All posts tagged "US"

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    Historic gay marriage ruling stirs emotion across US

    Some snapshots of Americans reacting to Friday’s Supreme Court ruling declaring that same-sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states. ___ TEXAS Customers at a Dallas comic-book store were confronted by a sign Friday...

    • Posted June 26, 2015
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    Obama deems N. Korean threats as ‘national emergency’

    U.S. President Barack Obama deemed North Korea and its ongoing of threats as a an official “national emergency” by executive order in a letter sent to Congress on Monday. His executive order is a continuation of the...

    • Posted June 24, 2015
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  • North Korean workers planting seedlings on a field in Jaeryong, South Hwanghae Province, on Jan. 24, 2015. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    US won’t provide food aid to N. Korea during its worst drought in 100 years

    North Korea is entering what it calls its “worst drought in 100 years” and the U.S. made it clear in a statement Wednesday that it has no plans to take part in providing food aid. The North...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greet each other prior to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea. Yun believes that increased pressure should be put on North Korea for denuclearization talks. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
    S. Korea, US agree to put greater pressure on N. Korea

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Yonhap) — South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken agreed Tuesday to put greater pressure on North Korea to help resume long-stalled negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear programs,...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • henney. multi, mixed
    ‘White-Asians’ make up 4% of US biracial population, 6 of 10 feel discriminated against

    6.9 percent of adults in the U.S. have two or more races in their ethnic background and approximately four percent of that group have both white and Asian backgrounds according to a new study. The statistics gathered by...

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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  • Anthrax (AP)
    N. Korea accuses US of targeting it with live anthrax

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is accusing the United States of targeting it with anthrax and wants the U.N. Security Council to look into what they called America’s “biological warfare schemes.” A letter from North Korea’s...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye descends from the plane upon her arrival to the military airport in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Park Geun-hye is in Colombia in an official two-days visit and will then tour Peru, Chile and Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
    President Park delays US trip due to MERS

    SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye delayed a U.S. visit that was scheduled for this weekend, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, amid the spread of the MERS virus that has killed nine South Koreans. The...

    • Posted June 10, 2015
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