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Watch: Seeking support for gun actions, Obama tears into gun lobby

Friday, 8 January 2016, 06:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

President Barack Obama tore into the nation's largest gun lobby on Thursday as he sought support for his actions on gun control, accusing the powerful lobby group of peddling an "imaginary fiction"...

Iran says a Saudi-led airstrike hit Iranian Embassy in Yemen

Thursday, 7 January 2016, 13:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Iran on Thursday accused the Saudi-led coalition battling Shiite rebels in Yemen of hitting its embassy there in an overnight airstrike, but the building bore no visible damage. The accusation...

South Korea announces start of anti-North propaganda broadcasts

Thursday, 7 January 2016, 12:23 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

In response to North Korea's latest nuclear test, South Korea on Thursday announced it would resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war. Seoul also began talks...

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