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DPRK

No Kim meeting for Rodman

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman left Pyongyang on Monday after a four-day trip, saying he was not concerned that he had not met Kim Jong-un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and he would "see him again". Rodman's short visit was aimed at finalizing plans to bring 12 ex-NBA players to Pyongyang for an exhibition game.

United States

Man throws son from high-rise

A man involved in a custody dispute who was supposed to turn his 3-year-old son over to the boy's mother threw the child off the roof of a 52-story Manhattan apartment building before jumping to his death, police said. Dmitriy Kanarikov, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene and his son, Kirill Kanarikov, was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said. A witness said the boy was wearing Christmas pajamas.

India

US embassy seeks extension

The US embassy in India sought a deadline extension on Monday for filing visa and other information on its employees and consulates in the country, sources said. New Delhi last week asked US diplomats and consulate staff to submit their ID cards by Monday, following the arrest and strip-search of an Indian female diplomat in New York on Dec 12 on charges of visa fraud and underpaying her maid.

Bangladesh

39 arrested after Internet raid

Bangladesh security forces arrested 39 people after raiding an illegal Internet telephone operation they were allegedly running in an upscale Dhaka neighborhood, an official said on Monday. Five of the suspects are from the Chinese mainland and 32 from China's Taiwan. Security forces arrested the foreigners who are suspected of operating cheap telephone calls via the Internet, a spokesman said.

AP-Reuters-AFP-China Daily

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