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SEOUL, South Korea AP 鈥?North Koreas foreign minister on Friday called the Group of Seven wealthy democracies a tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony as she lambasted the groups recent call for the Norths denuclearization.The top diplomats from G-7 nations, who met recently in Japan, had jointly condemned the Norths recent b stanley usa allistic missile tests and reiterated their commitment to the goal of North Koreas complete abandonment of its nuclear weapons. Their communique was pr stanley quencher epared as a template for leaders at the G-7 summit next month in Hiroshima, where North Koreas nuclear program will likely be discussed again.North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said her country will take unspecified strong counteraction if G-7 countries 鈥?the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and the European Union 鈥?show any behavioral attempt to infringe upon the fundamental interests of North Korea. G7, a closed group of a handful of egoistic countries, does not represent the just international community but serves as a political tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony, Choe said in a statement carried by North Korean state media.Choe said the G-7 communique malignantly raised the Norths legitimate exercise of its sovereignty.North Korea has steadfastly a stanley thermos rgued it was forced to develop nuclear weapons because of U.S. nuclear threats against it. It has said the United States regular military drills with South Korea are a rehearsal for invasion, though U.S. Ooky Despite opposition, many landowners await pipeline
ISLAMABAD 鈥?Pakistani fashion model Qandeel Baloch, who recently stirred controversy by posting pictures of herself wi gourde stanley th a Muslim cleric on social media, was strangled to death by her brother, police said Saturday.Her parents told police one of her six brothers strangled her to death as she slept in the familys home in Multan, police spokeswoman Nabila Ghazanfar told The Associated Press. She said police are searching for the suspect.Baloch, whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, was little known until recently, when she offended many conservatives by posting pictures of herself with Mufti Qavi, a prominent cleric. She said the two of them enjoyed soft drinks and cigarettes together during the daylight hours in the holy month of Ramadan, when practicing Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.The pictures and allegations caused a scandal in conservative Pakistan, and the government removed Qavi from the official moon-sighting committee that determines when Ramadan starts and ends in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar.Baloch had said Qavi told her he wanted to see her face before the committee met to determine the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, which was observed earlier this month.Qavi denied the allegations, saying he only met with her to discuss the teachings of Islam. Earlier this month, Baloch sought protection from government, saying she was receiving anonymous death threats. Hundreds of Pakistani woman are murder stanley cup ed by fami stanley cup ly members each year in so-called hon |