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| North Korea executes defence chief on treason charges - South Korean media |
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has executed its defence chief on treason charges after he fell asleep at an event attended by leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean media quoted Seoul's National Intelligence Service as saying in a briefing to lawmakers on Wednesday. North Korean Defence Minister Hyon Yong Chol was purged and then executed by firing squad, media reported. Hyon was said to have shown disrespect to Kim by dozing off at a military event, the reports said, citing the South Korean intelligence agency's briefing with lawmakers. ... |
| UK's Cameron to set out new laws to tackle radicalism |
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 British Prime Minister David Cameron will on Wednesday set out new laws intended to curb organisations and individuals who promote militant ideologies at home and recruit young people to radical islamist groups abroad. Charities will be subject to greater scrutiny to stop funds being diverted to militant organisations, and the broadcast regulator will be given new powers to act against channels showing extremist content. Cameron, who won a surprise majority in national elections last week, is expected to tell a meeting of his top security advisers that new laws will be fast-tracked through parliament in the first year of his government.
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| Boxing contender and convicted rapist Ayala dead at 52 in Texas |
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| By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Former boxer Tony Ayala Jr., a middleweight title contender whose career was cut short by a rape conviction, was found dead on Tuesday at the age of 52 at a gym in San Antonio. Ayala's death was confirmed by Henry Rodriguez, a long-time friend and business associate. After his release from prison, Ayala was seen as a mentor to a generation of Texas boxers, Rodriguez said. Ayala was born to a prominent San Antonio boxing family with his father and two brothers being prize fighters. |
| Two top allies of embattled Macedonian prime minister quit |
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 By Kole Casule SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia's interior minister and its powerful intelligence chief resigned on Tuesday, apparently sacrificed by embattled Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to save his government from months of damaging wire-tap disclosures. Gruevski's conservative government is increasingly on the ropes over opposition allegations of authoritarianism and abuse of power stemming from dozens of taped phone conversations released to the media by opposition leader Zoran Zaev.
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