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  North Korea fires short-range missile

  World | May 19, 2013, 09:54 PM IST

  Seoul, May 19:  North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to

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  Iran Holds 'Positive' Talks With World Powers, But Spurns US

  World | Apr 15, 2012, 07:11 AM IST

  Istanbul, Apr 14: A new Iranian willingness to discuss its nuclear programme in crunch negotiations with world powers today raised the chances of a second round of more in-depth talks very soon, diplomats said.  In