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SYDNEY — Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them.

But they can't party too hard because the rescue could come at any minute.

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lets start this new year off light

Murder most fowl? Giant rubber duck bursts in Taiwan
By CNN staff
updated 1:53 AM EST, Wed January 1, 2014


(CNN) -- A giant yellow duck on display at Taiwan's Keelung Port is finding little to be happy about this New Year's Day.
The famed 18-meter inflatable art installation, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, burst and deflated on Tuesday, leaving locals shocked and disappointed.
The duck's demise came only 11 days after it arrived in Keelung City Harbor, the latest in a multi-city Taiwan tour for the celebrity bird.
There are multiple theories as to what led to the New Year's Eve tragedy.
Murder most fowl? According to Taiwan media reports, one tourist claims she saw what looked like an eagle scratch the rubber duck with its talons.
If that's indeed the case, jealousy could very well have been the motivation behind this unprovoked attack.
Meanwhile, a meteorologist speculates an unseasonal dose of sunshine may have overheated the duck, disrupting its internal pressure after weeks of cold, rainy conditions, leading to its rupture.
"We want to apologize to the fans of the yellow rubber duck," said Keelung City Council Speaker Huang Ching-ta while addressing media.
"We haven't found the cause of the burst. We will carefully examine the duck to determine the cause."
(Photos of the damaged duck can be viewed on Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo.)
Fortunately for fans, the city says it plans to borrow another copy of the floating art installation, due to be installed by Saturday at the earliest.
More: Giant duck conquers Taiwan
A turbulent past
Versions of the famous duck have previously taken up temporary residence in cities all over the world, including Beijing, Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paolo and Amsterdam.
After stirring up a craze in Hong Kong in May and June, followed by a two-month stint in Beijing, the 18-meter inflatable duck arrived in Taiwan in September.
It was docked at Kaohsiung City until October 20, before floating to Taoyuan then its recent spot in Keelung in northern Taiwan.
Tuesday's deflation is the latest in a string of unfortunate duck-related incidents.
In May of 2013, Hong Kong's version of the giant duck mysteriously lost its mojo one night, leaving its deflated yellow shell bobbing lifelessly in Victoria Harbour.
In late October, the Taoyuan version deflated then exploded during an attempt to re-inflate it.
In 2009 during a port call in Belgium, it was stabbed 42 times by a vandal.
"We don't know why the person did it," artist Hofman said in an earlier interview with CNN.
"But [the incident] brought the people of that town together. The community had a stake out at night and protected it and even the police looked after it. It shows that this piece of art means a lot to people in the vicinity of this work."

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(CNN) -- After 10 days stranded far from home, all 52 passengers from a ship stuck in Antarctic ice have now been transferred by helicopter to an Australian icebreaker.

"It's 100% we're off! A huge thanks to all," tweeted Chris Turney, an Australian professor among the group of scientists, journalists and tourists marooned on the ship.

A helicopter from a nearby Chinese icebreaker ferried passengers Thursday to the Australian icebreaker, the Aurora Australis.

The rescue is the latest chapter in a saga that began Christmas Eve after the Russian-flagged MV Akademik Shokalskiy got stuck in unusually thick ice.

Officials abandoned a succession of other rescue attempts in recent days because of the treacherous conditions in the region.

Earlier Thursday, Australian authorities had said a plan involving the helicopter and a barge was put on hold because of shifting ice conditions.

But the new approach, which skipped the use of the barge, got under way later in the day. Turney posted videos showing the helicopter arriving on a makeshift helipad on the ice near the trapped ship and taking off into the crisp blue sky.

Robert Darvill, chief mate on the Aurora Australis, told CNN that the 52 new passengers on board were very happy to be there and kept thanking the icebreaker's crew for their efforts.

"They are on their second dinner of the night right now," he said.

Long journey ahead

It will still be weeks before the research team makes it to the Australian port of Hobart, said John Young of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

"Mid-January is our best guess," Young told reporters on a conference call. The Aurora Australis is still expected to complete a resupply mission to Casey Station, an Australian base in Antarctica, before making its way to Hobart.

Darvill said that now all the passengers are on the Aurora Australis, the vessel will try to move out of the heavy pack ice and into more open water.

But, he said, they will not set off toward Casey Station until the Rescue Coordination Center of Australia gives them the green light.

Darvill also thanked the captain of the Chinese icebreaker whose help made the rescue possible.

"Thank you very much for your cooperation. Your crew has done the lion's share of the work and made Australia and much of the world proud," he said.

Meanwhile, the master of the Akademik Shokalskiy has decided to keep the 22 Russian crew members on board the stranded ship until the pack ice eventually breaks up and allows it to move again, Young said.

The vessel has enough supplies to keep the crew going for "a very long time," he said.

The helicopter rescue followed a failed attempt by the Chinese icebreaker, the Xue Long, which made it 6 nautical miles from the trapped vessel before being stopped by especially thick ice.

That was followed by an effort by the Australian icebreaker, which was forced Monday to suspend efforts to reach the expedition because of bad weather. The Aurora Australis got within 10 nautical miles of the ship before it turned back.

Over the weekend, the maritime agency called off an effort by the French icebreaker Astrolabe.

Viral sensations

The exploits of the research crew have gone viral, thanks in large part to Twitter and YouTube posts by those aboard the stranded vessel.

Turney, the leader of a research expedition on the Akademik Shokalskiy, has tweeted photos of the stranded ship, the crew and penguins, which have stopped by to check out their new neighbors.

The group even managed to ring in 2014 with good cheer.

"We're the A, A, E who have traveled far, having fun doing science in Antarctica!" a dozen or so of them sang in a video posted on YouTube. "Lots of snow and lots of ice, lots of penguins, which are very, very nice!

"Really good food and company, but a bloody great shame we are still stuck here! Ice core, cha cha cha! Ice core, cha cha cha!"

The expedition

Turney's expedition to gauge the effects of climate change on the region began on November 27.

The second and current leg of the trip started on December 8 and was scheduled to conclude with a return to New Zealand on Saturday.

The vessel got stuck in the ice 15 days after setting out on the second leg.

Turney, a climate change professor at the University of New South Wales, has said the ship was surrounded by ice up to nearly 10 feet (3 meters) thick.

 

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Turney, a climate change professor at the University of New South Wales, has said the ship was surrounded by ice up to nearly 10 feet (3 meters) thick.

OMG...now that is scary! Heck I bet you can drill some pylons into the ice to build a skyscraper (say 10 stories for good measure).

 

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Phnom Penh (AFP) - Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers Friday, killing at least three people, as the kingdom's strongman premier faced growing public anger on the streets of the capital.


Human rights campaigners condemned the crackdown as the country's worst state violence against civilians in more than a decade.

The deaths came after striking workers armed with sticks, rocks and Molotov cocktails clashed with rifle-wielding police in the Veng Sreng factory district of Phnom Penh.

One blood-soaked worker was seen lying on the ground while another was rushed away by motorcycle after the latest in a series of violent clashes between security forces and textile workers demanding higher wages.

Three people died, according to police.

"If we allow them to continue the strike it will become anarchy," said military police spokesman Kheng Tito, adding that nine policemen were injured by stones and slingshots.

The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights reported a higher toll of at least four civilians shot dead and 21 injured, in what it described as "the worst state violence against civilians to hit Cambodia in 15 years".

Prime Minister Hun Sen faces a growing challenge to his nearly three-decade rule from protesting garment workers and opposition supporters demanding that he step down and call a new election because of alleged vote fraud.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy denounced the crackdown on the workers, who are demanding a minimum wage of $160 per month.

"It's an unacceptable attempt to break not only a worker strike but the whole worker movement as well as the democratic movement which is developing in Cambodia following the July elections," he told AFP.

Disputes over wages and safety conditions are common in Cambodia's multi-billion dollar garment industry which supplies brands like Gap, Nike and H&M.

The sector employs about 650,000 people and is a key source of foreign income for the impoverished country.

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights, an independent activist group, expressed concern about the frequent use of excessive force to quell protests in the kingdom.

At least 25 demonstrations were violently repressed in 2013 by security forces using guns, tear gas, water cannon and batons, leaving two people dead, one person paralysed and causing three women to suffer miscarriages, it said.

The latest clash came a day after a special military unit was deployed against garment workers, leaving several injured in a move described by rights activists as a "disturbing new tactic" by the authorities.

Soldiers were seen brandishing metal pipes, knives, AK47 rifles, slingshots and batons, according to local rights groups.

There have been daily rallies in Phnom Penh against Hun Sen's government recently, with an estimated 20,000 or more opposition supporters taking to the streets on Sunday.

The opposition party has boycotted parliament since a disputed July election. It plans a major three-day protest starting from Sunday.

Parliament in late September approved a new five-year term for Hun Sen, in a move decried by the opposition as a "constitutional coup".

Hun Sen -- a 61-year-old former Khmer Rouge cadre who defected and oversaw Cambodia's rise from the ashes of war -- has ruled for 28 years, and has vowed to continue until he is 74.

Last month he ruled out holding a new election and rejected opposition calls for him to step down.

Garment exports and tourism have brought buoyant economic growth but Cambodia remains one of Asia's poorest countries.

Hun Sen's government is regularly accused of ignoring human rights and suppressing political dissent.

 

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OMG...now that is scary! Heck I bet you can drill some pylons into the ice to build a skyscraper (say 10 stories for good measure).

I heard on the radio this mornining that a US icebreaker is on its way to rescue the rescued and rescuers who have found themselves stuck again.i only wish it was the politicians that were stuck down there. Never to be heard from again for the reast of the year.

 

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(CNN) -- A stampede at a religious gathering in northwestern China left 14 dead and 10 others injured on Sunday, China's state-run news agency Xinhua has reported, citing local government.
The incident is still under investigation, but Xinhua's initial report said the stampede occurred during the handing out of food at an event to commemorate a late religious figure in a mosque in Guyuan, a city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The injured victims were hospitalized. Four people are in critical condition, Xinhua reported.

 

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Chinese drug cop implicated in major amphetamine raid: paper
12:14am EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese drug enforcement officer has been linked to government officials arrested after the seizure of nearly three tons of the drug crystal methamphetamine in the southern province of Guangdong last month, local media reported.
Thousands of armed police arrested at least 182 people in a dramatic raid on Boshe, a seaside village which has supplied over a third of China's meth nationwide in the past three years, according to the government.
Investigators found that a captain of the drug enforcement squad in surrounding Lufeng city, surnamed Guo, was linked to the former Boshe Communist Party secretary Cai Dongjia, who was arrested in the December 29 raid, the influential Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Sunday.
Guo has been subjected to "shuanggui", a form of detention imposed on party officials suspected of corruption, the paper said without giving further details.
The report said Cai had used his position to obtain information about the police investigation prior to the raid and notified suspects.
More than 20 percent of households in Boshe were involved in drug production and trafficking rings, the Guangdong public security department has said.
In China, methamphetamine is the second most popular drug after heroin.
(Reporting by Michael Martina and Sally Huang; Editing by Michael Perry)

China sentences six Mongol herders in land-grab case
Sun, Jan 5 2014
By Sui-Lee Wee
BEIJING (Reuters) - Six herders in China who tried to defend grazing land from expropriation by a forestry firm have been sentenced in the resource-rich Inner Mongolia region, a lawyer and family members said on Monday, in a case that has sparked protests.
The unrest in Inner Mongolia is the latest flare up of ethnic tension in China after deadly protests by Muslim Uighur people in the far western Xinjiang region and unrest among Tibetans in the west.
Ethnic Mongols have long complained that their traditional grazing lands have been ruined by mining and desertification, and that the government has tried to force them to settle in permanent dwellings.
The six Mongol herders were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to two years on December 31 on a charge of "sabotaging production management" by a court in Ongniud Banner, the area of Inner Mongolia where the incident occurred, a lawyer representing one of the accused and family members of two of them told Reuters by telephone.
"The verdict is clearly unjust, this is a land dispute and not a criminal case," said the lawyer, who declined to be identified for fear of government retribution.
"The fact that it's been turned into a criminal case is because of the interference of the local government."
"The villagers have been going to the municipal government and Beijing to petition, and the local government has been criticized for it. They are under great pressure so they had to resort to this approach."
Officials at the court could not be reached.
The herders were arrested in June after a clash with workers from the state-owned Wengniuteqi Shuanghe Forestry, the herders' family members said previously. The herders had accused the workers of illegally occupying grazing land.
Reuters was unable to find contact information for the forestry company.
PROTESTS
The lawyer and family members said the herders had urged officials to address their land problem for years.
"I'm dissatisfied with the verdict," said Sarangowaa, the wife of one of the accused called Tulguur. "My feeling is that they aren't guilty."
Sobdoo, the sister of one of the accused called Tugusbayar, said the herders' plight sparked a protest on December 30 by more than 100 herders outside a government building.
Many Mongols in China go by only one name.
Nearly 200 herders staged protests in front of government buildings of Ongniud Banner and Ulaanhad Municipality on December 30 and 31, said the New York-based Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center.
Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region which covers more than a 10th of China's land mass and has its largest coal reserves, was rocked by protests in 2011 after an ethnic Mongol herder was killed by a truck after taking part in protests against pollution caused by a coal mine.
Ethnic Mongols now make up less than 20 percent of the region's population of about 24 million. Before the Communist revolution in 1949, Mongols far outnumbered majority Han Chinese.
The United States has expressed concern about the fate of China's most famous Mongol dissident, Hada, who was sent back to detention almost as soon as he completed a 15-year sentence for separatism in 2010.
(Additional reporting by Huang Yan; Editing by Robert Birsel)

Libya navy blocks oil tanker at mutinous eastern port
9:52am EST
By Ulf Laessing and Ghaith Shennib
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's navy has blocked an oil tanker from illegally loading crude at an eastern port that has been held for months by armed protesters demanding more autonomy from Tripoli, officials said on Monday.
"The navy fired warning shots to show that they were serious," a Libyan National Oil Corp (NOC) official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
Any attempt by protesters to get oil to world markets independently would be a major escalation of their blockade that has slashed Libya's vital oil exports.
"The Libyan navy... dealt on Sunday with a Malta-flagged tanker which tried entering Es-Sider port in cooperation with an illegal group to load and smuggle crude oil," NOC said in a statement. "The Libyan navy prevented the tanker from reaching Es-Sider."
The NOC said Libya had warned the owner of the ship that approaching the port was illegal and warned it would stop any tanker trying "to smuggle and steal Libyan oil illegally."
The tanker Baku was chartered by a company called Royal Asset Management, the NOC official said, but did not know any more about the company.
Reuters AIS Live ship tracking showed that the tanker was now heading north towards Malta. It had been sailing around Libya since end December and was outside Brega port and then Zawiya before heading to Es Sider.
Protest leaders, based in Ajdabiya in the east, were not immediately available for comment to confirm they had sought to load a shipment of crude.
But the eastern protesters, who demand more regional autonomy and a greater share of oil wealth, took control of three key ports six months ago, and have repeatedly threatened to sell crude independently.
Tripoli had countered it may use force to stop protesters shipping crude, but analysts believed it would be difficult for the group to find clients willing to risk buying oil that bypasses Libya's central government.
COMPLEX CONFRONTATIONS
Two years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, the eastern oil standoff is just one of the complex confrontations facing Libya's weak central government, which has struggled to contain rival militias and former rebels who once fought the dictator.
With Libya's political transition to democracy still fragile, many former rebel fighters refuse to give up their weapons and often turn to military muscle to make demands.
The heavily-armed group, calling for autonomy and a greater share of oil sales, is occupying the eastern Ras Lanuf, Es-Sider and Zuweitina ports, which previously accounted for 600,000 barrels a day of oil exports.
NOC extended on Saturday force majeure for the ports, a legal term to cover the suspension of contract obligations.
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said last month tribal elders would hold more talks with the group led by Ibrahim Jathran, a hero from the 2011 uprising, but there has been so sign of any progress.
Over the weekend, OPEC-member Libya restarted oil production at the El Sharara field after another group of protesters ended a two-month blockade there, NOC said on Sunday, raising prospect of new oil revenues.
The field should reach full capacity of 340,000 barrels per day by Tuesday, NOC spokesman Mohamed al-Harari said.
The resumption of the southern field could lift output to 600,000 bpd. Total Libyan output had fallen to 250,000 bpd from 1.4 million bpd in July.
Zeidan has said the government will act against the oil strikers, but Libya's nascent army, which is still in training, is too weak to tackle armed protesters who are have a strong military presence at the ports.
(Additional reporting by Julia Payne in London, editing by Patrick Markey and William Hardy)

Japan's whisky makers drum up global market for their drams
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3:34am EST
By Sophie Knight and Ritsuko Shimizu
TOKYO (Reuters) - After years of being overshadowed at home and practically unheard of overseas, Japan's whisky distilleries are expanding capacity as their malts become serious contenders against Scottish and Irish brands.
Exports are booming at Nikka, owned by Asahi Group Holdings, and at Suntory Holdings, which is ramping up production at its Yamazaki distillery for the first time in 45 years as domestic sales recover from a prolonged slump.
But some are concerned the distilleries may be caught out if the enthusiasm for whisky changes as it did in the 1990s, when several smaller players shut down as Japanese drinkers shifted to beer, clear spirits and imported liquor.
"At the moment, no one can see this boom busting. The difficulty is that you're making it today for 20 or 50 years' time," said Marcin Miller, an importer of small-batch Japanese whisky with his British company Number One Drinks.
The drop in demand during the 1990s meant Suntory and Nikka had to cut production, industry experts say, leaving distilleries with a shortage of stock for their youngest single malts when whisky made a comeback in 2008.
Last year, Suntory stopped making its 10-year Yamazaki and Hakushu single malts and introduced "no age" versions. Nikka is expected to phase out its 12-year Taketsuru single malt after releasing a "no age" variety this year.
The slump had more a serious impact on minor distilleries such as Karuizawa, Mars and Hanyu. All three were mothballed by 2000 and their stock left dormant until a run of international awards for Japanese whisky brought buyers knocking.
BOOTLEG TO BLOCKBUSTER
In its earliest incarnation, Japanese whisky was a bootleg adulterated with spices and perfume. Lacking strict regulations of the Scottish and Irish varieties, it was largely ignored by foreign connoisseurs for much of its 90-year history.
"I thought going to drink Japanese whisky would be a bit like drinking a Welsh claret," Miller said of his first trip to Japan in 1999, when he was editor of Whisky Magazine. "I wondered 'Will my hosts be offended if I drink gin and tonic?'."
Miller was soon converted but he found no one to share his enthusiasm with back in Britain, where Japanese whisky exports were practically non-existent.
The turning point came in 2001, when Nikka's 10-year Yoichi single malt won "Best of the Best" at Whisky Magazine's awards.
Japanese makers have stormed competitions ever since, with Suntory winning "Distiller of the Year" at the International Spirit Challenge for the third time in July and the Trophy prize for its 21-year Hibiki blend.
The acclaim nudged Japan's distilleries to market overseas and sales jumped. Nikka's exports grew 18-fold between 2006 and 2012, while Suntory is looking to double overseas shipments to 3.6 million bottles by 2016. They grew 16 percent in 2012.
While that is still a wee dram compared with sales of more than 72 million bottles at home, Suntory and Nikka export only premium varieties to the United States and Europe. In Japan, premium bottles make up 6 percent of sales.
A MATTER OF TIME
Distillers and blenders toiled for years to replicate traditional techniques, following notes brought from Scotland in 1920 by pioneer Masataka Taketsuru, who worked for Suntory before founding Nikka.
Japan's mountain water and icy winters proved ideal. Foreign fans rave about the authentic taste of Japanese whisky, a result of attention to every part of the process - from imported peat to the blending.
"While Scotch is about maintaining the flavor of a certain brand or label, Japanese distillers think mainly about increasing flavors," said Atsushi Horigami, owner of the Zoetrope bar in Tokyo, which specializes in Japanese whisky.
Horigami said most Japanese drinkers go for blended whisky but the leftover stock from the mothballed distilleries - sold as single casks - has been a hit with foreigners.
Aficionados and speculators alike await the releases of batches of the Karuizawa stock, which was bought by Miller's Number One Drinks in 2011. Miller says most bottles are snapped up within seconds, going for as much as £12,500 ($20,700).
But with just two years of auctions left and the remaining bottles from Hanyu and Mars also in short supply, some wonder where Japanese whisky lovers are going to find their single cask kicks in years to come.
"We may be on the crest of a wave now and in a few years see a completely different scene," said Stefan van Eycken, editor of Nonjatta, a blog on Japanese whisky.
That's where Suntory and Nikka hope to step in. But time will tell whether they can sustain the fashion for their brands for the decade or more it will take to produce their famed single malts. ($1 = 0.6051 British pounds)
(This version of the story removes the extraneous word "instead" in paragraph six.)
(Editing by John O'Callaghan and Robert Birsel)

And so the US sends a Icebreaker to Rescue the Rescuers who are stuck in the Ice.

U.S. breaker to help Russian, Chinese ships stuck in Antarctic ice
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Sat, Jan 4 2014
By Peter Cooney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is sending a heavy icebreaker to help free a Russian ship and a Chinese icebreaker gripped by Antarctic ice, the Coast Guard said on Saturday.
The Polar Star is responding to a request for assistance from Australian authorities as well as from the Russian and Chinese governments, the Coast Guard statement said.
"The U.S. Coast Guard stands ready to respond to Australia's request," Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander Vice Admiral Paul Zukunft said. "Our highest priority is safety of life at sea, which is why we are assisting in breaking a navigational path for both of these vessels."
Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy said the Polar Star was expected to arrive on the scene on January 12 and take two to three days to complete its mission.
"You're looking at the Antarctic, which is a challenge in itself. You have weather and you have ice," Conroy said in a phone interview. "But our crews are very well trained and we expect to be successful in this mission."
A Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice on Friday.
A helicopter from the Snow Dragon ferried the passengers from the stranded Russian ship to an Australian icebreaker late on Thursday. The Chinese vessel now had concerns about its own ability to move through heavy ice, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
The Russian-owned research ship, Akademik Shokalskiy, left New Zealand on November 28 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of an Antarctic journey led by Australian explorer Douglas Mawson.
It became trapped on December 24, 100 nautical miles east of French Antarctic station Dumont d'Urville and about 1,500 nautical miles south of Tasmania.
During their time on the ice, passengers amused themselves with movies, classes in knot tying, languages, yoga and photography, and rang in the New Year with dinner, drinks and a song their adventure.
The Coast Guard's Polar Star is 399 feet long with a maximum speed of 18 knots. It can continuously break 6 feet of ice at three knots, and can break 21 feet of ice backing and ramming, the Coast Guard said.
The Polar Star has cut short its planned stop in Sydney to conduct the mission. It left its home port of Seattle in early December on "Operation Deep Freeze," to break a channel through the sea ice of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica to resupply and refuel the U.S. Antarctic Program's McMurdo Station on Ross Island.
(Reporting by Peter Cooney; Editing by James Dalgleish and Diane Craft)

 

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^^^ first news need to fence the whole village and check, x-ray, sniff everything that comes in and out of it.

 

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Tomorrow the exhibition match for Kim Jong Un's 31st birthday will take place in North Korea. An all star former NBA players side will play a North Korean side in a friendly game. The team that Dennis Rodman gathered for this occasion is Kenny Anderson, Vin Baker, Charles Smith, Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, Clifford Robinson, Doug Christie and Craig Hodges. I know there are quite a few NBA fans here. Are these guys any good ?

Dennis Rodman has recieved quite some slack for this match and his friendship with Kim Jong Un. See this CNN interview below. See full interview on link below.

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