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Aug 3 2008, AP

North Korea said Sunday it will expel South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist country, a further sign of fraying ties between the divided Koreas.

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, right, and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva greet each other when they met before a no-confidence vote at a cafeteria at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, June 27, 2008. Samak later survived a...