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Pakistan deploys extra police ahead of key regional summit

  ISLAMABAD / AP Pakistan deployed extra police forces and paramilitary units on Tuesday in the country’s capital to boost security ahead of a regional summit on economic cooperation, officials said. Islamabad is to host representatives from 10 countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization on Wednesday to finalize a plan on expanding the region’s trade and prosperity. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani …

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Trump takes on entrenched practice of Washington leaks

  NEW YORK / AP When White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wanted to crack down on leaks last week, he collected his aides’ cell phones to check for communication with reporters. The crackdown quickly leaked. President Donald Trump now says he probably would have handled the situation differently, meeting with staff one-on-one instead — but perhaps still demanding to look …

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N Korean diplomats in Malaysia to seek Kim’s brother’s body

  KUALA LUMPUR / AP A high-level North Korean delegation arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday seeking the body of leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother, the victim of a nerve-agent attack that many suspect the North itself of orchestrating. The body of Kim Jong Nam, killed Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport, is at the center of a heated diplomatic …

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