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| A high point for tourism | | If you think 2013 will be a half-baked year for tourism in Seattle, you haven't been paying attention to the curiously pungent smoke signals emanating from this city. |
| North Korea | | As bellicose posturing and threats have grown more dramatic on the Korean Peninsula, the government in the North has told foreign diplomats it cannot guarantee their safety, if war breaks out. |
| Bird flu | | Hangzhou suspended live poultry trade, making it the second city in China to take this action since an unusual strain of bird flu has hit the country, state-run media outlet Xinhua reported Saturday. |
| Cross hairs | | The past few weeks have seen North Korea become increasingly belligerent toward the United States and South Korea, with Pyongyang threatening to "mercilessly strike" its enemies. |
| Behind the propaganda machine | | CNN's Christiane Amanpour shows how North Korea's dictator forces his people to hate the outside world and adore him. |
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