Iran has test-fired a medium-range missile during military exercises in the Gulf, state media report.

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Iran ‘tests medium-range missile’

A 39-year-old man in southern China died Saturday from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu, state media reported Saturday.

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Report: Chinese man dies of bird flu

The new leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, is formally named supreme commander of the country’s army, state media say, days after his father’s funeral.

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Kim Jong-un named army commander

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea identified Kim Jong Il’s son as head of a top ruling party body Monday, a post that gives him authority over political matters in addition to the military control attributed to him in recent days. Kim Jong Eun has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father on Dec. 17, with the state media showering new titles on him almost daily. Read full article > >

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Kim Jong Eun named head of key Workers’ Party committee as North Korea succession gains momentum

Kim Jong Il, the strangely antic and utterly ruthless heir to North Korea’s Stalinist dictatorship, died of an apparent heart attack Saturday, state media reported Monday. He was said to be 69. During his reign, he menaced the world with his nuclear ambitions and presided over a famine that killed hundreds of thousands of his subjects. Read full article > >

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

Egypt’s military rulers appoint former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri to form a new government, state media say.

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Egypt military ‘appoints new PM’

Major league catcher Wilson Ramos has been “found alive,” two days after he was reported kidnapped by gunmen, Venezuelan state media reported.

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Rescuers in China save the remaining 45 miners who were trapped underground for 36 hours after a cave-in, state media say.

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Dozens rescued from Chinese mine

TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday denounced allegations by the United States of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, suggesting they were a pretext for further building an international consensus against Iran, state media reported . “They attempted to find an excuse by raising a meaningless and useless accusation against some Iranian nationals in America,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, speaking in the western province of Kermanshah, where he is on a 10-day official visit. Read full article > >

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Iran supreme leader: U.S. allegations of plot to kill Saudi envoy ‘meaningless’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s army regains control of the central town of Rastan after five days of fighting, state media say.

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Syrian army ‘controls rebel town’

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have vowed to work together in the nation’s interest, state media said Saturday.

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Suu Kyi, Myanmar president hold talks

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have vowed to work together in the nation’s interest, state media said Saturday.

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Suu Kyi, Myanmar president hold talks

Russia opposes U.S. and European leaders’ calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, state media reported Friday, saying that the leader should get time to implement reforms.

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North Korea is to release a US citizen it has been holding for six months on unspecified charges on humanitarian grounds, state media report.

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Chinese and North Korean state media confirm that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, has been visiting China.

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N Korea leader’s China trip ends