U.S. spy satellites have detected renewed activity at the North Korean factory that produced the countryfirst intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, a senior U.S. official said on Monday, in the midst of talks to compel Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arms.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Monday rejected the concept of calling a referendum on whether to hold an early election, while the United States stated it was withdrawing visas of Nicaraguan authorities connected to a crackdown on protesters.Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Monday rejected the concept of calling a referendum on whether to hold an early election, while the United States said it was withdrawing visas of Nicaraguan officials linked to a crackdown on protesters.

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North and South Korea held military talks on Tuesday amid rising tensions after the United States detected renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory.

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The U.N. World Food Programme has been forced to carry out air drops of food aid across South Sudan as the rainy season makes about 70 percent of the country inaccessible, a regional head of logistics for WFP said on Monday.

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The party of Malian presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse said on Monday that the poll would go to a run-off between Cisse and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a day after a vote that was heavily disrupted by suspected Islamist gunmen.

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Former California congressman Ron Dellums, who first won election to Capitol Hill as an anti-Vietnam War candidate and later led a 15-year effort to enact U.S. sanctions against South Africa's apartheid government, died on Monday at age 82.

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