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Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least 13 in China, 175 Injured

At least 13 people were killed and 175 more injured late Tuesday after a powerful earthquake struck a popular tourist area in southwest China, according to state media, quoted by CNN.

Of those hurt, about 28 had been severely injured, state-owned media outlet Xinhua said. The quake struck Jiuzhaigou County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province late on Tuesday night.

In North Korea, “surgical strike” could spin into “worst kind of fighting”

The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program has long been shaped by the view that the United States has no viable military option to destroy it. Any attempt to do so, many say, would provoke a brutal counterattack against South Korea too bloody and damaging to risk.

Dacic: Something else is troubling Pristina

The government in Pristina has decided to register all immovable property previously registered to the former Yugoslavia, Serbia, and AP Kosovo to - Kosovo.

For this reason, the head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, met today in Belgrade with political representatives of Serbs from Kosovo.

DS leader: Three quarters of citizens unhappy with "regime"

Bojan Pajtic has said that "the upcoming election could create a situation where Aleksandar Vucic will not have a majority to form a new government."

The leader of the Democratic Party (DS) - in opposition at the state level, and in power in Vojvodina, where Pajtic heads the provincial government - made this statement for Belgrade-based weekly NIN.

Authorities accused of "controlling" right-wing hooligans

"It's good the government is broadcasting a message of tolerance towards refugees, instead of that of chauvinism and hatred as in the 1990s," says Bojan Pajtic.

However, Pajtic - whose Democratic Party (DS) is in opposition at the state level and ruling in Vojvodina where he heads the provincial government - added the authorities do so "because it benefits them."

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