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Japan says it won't discuss or retract SKorea export rules
Tokyo, July 9 (AP/UNB) — Japan said Tuesday it does not plan to retract or renegotiate its stricter controls on high-tech exports to South Korea, a day after the South Korean president urged that the issue be resolved through diplomacy.
4 bodies found in Cleveland, 2 children among the victims
Cleveland, July 9 (AP/UNB) — Police investigating the shooting death of a man in a vacant lot in Cleveland say they also found the bodies of a woman and two children in a nearby house.
Chemical weapons watchdog members voice concerns over Syria
The Hague, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog voiced concern Tuesday that Syria may still possess such weapons after inspectors discovered traces of what could be a byproduct of a nerve agent or poison gas at a Syrian research facility.
Putin says he opposes trade restrictions against Georgia
Moscow, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday took a step toward cooling tensions with Georgia, rejecting calls for trade restrictions.
8 killed in car accident in southern Azerbaijan
Baku, July 9 (Xinhua/UNB)) -- Eight people were killed and two severely injured in a collision of a minivan and a truck in the southern Azerbaijani district of Masalli on Tuesday, the country's emergency authorities said.
12 killed in trucks collision near Egyptian capital
Cairo, July 9 (Xinhua/UNB)) -- At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday in a trucks collision in Giza Province west of the Egyptian capital Cairo, state-run Ahram newspaper reported.
Indonesia returning 57 containers of developed world's waste
Jakarta, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Indonesia is sending dozens of containers of waste back to wealthy nations after finding it was contaminated with used diapers, plastic and other materials, adding to a growing backlash in Southeast Asia against being a dumping ground for the developed world's rubbish.
Thai activist rejects police offer of conditional protection
Bangkok, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — A Thai pro-democracy activist who was attacked and left unconscious on a Bangkok sidewalk said Tuesday he will refuse an offer of police protection that would require him to stop political activities.
UK prime minister stands by embattled US ambassador
London, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Prime Minister Theresa May backed Britain's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut off contact with him following the leak of diplomatic cables that branded the U.S. administration as "inept."
Japan gov't to pay damages to kin over leprosy isolation
Tokyo, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Japan's government says it will abide by a court ruling ordering it to compensate former leprosy patients' families over a lengthy segregation policy that severed family ties and caused long-lasting prejudice.