N.Korea Wants Illuminated Church Crosses Removed
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North Korea wants the removal of tall  illuminated church crosses that light up the South Korean sky  and are visible across the border in the secretive communist  state, defense officials from the South said on Monday.
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Christian symbols are being denigrated over Christmas says a leader of the Catholic Church of England and Wales.
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North Korea's embassy in Prague has demanded that the film "Team America: World Police" be banned in the Czech Republic, saying the movie harms their country's reputation, a report said Saturday.
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Reports that portraits of North Korean  leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to  overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua  news agency quoted a North Korean official Friday as saying.
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The United States urged reclusive North Korea to get out of the "nuclear business" on Thursday after listing luxury goods such as cognac, cigars and jet skis it seeks to keep out of the country under U.N. trade sanctions.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put on hold an order to remove a monumental cross that sits on public land, giving hope to supporters just weeks before it was to be taken down.
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North Korea said Sunday it is ready to permanently disable the nuclear reactor it just turned off if the United States lifts economic sanctions on the impoverished nation and strikes it from a list of terrorism sponsors.
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BEIJING - North Korea has denied reports that portraits of leader Kim Jong Il have been disappearing from public places in the capital, Pyongyang.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has called on North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons ambitions and give inspectors entry visas so they can supervise a return to peaceful activities.
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Reports that some portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been taken down in Pyongyang, if confirmed, could be &quot;very significant,&quot; an expert on North Korea said Wednesday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao asked Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to stop visiting a war shrine in Tokyo that China and other Asian nations say symbolizes Japan&#39;s militaristic past, a Japanese official said.
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North Korea appears to be reducing the level of official reverence paid to its leader Kim Jong Il, marking the first signs of a shift away from the
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North Korea warned Japan on Wednesday  that it would treat economic sanctions as a "declaration of  war" and threatened to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programs.
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Russia's Orthodox Church made a   last-minute plea to Madonna to drop symbols of the crucifixion   from her stage show when she performs in Moscow for the first   time on Tuesday.
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A 600-year-old gate in central Seoul listed as South Korea's number one national treasure and the country's landmark symbol has been destroyed, possibly by an arsonist, police said on Monday.
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The United Nations nuclear watchdog Friday called on North Korea to give up any nuclear weapons it may have and allow UN inspectors to return to verify that the country&#39;s atomic program is peaceful.
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North Korea said on Monday the United States has agreed to remove it from its list of countries that support terrorism, a move long-sought by Pyongyang to better its status with the outside world.