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Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump described the present day as one of great danger and great potential. Success, he said, depends on a coalition of strong and independent nations that embrace their sovereignty to promote s

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This is AP News Minute. North Korea is threatening to cancel Kim Jong Un's planned summit with President Trump. The country already dropped a high-level meeting with South Korea over joint US-South Korea military exercises. A federal official in sout

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He faces life in prison, but remains defiant. In a New York court room, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to the failed car bombing of Times Square and threatened further attacks. He faces 10 charges in all. Amongst them, the attempted use of a weapon of

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U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor says a threat from an al-Qaida affiliate led to the closure of the American embassy in Yemen. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports this same group has been linked to the attempted Christmas Day bombi

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In his first personal response to recent threats from North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has criticized Pyongyang's recent attitude. Amid reports of potential military measures by the North, Mr. Lee is calling for a new, more straightf

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