North Korea nuclear test would face "firm" U.N. action: South Korea

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is united on North Korea's nuclear arms program and will undoubtedly approve tough measures against Pyongyang if it carries out a new atomic test as expected, South Korean U.N. Ambassador Kim Sook said on Monday. "The North Korean nuclear test seems to be imminent," Kim, who is president of the Security Council this month, told reporters....

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In video message, Malala says she's 'getting better'

LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, said she was "getting better day by day" in her first public statement released Monday.The 15-year-old said she had been given a "second life" to campaign for girls to have the right to go to school, in a video statement recorded before she underwent surgery to repair...

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The 404 1,201: Where REL comes out of the dungeon (podcast)

REL gets our attention with a press conference that exposes his role-playing days back in high school, but we should probably start today's 404 episode with a few words about how CBS squeezed a football game into the Beyonce concert last night. Justin Yu Justin Yu covers headphones and peripherals for CNET. When he's not wading through Web gulch or challenging colleagues to typing...

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Boy held captive may celebrate birthday as hostage

(CBS News) The Alabama hostage drama is now in its seventh day. The 5-year-old boy held captive underground by Jimmy Lee Dykes remains underground and could spend his birthday as a hostage. The boy, identified only as Ethan, turns six on Wednesday. Police tell CBS News they still have an open line of communication with the Dykes, but almost a full week into this standoff, very little has changed....

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Which Super Bowl Commercial Won the Night?

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Iran hedges on nuclear talks with six powers or U.S.

MUNICH (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it was open to a U.S. offer of direct talks on its nuclear program and that six world powers had suggested a new round of nuclear negotiations this month, but without committing itself to either proposal. Diplomatic efforts to resolve a dispute over Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is peaceful but the West suspects is intended to give Iran...

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S-League go topless to promote 2013 season

SINGAPORE: Topless - that's how some S-League players were spotted at Orchard Road on Sunday.The bare-bodied manoeuvre was a publicity stunt for the 2013 S-League season, which kicks off later this month. The 10 players were not completely naked from the waist up though; their bodies were painted in their respective team strip.Joining them was S-League CEO Lim Chin, who was game enough...

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How can Amy Poehler help Best Buy during the Super Bowl?

Can she help?(Credit:Best Buy/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)In the first quarter of today's Big Game featuring big people doing big things to each other, Amy Poehler will be trying to do big things for Best Buy.Unlike the players -- who will probably be tied 3-3 in a dull defensive battle when Amy appears -- Poehler has one shot to give the Best Buy brand a shot in arm. Or perhaps a...

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Israel suggests responsibility for Syria strike

MUNICH Israel's defense minister indicated Sunday that his country was behind the airstrike on Syria last week, in the first public comments from his government on the attack that U.S. officials said targeted a convoy carrying anti-aircraft weapons bound for the militant group Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in 2012./AFP/Getty Images Israeli Defense Minister...

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Former SEAL Killed at Gun Range; Suspect Arrested

A former Marine has been charged with three counts of murder in the killing of former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle, the most deadly sniper in U.S. history, and another man at an Erath County, Texas, gun range, police said."We have lost more than we can replace. Chris was a patriot, a great father, and a true supporter of this country and its ideals. This...

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