SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea through the heavily fortified border dividing the two countries, an official from the South's spy agency said today, in only the second such defection in a decade.
Meanwhile, North Korea warned it would turn South Korea into "debris" and break off all relations if Seoul does not halt "confrontational" activities against the communist country.
Militant to hang for killing U.S. soldiers
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi militant accused of killing three American soldiers in a grisly checkpoint...
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