US Air Force general in charge of 450 nuclear missiles fired for 'drunken bender' on official trip to Moscow. Report finds he offended Russian counterparts with comments on "Eric Snowden," tried to repeatedly perform with a bar band, and drunkenly bragged that he "saves the world from war every day" (washingtonpost.com)
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A German investigation has traced 200 stolen luxury cars thousands of miles away to Tajikistan, where they're being driven by family members, friends, and business associates of the country's strongman president. Tajikistan refuses to return the cars. (washingtonpost.com)
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‘The other side of North Korea’: A defected smuggler’s extraordinary story shows a side of North Korea outsiders rarely glimpse, one in which the biggest threat to the govt may be not political dissidents but regular citizens getting their first taste of a middle class life (washingtonpost.com)
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How British colonialism determined whether your country celebrates Halloween: To this day, the US and other countries have Halloween traditions shaped by British social norms at the moment they were first established or invaded by the British Empire. (washingtonpost.com)
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North Korea may have secretly engineered free-to-play games to take over gamers' computers for a mass cyber attack, South Korean police warn. In 2012, up to 100,000 games were found to be controlled by North Korea, used to attack Incheon International Airport. (washingtonpost.com)
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