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| May.29 |
Japan |
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Japan shelves military aid flight
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| May.23 |
Beijing |
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China, Russia attack US shield plan
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| Apr.24 |
Japan |
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U.S. Marine charged with rape
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| Mar.27 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'test-fires missiles' North Korea has test-fired short-range missiles off its western coast. S. Korea seemed the move as the part of 'ordinary military training'
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| Mar.21 |
Japan |
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U.S. sailor in custody
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| Mar.6 |
Thailand |
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Thailand holds Russian 'top arms dealer' Viktor Bout, dubbed the 'merchant of death', suspected of being one of the world's biggest illegal arms dealers has been arrested
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| Mar.5 |
Japan |
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U.S. Marines face courts-martial |
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| Feb.21 |
Beijing |
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China defends arms sales to Sudan |
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| Feb.19 |
Japan |
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Marine suspected of rape The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa amid a furor over the arrest of Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38
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| Jan.13 |
Thailand |
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Ambush kills 8 soldiers |
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Iran boats threatened US ships
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| Dec.5 |
Philippines |
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Rebels jailed for life |
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| Nov.29 |
Manila |
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Manila hotel siege: Rebels surrender
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| Nov.19 |
Cambodia |
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Genocide tribunal begins |
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| Nov.11 |
Cambodia |
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Key Khmer Rouge figures arrested |
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| Nov.6 |
North Korea |
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Nuke shutdown begins |
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| Nov.2 |
North Korea |
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N Korea nuclear shutdown to start |
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| Oct.22 |
North Korea |
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N Korea 'may lose nukes next week' |
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| Jul.17 |
North Korea |
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N Korea closes more nuclear sites |
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
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U.N.: N. Korea reactor shut down ElBaradei: The inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor
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| Jul.14 |
North Korea |
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N Korea 'closes nuclear reactor' Map of Yongbyon North Korea US state department spokesman: North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon
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North Korea |
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Nuke inspectors arrive in N. Korea |
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| Jun.16 |
North Korea |
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Atomic inspectors can return North Korea has invited inspectors from IAEA back into the country to monitor the shut down of its main nuclear reactor
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Hamas hails 'liberation' of Gaza
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| Feb.13 |
Beijing |
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N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament North Korea agreed to shut down its main reactor within 60 days before eventually dismantling its atomic weapons program
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| Jan.18 |
China |
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Chinese test missile obliterates satellite  U.S. official: The missile destroyed an orbiting satellite in a test that could undermine relations with the West
| In Beijing a Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was unaware of such a test. Britain, Japan, Australia joined the United States in voicing concern about the rising militarization of space
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| Oct.17 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea may planning 2nd nuclear test U.S. official: activity at a second nuclear site is looking very similar to activity seen just before the nuclear test
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| Oct.9 |
North Korea |
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North Korea claims nuclear test Map of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test.png Official Korean Central News Agency: North Korea claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test
| South Korean officials confirmed that North Korea performed its first nuclear test. The apparent test was conducted at 10:36 a.m. in Hwaderi near Kilju city. China was given a 20-minute warning and in turn told the U.S., Japan and S. Korea. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 4.2-magnitude quake in North Korea at 10:35 a.m., 385 kilometers northeast of the capital, Pyongyang
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| Oct.6 |
North Korea |
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Shots fired amid Korean tension
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| Sep.19 |
Thailand |
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Army chief leads coup while PM away| The chiefs of the army, navy and air force met with King Adulyadej to declare they were taking over the country. Army chief Gen. Boonyaratkalin announced that the military and opposition Party of Democratic
Reform were taking over while Thaksin Shinawatra was at a U.N. meeting.
Thaksin canceled a sched... | |
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| Jul.20 |
Cambodia |
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Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies at 80
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| Jul.5 |
North Korea |
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N Korea vows more missile tests
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| Jul.4 |
North Korea |
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North Korea tests long-range missile| North Korea also fired 5 shorter-range rockets. The closely watched long-range test failed within a minute. The tests lasted about 5 hours.
The Taepodong-2 failed after about 40 seconds.
The short-range missiles... | |
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| Jun.11 |
China |
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China arms sales 'fuel conflicts'
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| May.25 |
East Timor |
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Fierce gunbattles 3 people killed, as international troops started arriving to help quell a rebellion by disgruntled ex-soldiers
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| Mar.8 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea fires missiles White House spokesman: North Korea launched a pair of short-range missiles
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| Feb.23 |
Manila |
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Army 'foils coup plot' The army says it has thwarted an attempt by soldiers to overthrow the president Gloria Arroyo
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Iran restarts uranium work
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| Aug.8 |
Japan |
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Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate
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| Aug.6 |
Japan |
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Doves, silence for A-bomb victims Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima 60 years after the world's first atomic bomb was dropped
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| May.1 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea apparently tests missile
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| Apr.30 |
Vietnam |
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Vietnam remembers fall of Saigon
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| Feb.19 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'rejects nuclear talks'
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| Feb.9 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks North Korea publicly admitted for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and suspending participation in talks
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| Jan.13 |
Aceh |
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Troop escorts for aid workers
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| Jan.12 |
Aceh |
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Indonesia tightens Aceh controls Foreign troops helping the tsunami aid effort in the province must leave by the end of March
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| Jan.11 |
Aceh |
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Separatists threaten relief efforts
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U.S., Iraqis enter Falluja's center
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| Jun.22 |
South Korea |
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S Korea resolute on Iraq troops
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| Apr.27 |
Thailand |
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97 killed in attacks
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| Jul.26 |
Manila |
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Armed men seize center of Manila
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
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Enough plutonium to make 6 nukes The United States is checking claims while fending off criticism its North Korean policy is ineffective
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| May.18 |
Aceh |
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Army starts Aceh attack
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| Mar.3 |
North Korea |
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N. Korean jets intercept U.S. plane
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| Feb.24 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea test fires missile
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| Feb.5 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea restarts nuke plant
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| Jan.9 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea pulls out of nuclear treaty North Korea will withdraw from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, according to the official North Korean news agency
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
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Nuclear inspectors expelled North Korea decided to expel IAEA inspectors who have been monitoring its frozen nuclear facilities
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| Dec.21 |
North Korea |
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N Korea removes nuclear monitors
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| Dec.12 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea to reactivate nuke plants Pyongyang regards a joint agreement with the United States, Japan and South Korea as defunct
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U.N. passes Iraq resolution 1441
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| Oct.16 |
North Korea |
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North Korea admits it has nuke program
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| Jun.28 |
South Korea |
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Korean ship battle kills four
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| Jul.19 |
Japan |
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Japan charges U.S. airman with rape
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| Apr.11 |
China |
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U.S. spy plane crew released
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| Apr.1 |
China |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China Map of island of Hainan China| Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet. The electronic surveillance aircraft EP-3 Aries landed on the island of Hainan. Chinese F-8 sent to intercept the aircraft had bumped the EP-3 in the process. U.S. pla... | |
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| 2008 |
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| Mar.6 |
Thailand |
Thailand holds Russian 'top arms dealer' Viktor Bout, dubbed the 'merchant of death', suspected of being one of the world's biggest illegal arms dealers has been arrested
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| Feb.21 |
Beijing |
China defends arms sales to Sudan |
| 2006 |
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| Jun.11 |
China |
China arms sales 'fuel conflicts'
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.6 |
North Korea |
Shots fired amid Korean tension
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| 2008 |
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| Mar.5 |
Japan |
U.S. Marines face courts-martial |
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| Feb.19 |
Japan |
Marine suspected of rape The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa amid a furor over the arrest of Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38
| 2007 |
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| Dec.5 |
Philippines |
Rebels jailed for life |
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| Nov.19 |
Cambodia |
Genocide tribunal begins |
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| Nov.11 |
Cambodia |
Key Khmer Rouge figures arrested |
| 2006 |
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| Jul.20 |
Cambodia |
Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies at 80
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| 2005 |
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| Jan.13 |
Aceh |
Troop escorts for aid workers
| 2003 |
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| May.18 |
Aceh |
Army starts Aceh attack
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| 2008 |
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| Mar.21 |
Japan |
U.S. sailor in custody
| 2002 |
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| Jun.28 |
South Korea |
Korean ship battle kills four
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.29 |
Manila |
Manila hotel siege: Rebels surrender
| 2006 |
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| Sep.19 |
Thailand |
Army chief leads coup while PM away| The chiefs of the army, navy and air force met with King Adulyadej to declare they were taking over the country. Army chief Gen. Boonyaratkalin announced that the military and opposition Party of Democratic
Reform were taking over while Thaksin Shinawatra was at a U.N. meeting.
Thaksin canceled a sched... | |
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| Feb.23 |
Manila |
Army 'foils coup plot' The army says it has thwarted an attempt by soldiers to overthrow the president Gloria Arroyo
| 2003 |
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| Jul.26 |
Manila |
Armed men seize center of Manila
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| 2008 |
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| May.23 |
Beijing |
China, Russia attack US shield plan
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| Mar.27 |
North Korea |
N. Korea 'test-fires missiles' North Korea has test-fired short-range missiles off its western coast. S. Korea seemed the move as the part of 'ordinary military training'
| 2007 |
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| Jan.18 |
China |
Chinese test missile obliterates satellite  U.S. official: The missile destroyed an orbiting satellite in a test that could undermine relations with the West
| In Beijing a Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was unaware of such a test. Britain, Japan, Australia joined the United States in voicing concern about the rising militarization of space
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| 2006 |
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| Jul.5 |
North Korea |
N Korea vows more missile tests
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| Jul.4 |
North Korea |
North Korea tests long-range missile| North Korea also fired 5 shorter-range rockets. The closely watched long-range test failed within a minute. The tests lasted about 5 hours.
The Taepodong-2 failed after about 40 seconds.
The short-range missiles... | |
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| Mar.8 |
North Korea |
N. Korea fires missiles White House spokesman: North Korea launched a pair of short-range missiles
| 2005 |
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| May.1 |
North Korea |
N. Korea apparently tests missile
| 2003 |
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| Feb.24 |
North Korea |
N. Korea test fires missile
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
U.N.: N. Korea reactor shut down ElBaradei: The inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor
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| Jul.14 |
North Korea |
Nuke inspectors arrive in N. Korea |
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| 2008 |
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| May.29 |
Japan |
Japan shelves military aid flight
| 2003 |
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| Mar.3 |
North Korea |
N. Korean jets intercept U.S. plane
| 2001 |
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| Jul.19 |
Japan |
Japan charges U.S. airman with rape
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| Apr.11 |
China |
U.S. spy plane crew released
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| Apr.1 |
China |
U.S. spy plane lands in China Map of island of Hainan China| Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet. The electronic surveillance aircraft EP-3 Aries landed on the island of Hainan. Chinese F-8 sent to intercept the aircraft had bumped the EP-3 in the process. U.S. pla... | |
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| 2004 |
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| Jun.22 |
South Korea |
S Korea resolute on Iraq troops
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.13 |
Thailand |
Ambush kills 8 soldiers |
| 2005 |
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| Jan.11 |
Aceh |
Separatists threaten relief efforts
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| 2006 |
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| May.25 |
East Timor |
Fierce gunbattles 3 people killed, as international troops started arriving to help quell a rebellion by disgruntled ex-soldiers
| 2004 |
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| Apr.27 |
Thailand |
97 killed in attacks
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.17 |
North Korea |
N Korea closes more nuclear sites |
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| Jun.16 |
North Korea |
Atomic inspectors can return North Korea has invited inspectors from IAEA back into the country to monitor the shut down of its main nuclear reactor
| 2005 |
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| Aug.6 |
Japan |
Doves, silence for A-bomb victims Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima 60 years after the world's first atomic bomb was dropped
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| 2008 |
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| Apr.24 |
Japan |
U.S. Marine charged with rape
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| 2005 |
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| Apr.30 |
Vietnam |
Vietnam remembers fall of Saigon
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.6 |
North Korea |
Nuke shutdown begins |
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| Nov.2 |
North Korea |
N Korea nuclear shutdown to start |
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| Oct.22 |
North Korea |
N Korea 'may lose nukes next week' |
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| Jul.14 |
North Korea |
N Korea 'closes nuclear reactor' Map of Yongbyon North Korea US state department spokesman: North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon
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| Feb.13 |
Beijing |
N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament North Korea agreed to shut down its main reactor within 60 days before eventually dismantling its atomic weapons program
| 2006 |
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| Oct.17 |
North Korea |
N. Korea may planning 2nd nuclear test U.S. official: activity at a second nuclear site is looking very similar to activity seen just before the nuclear test
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| Oct.9 |
North Korea |
North Korea claims nuclear test Map of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test.png Official Korean Central News Agency: North Korea claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test
| South Korean officials confirmed that North Korea performed its first nuclear test. The apparent test was conducted at 10:36 a.m. in Hwaderi near Kilju city. China was given a 20-minute warning and in turn told the U.S., Japan and S. Korea. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 4.2-magnitude quake in North Korea at 10:35 a.m., 385 kilometers northeast of the capital, Pyongyang
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| 2005 |
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| Aug.8 |
Japan |
Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate
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| Feb.19 |
North Korea |
N. Korea 'rejects nuclear talks'
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| Feb.9 |
North Korea |
N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks North Korea publicly admitted for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and suspending participation in talks
| 2003 |
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
Enough plutonium to make 6 nukes The United States is checking claims while fending off criticism its North Korean policy is ineffective
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| Feb.5 |
North Korea |
N. Korea restarts nuke plant
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| Jan.9 |
North Korea |
N. Korea pulls out of nuclear treaty North Korea will withdraw from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, according to the official North Korean news agency
| 2002 |
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
Nuclear inspectors expelled North Korea decided to expel IAEA inspectors who have been monitoring its frozen nuclear facilities
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| Dec.21 |
North Korea |
N Korea removes nuclear monitors
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| Dec.12 |
North Korea |
N. Korea to reactivate nuke plants Pyongyang regards a joint agreement with the United States, Japan and South Korea as defunct
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| Oct.16 |
North Korea |
North Korea admits it has nuke program
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