North Korea tests six missiles, says South Korea (Fourth Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said.
The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 km, were fired over ... Read more...
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North Korea launches five more missiles: Report (Third Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports.
The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ... Read more...
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South Korea claims North has test-fired three more missiles
July 4th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (South Korea), July 4 (ANI): South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that North Korea had test-fired three missiles, further stoking tensions in the international community, which continues to berate Pyongyang ... Read more...
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North Korea fires three more missiles: Report (Second Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired three more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday.
The missiles were ... Read more...
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North Korea fires two more missiles (Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday.
The missiles were ... Read more...
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Seoul to spend billions on thwarting North Korea threat
July 3rd, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 3 (DPA) South Korea Friday announced plans to spend billions on sophisticated technology to counter the perceived threat of a North Korean nuclear attack.
The defence ministry, reacting to the latest ... Read more...
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North Korea fires four missiles, claims South Korea (Second Lead)
July 2nd, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 2 (DPA) North Korea Thursday fired four short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean reports.
The fourth missile was launched at 9.20 p.m. (1220 GMT), the Yonhap ... Read more...
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North Korea fires three missiles, claims South Korea (Lead)
July 2nd, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 2 (DPA) North Korea Thursday fired a third short-range missile from its east coast in the direction of the Sea of Japan, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing ... Read more...
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Russia to lease only one nuclear sub to India: official
June 22nd, 2009 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 22 (RIA Novosti) A Russian official Monday dismissed media reports that Russia planned to lease several nuclear submarines to India, saying the contract envisioned only the transfer of Nerpa nuclear ... Read more...
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North Korea Missile Hawaii- Reasons unidentified
June 20th, 2009 - 3:38 am ICT by GD
US deploying anti -missile defenses around Hawaii is not just a whim of theirs but as per Japanese news on Thursday, North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii ... Read more...
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‘Jellyfish joyride’ poses substantial threat to world’s oceans
June 10th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 10 (ANI): A new research has presented convincing evidence that the increasing number of jelly fish, which is a substantial threat to the world's oceans, is due to over-fishing and ... Read more...
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North Korea threatens military action against South Korea (Lead)
May 27th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 27 (DPA) North Korea Wednesday threatened military action against Seoul, one day after South Korea joined a US-led initiative to intercept ships carrying illicit weapons, further escalating tensions on the ... Read more...
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North Korea conducts another missile test
May 27th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul/Tokyo, May 27 (DPA) The North Korean military fired another short-range missile across the Sea of Japan, its third such launch since conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test Monday, South Korean media ... Read more...
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Japan’s threat to destroy rocket act of war, says North Korea
April 1st, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 1 (RIA Novosti) Pyongyang has announced that any attempt by Japan to shoot down a rocket, which is scheduled to launch a communications satellite April 4-8, would be considered an ... Read more...
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Japan deploys war ships ahead of North Korean rocket launch
March 29th, 2009 - 5:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 29 (IANS) Japan has deployed three guided missile destroyers with orders to shoot down any debris from a North Korean rocket which might stray into Japanese airspace, a media report ... Read more...
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Japan orders military to destroy North Korea rocket
March 27th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.27 (ANI): Japan has ordered its military to destroy any part of the rocket that North Korea is planning to fire early next month should it approach Japanese territory. A meeting ... Read more...
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Japan prepares to intercept North Korean missile debris
March 27th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 27 (DPA) Japan Friday readied its defence for North Korea's planned rocket launch, ordering its military to destroy any fragments that might fall on its territory if the launch goes ... Read more...
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North Korea to launch rocket April 4: Report
March 20th, 2009 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 20 (RIA Novosti) North Korea will launch a rocket April 4 to deliver a communications satellite into orbit, a media report said Friday.
The communist state earlier announced plans to launch ... Read more...
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North Korean threats to flights ‘distinctly unhelpful’: US
March 6th, 2009 - 2:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 6 (DPA) The US said Thursday that North Korea's threats against South
Korean airlines that fly into its airspace were "distinctly unhelpful".
The North Korean government Thursday issued a statement saying it ... Read more...
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North Korea threatens to shoot down South Korean planes
March 5th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, March 5 (DPA) North Korea Thursday indirectly threatened to shoot down South Korean passenger aircraft in its airspace, amid growing tension on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification ... Read more...
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Moscow blames Chinese ship’s captain for sinking
February 20th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 20 (RIA Novosti) The captain of a Chinese cargo ship, which sank off Russia's Pacific coast Sunday killing eight crewmembers, is to blame for the tragedy, the Russian foreign ministry ... Read more...
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Indian team inspects nuclear submarine in Russia
February 11th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Khabarovsk, Feb 11 (RIA Novosti) An Indian team has visited a dock in Russia's Far East where the Nerpa nuclear submarine has been kept since last year's fatal accident, the dockyard's director ... Read more...
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Nuclear submarine accident probe to end in March
January 29th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 29 (RIA Novosti) An investigation into an accident on board a Russian nuclear submarine will be completed by March, a source in the investigation commission said Thursday. The accident occurred ... Read more...
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Massive jellyfish swarms dominate world-class fisheries
December 13th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 13 (ANI): A new online report has indicated that massive jellyfish swarms are transforming many world-class fisheries and tourist destinations into veritable jellytoriums that are intermittently jammed with pulsating, ... Read more...
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As Medvedev visits India confusion on nuclear submarine deal
December 4th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) As Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Thursday begins his first visit to India, confusion intensifies on the fate of the deal on a Russian built nuclear powered submarine ... Read more...
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Russian sailor charged with homicide for submarine deaths
November 24th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, Nov 24 (RIA Novosti) A serving crew member on the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, on which 20 people died ealier this month after the vessel's fire extinguishing system activated accidentally, has ... Read more...
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N. Korea threatens ”ultra-hardline” action against Japan over sanctions
November 11th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Nov.11 (ANI): The North Korean Government has warned Japan that it could order its military forces to stop and board Japanese ships operating in the Sea of Japan or shadow ... Read more...
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Russia-NATO naval drill called off after US, UK boycott
August 14th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Vladivostok (Russia), Aug 14 (RIA Novosti) A Russia-NATO naval exercise in the Sea of Japan has been cancelled after the US and Britain refused to send their warships, a spokesman for ... Read more...
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US-Russia joint exercises cancelled over Georgia attack
August 13th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.13 (ANI): The United States has cancelled a joint naval exercise with Russia after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow that it''s attacks on Georgia have jeopardised its ... Read more...
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Seoul wants ‘Sea of Japan’ to be re-labelled on maps
July 16th, 2008 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, July 16 (RIA Novosti) South Korea is planning to ask Russia to order a re-labelling of Russian maps replacing the name 'Sea of Japan' with 'East Sea', a Korean diplomatic ... Read more...
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Seoul to recall envoy over Japan’s claim to islets
July 14th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Seoul, July 14 (DPA) South Korea said Monday that it would recall its ambassador to Japan in protest against its renewed claims on a group of South Korean-administered islets in the ... Read more...
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Japanese whisky voted best in the world
April 27th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr 27 (ANI): Forget Scotch whisky, for the alcoholic beverage making to the top is Japanese whisky.Yoichi 20 years old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has ... Read more...
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North Korea releases seized Russian cargo ship
February 27th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Vladivostok (Russia), Feb 27 (RIA Novosti) North Korean authorities Wednesday released a Russian cargo ship seized Saturday in the Sea of Japan, a regional rescue service official said Wednesday. He said ... Read more...
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North Korea disallows Russian diplomat to meet ship crew
February 24th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
RIA Novosti
Moscow, Feb 24 (RIA Novosti) North Korean authorities Sunday refused permission to a Russian diplomat to meet the crew of a Russian ship detained in the Sea of Japan for allegedly ... Read more...
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Leatherback turtle tracked on epic 13,000-mile journey
February 10th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Us researchers have tracked a leatherback turtle that swam for an epic 13,000-mile journey, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding ... Read more...
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