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The front page of the Southern Metropolis Daily, with the alleged subversive message boxed in red.

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Chinese Newspaper Editor Fired Over 'Hidden' Headline Message

2:33pm March 02, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The headlines looked like everyday fare: coverage of a speech by President Xi Jinping and a politician's funeral. But a read of the characters vertically showed something else.

At U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, the Security Council approved a resolution that diplomats say would impose the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades.

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U.N. Security Council Approves New Sanctions On North Korea

12:35pm March 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

After the isolated nation conducted a January nuclear test and February rocket launch, the Security Council has unanimously voted for new sanctions targeting Pyongyang's weapons program.

World News

U.N. To Vote On Sanctions Package Against North Korea

10:12am March 02, 2016

by Elise Hu

In response to North Korea's recent nuclear test and rocket launch, the U.S. and China spent weeks negotiating new sanctions. On Tuesday, Russia asked for the vote to be postponed until Wednesday.

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Ren Zhiqiang, a Chinese real estate tycoon, attends a conference in Beijing last November. Ren, 54, is locked in a battle with the government over the question of free speech.

In Social Media Battle, Real Estate Mogul Takes On Chinese Government

10:43pm March 01, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

China's Internet authorities have shut down all social media accounts of Ren Zhiqiang, a sharp-tongued real estate mogul compared by some in China to Donald Trump.

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Osama bin Laden wrote in a will that he had a fortune of about $29 million and that he wanted it spent

Osama Bin Laden's Will: $29 Million That Should Be Spent On 'Jihad'

4:16pm March 01, 2016

by Greg Myre

A new batch of documents reveals the tension between his desire to micromanage al-Qaida's day-to-day operations and his fears he might be detected and killed by sending out directives.

Saba, 18, eloped with her fiance, which her family regarded as bringing shame upon them. So her father and uncle tried to kill her.

Health & Safety

This Oscar-Winning Film Could Help End Honor Killings In Pakistan

8:08pm February 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

Saba was shot and then thrown into a river by her own family for eloping with her lover. She survived, and now she's fighting back.

A member of the main opposition party in South Korea speaks past midnight and into Tuesday morning, marking the seventh day of a filibuster against a new surveillance bill.

World News

Watch Live: South Korean Lawmakers' Filibuster Is Now In Its Seventh Day

2:10pm February 29, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Opposition legislators have now spoken for some 150 hours straight, holding up a bill that would give new surveillance powers to South Korea's spy agency.

Otto Frederick Warmbier, 21, arrives at the People's Cultural House in Pyongyang, North Korea, where he asked forgiveness in front of the media Monday.

World News

Detained American Student Gives Apparent Confession In North Korean Video

1:23pm February 29, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Appearing to weep at one point in the video, Otto Frederick Warmbier says, "Please, I've made the worst mistake of my life, but, please, act to save me."

Iranian women vote in the parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections at a polling station in Qom, 78 miles south of the capital, Tehran, on Friday.

World News

Iranian Moderates Make Big Gains In Parliamentary Elections

11:59am February 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Final results are trickling in from elections — the first since last year's nuclear deal — that began last week. So far, they're a stunning blow to Iran's hardliners.

South Korean Lawmakers Conduct Tag-Team Filibuster

7:28am February 29, 2016

They were filibustering an anti-terrorism bill. By Sunday, they had been talking more than 115 hours — a world record.

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