North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk

Associated Press | Tuesday June 18, 2013, Pyongyang, North Korea

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face on Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let's talk.

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US top court invalidates Arizona voter registration law

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013, Washington

The US Supreme Court on Monday invalidated a law that required people to show proof of nationality when registering to vote in the state of Arizona.

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NASA announces eight new astronauts, half are women

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013, Washington

The US space agency announced the appointment of eight new astronauts on Monday, and a record half of NASA's first astronaut class since 2009 are women.

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Now, send messages to aliens in deep space

Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013, Washington

A unique new project is asking people around the world with an Internet connection to help beam messages into outer space in an attempt to make our presence in the universe known to intelligent alien life out there.

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BBC veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall jailed for sex assaults

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013, London

Veteran British television and radio presenter Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday after admitting to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls as young as nine.

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Final curtain for Europe's deep-space telescope Herschel

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013, Le Bourget, France

The deep-space telescope Herschel took its final bow on Monday, climaxing a successful four-year mission to observe the birth of stars and galaxies, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

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Malala Yousafzai denounces 'cowardly' Pakistan attack

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013, London

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, on Monday denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly".

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Taliban to open Doha office on Tuesday: Jazeera TV

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013, Doha, Qatar

A Taliban office, touted as a tool to help facilitate talks between the militants and the Afghan government, will open on Tuesday in Doha, the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television reported.

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Iran nuclear programme advances despite sanctions: IAEA chief

Reuters | Monday June 17, 2013, Vienna

Iran is making "steady progress" in expanding its nuclear programme despite international sanctions that do not seem to be slowing it down, the UN nuclear agency chief told Reuters on Monday.

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US raids 14 7-Eleven stores in immigration raids

Associated Press | Monday June 17, 2013, New York

Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven convenience stores were charged on Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan, including some business-owners who used Social Security numbers of children and dead people on the workers' paystubs.

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