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• Leaving Asia, Dempsey Discusses Combined Defense, China Engagement AFPS 27 Apr 2013 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff returned today from a week in Northeast Asia that he spent exploring possibilities in China and seeking to strengthen allied capabilities against a sustained threat of nuclear attack from North Korea.
• Chinese military cyberattacks targeting civil sectors: report CNA 27 Apr 2013 -- The National Security Bureau (NSB) believes that the Chinese military has shifted the emphasis of cyberattacks on Taiwan from government institutions to civilian think tanks, telecommunications service providers, Internet node facilities and traffic signal control systems, according to an NSB report.

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• Syrian Opposition Rejects Russian Chemical Weapons Experts RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2013 -- The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces spoke against Russian experts investigating a possible use of chemical weapons in the country.
• Russia Detains 140 Suspected Islamic Extremists VOA 27 Apr 2013 -- Russian authorities have detained 140 people suspected of ties to Islamic extremism at a mosque in Moscow.
• Rodong Sinmun Calls for Bolstering Up Its Nuclear Deterrent KCNA 27 Apr 2013 -- The stronger the capability of nuclear weapons grows, the more powerful the forces become to deter aggression, says Rodong Sinmun.
• Nuke and Peace (2) KCNA 27 Apr 2013 -- Rodong Sinmun on April 25 carried a political essay titled "Nuke and peace".
• 40-plus Chinese warplanes involved in Diaoyutais standoff: report CNA 27 Apr 2013 -- China dispatched over 40 warplanes to join eight surveillance vessels in trying to prevent a flotilla of Japanese nationalists from landing on the disputed Diaoyutai Islands on April 23, according to a Japanese media report.
• India Hopes for Peaceful Solution to China Row RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2013 -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to calm nerves over an alleged incursion by Chinese troops into India-claimed territory, saying the dispute could be resolved by diplomatic means.
• Iraqi PM Warns of Syrian Sectarian Violence Spreading Across Region VOA 27 Apr 2013 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has referred to fighting in Syria as a possible cause of sectarian violence in Iraq.
• South Sudan Returnees Stuck in Limbo, Face Tough Choice VOA 27 Apr 2013 -- About two million people have returned to South Sudan since a 2005 peace agreement ended decades of civil war that is estimated to have killed around the same number. But since South Sudan became a nation 18 months ago, tens of thousands of people who have wanted to enter South Sudan from the north are trapped in border towns, and face the tough choice of leaving behind their possessions as U.N. agencies struggle to get them home.
• No Progress in Sudan and SPLM-North Talks VOA 27 Apr 2013 -- A first round of mediated peace talks between Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement - North has ended without an agreement. Talks are centered on politics, security and providing humanitarian aid to Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.

News Reports

• Seoul Pulling Workers from Kaesong Complex VOA 27 Apr 2013 -- South Korean officials say the remaining workers at a shuttered factory park in North Korea have begun returning home.
• North Korea To Put U.S. Citizen On Trial RFE/RL 27 Apr 2013 -- North Korea's state news agency has reported a U.S. citizen will be put on trial on charges that include trying to overthrow the government.
• S. Korea Denounced for Making Public Decision to Do Away with KIZ KCNA 27 Apr 2013 -- A spokesman for the General Bureau for Central Guidance to the Development of the Special Zone gave an answer to a question put by KCNA.
• Supreme Leader: Next president must honor commitment to Constitution and not to surrender to bullying powers IRNA 27 Apr 2013 -- Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the next president must honor commitment to Constitution and not to surrender to bullying powers.
• Salehi urges Ashton to speedily announce results of lobbying with 5+1 members IRNA 27 Apr 2013 -- Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi urged the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to speedily announce the results of her lobbying with member states of the 5+1.
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• Boston Bombing Suspects' Mom Was in US Terrorist Database – Reports RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2013 -- The mother of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers was added to a US government terrorism database more than a year before last week's attack, and she is suspected of having helped radicalize at least one of her sons, US media cited officials as saying Friday.
• Mississippi Man Arrested in Poison Letter Case VOA 27 Apr 2013 -- Authorities have arrested a man living in the southern U.S. state of Mississippi in connection with poisoned letters sent to President Barack Obama and others.