Interim Chief Executive Officer John Walsh told WFTV on Saturday that Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice with two other officers and a civilian when he pulled out the targets April 4. Walsh says King asked the group if they wanted to use the targets, and they said no.
MILLIONS FACE STARVATION AS WORLD WARMS
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| LIBRARY/ALAMY |
Millions of people could become destitute in Africa and Asia as staple foods more than double in price by 2050 as a result of extreme temperatures, floods and droughts that will transform the way the world farms.
As food experts gather at two major conferences to discuss how to feed the nine billion people expected to be alive in 2050, leading scientists have told the Observer that food insecurity risks turning parts of Africa into permanent disaster areas. Rising temperatures will also have a drastic effect on access to basic foodstuffs, with potentially dire consequences for the poor.
CHINA, U.S. TO FORM WORKING GROUP ON CYBERSPYING
The U.S. and China have agreed to form a working group on cybersecurity, after a recent volley of cyberspying accusations from both sides.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced from Beijing that the two countries will ramp up action on cybersecurity, Reuters reported.
GUARDS AND DETAINEES CLASH AT GUANTANAMO BAY
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| CNN |
(CNN) -- Guantanamo Bay detainees wielding "improvised weapons" clashed Saturday with guards, an episode that occurred amid simmering tensions at the U.S. military base.
The U.S. guards responded by firing "four less-than-lethal rounds," the military's Joint Task Force Guantanamo said in a statement. No guards or detainees suffered "serious injuries" at the facility in Cuba.
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RUSSIA BANS 18 AMERICAN FROM ENTERING COUNTRY
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| REUTERS |
Moscow listed 18 Americans who are banned from entering Russia in an announcement Saturday – a tit-for-tat measure that comes a day after Washington imposed similar sanctions. The list, which was released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, includes staffers in the Bush administration and two former commanders of Guantanamo Bay.
On Friday, the US Treasury announced financial sanctions and visa bans on 18 Russian officials, the majority of whom were implicated over the arrest and death of the corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Magnitsky died in a Russian prison in 2009, after being arrested by the same officers he was investigating over a $230m fraud. He was reportedly beaten and denied medical treatment while behind bars.
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