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POLITICALLY SENSITIVE Touchy topics out of bounds for UNESCO World Memory recordJune 26, 2017 UNESCO has decided not to consider politically sensitive nominations for its Memory of the World Register, which seems to rule out inclusion of Japan’s pacifist Constitution as well as an incident in which dozens of Japanese were killed in China in 1937.
STAGING AN ‘ACCIDENT’ Source: Park signed off on plot to oust, even kill, Kim Jong UnJune 26, 2017 SEOUL--As South Korean president, Park Geun-hye approved a covert plan to oust North Korean leader Kim Jong Un--including assassination--and to cover Seoul’s tracks, a source said.

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