Why North's Korea's Location Complicates Controversial Rocket Launch

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Why North's Korea's Location Complicates Controversial Rocket Launch



North Korea is preparing to launch a controversial rocket with a liftoff made more complicated by the country's location on Earth.









France approves arrest warrant for son of E. Guinea president



PARIS (Reuters) - A French prosecutor on Wednesday approved an investigator's request for an international arrest warrant for the son of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on money laundering charges, a judicial source said. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, widely known as "Teodorin", is agriculture minister in the small oil-producing central African country. French judges had earlier requested a warrant for him on suspicion he had bought real estate in France with public money from Equatorial Guinea. Teodorin has denied wrongdoing. ...






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