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North Korea Fires Missile in Response to Sanctions
The missile flew over Japan's Hokkaido island
North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan, the South Korean and Japanese governments say. The missile flew over Japan's Hokkaido island before landing in the Pacific Ocean.
Somalia is trying to build a tourist sector, and this week it joined the UNTWO - the UN World Tourism Organisation - by being voted in by other countries. What are the prospects for tourism in the country that has been mired in violence for decades.
The government of Catalan in the north east of the country are planning to hold an independence referendum in two weeks’ time. They want to split from Spain citing decades of financial, political and cultural mistreatment at the hands of Madrid.
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