They are provocations, some of them: provocations to actually thinking what art might be.
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The logic behind Trump's killing of Soleimani — that America needs to respond forcefully to Iranian provocations to deter it from future attacks — would dictate a harsh response to any such provocations.
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" He also warned North Korea against making "additional provocations.
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Direct military response to such provocations risks larger regional conflict.
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For graphic on markets vs North Korea's provocations click reut.
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Perhaps because for me, there is familiarity in West's provocations.
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This, too, is part of the pattern of Trump's provocations.
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Allegations to the contrary were "lies" and "provocations," he said.
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The two will also address issues including North Korea's provocations.
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Provocations and pressure from China would destabilize relations, she said.
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Jokes and provocations aside, Stratcom has amplified factual errors before.
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Like all Gladwellian provocations, this argument belongs in a podcast.
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Nor is the United States willing to tolerate Iranian provocations.
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There are pleasures and intellectual provocations to be had here.
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Regional tensions set off by North Korea's provocations are rising.
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And President Macron, through his unwelcome provocations, ruins that hope.
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US officials acknowledge China often see these missions as provocations.
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Would North Korea respond to new sanctions with military provocations?
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We are ready to repel any provocations if they continue.
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Putin's people rotate between tolerating Navalny's provocations and selectively prohibiting them.
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Places of worship are for prayer, not for provocations and violence.
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Moon said North Korea must stop issuing menacing statements and provocations.
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Provocations by Morocco have infuriated Polisario, which has responded in kind.
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The reason: provocations by North Korea, according to U.S. defense official.
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"And further provocations will only lead to further pressure and sanctions".
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North Korea has long opposed the war games, calling them provocations.
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He has a hair trigger in a world with infinite provocations.
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Putin, it said, drew attention to "provocations" by Ukraine in Crimea.
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"Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words," Han said.
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Three strategies can be identified in response to the AfD's provocations.
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The C.I.A. has longstanding secret plans for responding to Iranian provocations.
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Roll on the next array of plays and their varying provocations.
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Asked about potential North Korean provocations in the new year, Sen.
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"May we not be distracted by these miserable provocations," he wrote.
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But even as Iran weighed renewed diplomacy, its military provocations persisted.
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Both countries' provocations toward the region cannot be minimized or ignored.
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These low-level provocations portend greater threats to peace to come.
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Provocations: Rashid Johnson Now through July 7 To launch the ICA's annual commission series Provocations, Rashid Johnson has created "Monument," a large-scale work that responds to the soaring expanse of the ICA's top-floor space.
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That's partly because he cannot turn his cheek from even minor provocations.
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It also underlies the current crisis pitting Washington's demands against Pyongyang's provocations.
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Canadians work alongside Americans in standing up to Russia's provocations in Ukraine.
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Kim's regime often times provocations like missile tests for maximum geopolitical impact.
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There were reports of "provocations" but no violence by anti-Pete protesters.
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He will have to explain and defend Mr. Trump's provocations and declarations.
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Similarly, the more the West ignores his provocations, the more he escalates.
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His words, even when read, are provocations to argue, disagree and think.
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"I do think it reflects the increasing provocations of Russia," he said.
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But some said the moves could be defensive acts against Washington provocations.
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A lot of discussion today about increased provocations coming from North Korea.
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It is foolish to play down Tehran's threat because of Pyongyang's provocations.
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Wider concerns about North Korean military provocations have also hurt business sentiment.
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To view a graphic on Markets vs North Korea's provocations, click: reut.
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Sunday's missile launch was North Korea's sixth in a series of provocations.
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"North Korea is warning of additional provocations and this may bring danger of war to the Korean peninsula and various types of provocations and terrorist attacks can happen," Park said in a meeting with major political party leaders.
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He urged parties to comply with the legally binding ruling and avoid provocations.
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However, North Korea's most recent provocations make any kind of US outreach difficult.
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The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate Iran's provocations that threaten our interests.
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It's funny, timely, and bracing; its best pieces aren't just arguments, they're provocations.
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There are also structural reasons for the world's measured response to Trump's provocations.
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But even after Obama makes his move, Russia's provocations aren't likely to cease.
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"The provocations by Russia need to be met by American strength," he said.
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"They embark on provocations against Russia in order to complicate relations," he said.
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But its provocations don't usually include missiles that actually pass over the country.
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To date, AOC hasn't really engaged with Pelosi -- despite this series of provocations.
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The US has condemned Iran's actions but hasn't responded militarily to the provocations.
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Twitter had previously punished Yiannopoulos' provocations by removing his privileged blue-tick status.
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President Donald Trump's inflammatory language could also motivate Pyongyang to stage further provocations.
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"I don't intend to participate in this race to trade provocations," she said.
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"This bill represents a forceful and responsible counter to Russia's provocations," Smith said.
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"These continued provocations only deepen North Korea's diplomatic and economic isolation," Tillerson said.
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She's ready to excite without reaching into the typical toolbox of vocal provocations.
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For the most part, attendees did a good job of ignoring the provocations.
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Both want Mr. Kim to avoid provocations like nuclear tests or missile launches.
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But he concluded it would be wrong to cave to North Korea's provocations.
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In part this is because of Mr Trump's tepid response to earlier provocations.
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Serena had a way of construing the most harmlessly neutral acts as provocations.
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For months, the U.S. president has ramped up provocations against the reclusive regime.
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Mattis said the United States was watching for any new provocations from Iran.
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Russian provocations in the Middle East could bring pain for Russia in Europe.
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"I urge against provocations and speculation," Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Twitter.
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And the West, he says, helps enhance the illusion by overreacting to his provocations.
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He was quick to resume his provocations, his habit of "crashing into brick walls".
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Fact-checkers routinely called out his unending stream of distortions, falsehoods and bogus provocations.
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Nothing. Reporter: Can we conclude there will be no response to these particular provocations?
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There was never sex, but there were provocations or insinuations that it should happen.
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Nothing. QUESTION: Can we conclude there will be no response to these particular provocations?
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Provocations against Iran have not grabbed international headlines, primarily thanks to our prudent restraint.
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Both sides continue to accuse the other of provocations that could lead to war.
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Accepting the scrutiny of Wall Street again will doubtless mean plenty more such provocations.
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And North Korea -- how should Washington respond to its continuous nuclear buildup and provocations?
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In the past, Pyongyang's past provocations have born little impact on South Korean markets.
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Senior U.S officials said North Korea's "provocations" threatened Washington's interests and its allies' security.
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Through it all, Beijing has not taken the bait or overreacted to Trump's provocations.
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Clinton came with an arsenal of such provocations — and they worked just as intended.
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But he said despite the provocations, the Mahan did not fire any warning shots.
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Over the past year, alas, a string of North Korean provocations has heightened tensions.
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Trump has been seeking partners in Asia to help counter Pyongyang amid new provocations.
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Despite such provocations, the protests so far have been remarkably peaceful and non-sectarian.
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Lawmakers have been calling for reinstating North Korea onto the list amid recent provocations.
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Bolster the U.S.-ROK alliance, and encourage China to impose consequences for armed provocations.
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Under such conditions, the competitors become hostage to third party provocations, or even accidents.
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But on his television, he faces a growing list of distractions and potential provocations.
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PATRICK I pity your wife if she is routinely subjected to your silly provocations.
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When compared with these feats and provocations, the penis imprints feel tame, even tasteful.
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A clutch of terse provocations from a composer inclined to take the long view.
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Moon Jae-in also warned that Pyongyang would face stronger sanctions if provocations continued.
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None of this is to argue against responding to Iranian provocations in the region.
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If they continue attacking Americans, people will be even angrier at Iran's continued provocations.
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Tracking Santa Claus or the latest provocations from Kim Jong Un in North Korea?
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That's the decades-old carrot-and-stick strategy: provocations, de-escalation, negotiation, win concessions.
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"Provocations, pressure, and bellicose and offensive rhetoric is the road to nowhere," Putin said.
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But according to CNN, Tillerson stopped short of demanding an end to Turkish provocations.
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Nothing. QUESTION: Can we conclude there will be no response to these particular provocations?
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How else to understand his provocations to radicalized Muslims and to many foreign countries?
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North Korean provocations often appear to be timed as signals to the outside world.
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"Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words," its vice foreign minister declared.
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The tiniest provocations start these escalating jags that run away on their own steam. . . .
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So that's why I think they're mostly not responding in kind to his provocations.
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At Vox, for instance, we weight policy stories more heavily, which gives a different mix to our news, but of course, we cover Trump's tweets and provocations as well — hell, this whole piece is, in a sense, me covering Trump's tweets and provocations.
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Russia said that had tarnished the event, while Ukraine said Russia had made deliberate provocations.
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It will also serve as a dangerous encouragement for greater Russian provocations against NATO members.
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Any provocations carry an increased risk of escalation these days, analysts say, for two reasons.
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When punished like this, North Korea often responds with provocations much like Thursday's nuclear threat.
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What distinguishes each body of work is the degree and depth of its subtle provocations.
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It also deflects attention from Mr Trump, whose provocations Mr Buttigieg seems keener to ignore.
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Russian fan groups, he said, would resist provocations and any calls for a Marseille rematch.
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This is an achievable course as long as North Korea does not return to provocations.
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"Nuclear weapons enable this strategy because Pyongyang can 'spend' the security they provide on provocations."
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" Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, warned that Washington "would no longer tolerate Iran's provocations.
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Xi said he hopes all sides exercise restraint in the face of provocations from Pyongyang.
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If nothing else, the latest round of North Korean provocations has strengthened South Korea-U.
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But they should know, because we said they should not send any further 'nuclear provocations.
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If they can withstand his provocations without leaking smoke, they will have passed the test.
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The Mercer family, among the biggest donors to the Republican Party, amply subsidized his provocations.
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A missile test by North Korea failed Saturday, the latest in a series of provocations.
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It has shown signs of late that it is growing weary of North Korea's provocations.
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The United States and South Korea urged North Korea to refrain from further provocations (Reuters).
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Yet regardless of his intentions, the provocations, real or feigned, could spin out of control.
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The artist undermines his own provocations in these works through their absurdity and adolescent humor.
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Nothing. Reporter Question Can we conclude there will be no response to these particular provocations?
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This is not Trump's doing, but his cavalier provocations have cemented Korean reliance on America.
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At times, "Dietland" can feel fragmented, more a collection of provocations than a coherent story.
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It was a pinky-finger promise not to stage any provocations during the Winter Games.
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As it steadily ratchets up its provocations, America and its Saudi allies risk looking toothless.
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One example of the Trump Doctrine in action is the recent response to Iranian provocations.
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But efforts to counter Mr. Trump's missteps and policy provocations can go only so far.
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Araud underscored that point, saying he had advised Macron to avoid responding to Trump's provocations.
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Following a period of non-response to Iranian attacks and provocations, American deterrence was restored.
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It can stir up the risk of conflict, as it did with provocations in 2013.
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Second, avoid provocations by planes and ships that come too close to North Korean territory.
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North Korea's provocations could also embolden Mr. Abe in his campaign to raise military spending.
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These are concrete steps that show Trump is taking Russian provocations seriously across the board.
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All will be well: Trump's incompetence will outweigh his irascibility, his lies, and his provocations.
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Until Sunday&aposs US airstrikes, Trump had been measured in his response to Iranian provocations.
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"We shall not be distracted by these miserable provocations," he added in a series of tweets.
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Given the challenges the country faces (including provocations from North Korea) this would be most unfortunate.
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China has for too long tolerated North Korean provocations in exchange for stability on its borders.
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The French presidency said North Korea's "repeated provocations" were a "threat to peace and international security".
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But for the most part, his campaign has been littered with outbursts, overreactions, insults and provocations.
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But the job he is about to enter will confront him with daily nuisances and provocations.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed action along with other nations to deter Pyongyang's repeated provocations.
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To proceed with talks in the face of such provocations looks weak and may encourage others.
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Its opposition to the testing showed that even it could be tiring of North Korea's provocations.
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Meanwhile, he also accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" to disturb countries in the Middle East.
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The Iranian President apparently believed that his American counterpart would not respond to further Iranian provocations.
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Perhaps he believes that our free nations are weak and will not respond to his provocations.
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"At worst, it'll embolden North Korea to invade or conduct other military provocations," Oba told me.
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But the North's hacking and provocations have synchronized to create a potential windfall for the regime.
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Ruggiero warned North Korea would likely react to any attempt to hinder them with more provocations.
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He made it clear that Trump's tweeted provocations of North Korea are impulsive rather than strategic.
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Refuse to participate in the logic of the crisis, refuse to be reactive to its provocations?
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So the question here is: Will the North Korea's aggressive provocations finally push Japan to militarize?
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At some points solo riffs were passed back and forth between the players like friendly provocations.
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In reaction to his provocations, many white Democrats are seeing race relations in a new light.
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He could then continue his provocations, significantly raising the tensions in the region but blaming Trump.
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Thus there is a risk that responding to Mr. Trump's provocations will further advance his aims.
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Trump and his administration have also pointed back to escalating provocations by Iran, including the Dec.
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Provocations create crises, while post-provocation cajolement reaps tens of billions of dollars worth of blandishments.
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The statement did not mention whether the drill was conducted specifically to address North Korean provocations.
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"These continued provocations only deepen North Korea's diplomatic and economic isolation," he said in a statement.
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It is Ellis who responds with panicked admonitions whenever anyone disagrees with his "bad boy" provocations.
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Putin added that Russia also knows about planned "provocations" to blame the Syrian government for the attack.
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"But any provocations that it commits would give support to conservative candidates," the senior defense analyst said.
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Seoul called a National Security Council meeting and vowed to respond strongly in case of further provocations.
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Anxiety in China has been mounting for some time over continued provocations from the incoming Trump administration.
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North Korea has occasionally used such celebrations to stage nuclear or missile tests that outsiders consider provocations.
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North Korea needs to know that provocations will only invite more pressure and further deepen its isolation.
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Trump has also raised the specter of a military conflict with North Korea over its nuclear provocations.
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Mr Kim displayed a warmth that was notably at odds with his record of threats and provocations.
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The world at large would no longer have to put up with Mr Kim's sabre-rattling provocations.
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These scenarios may sound hypothetical, but more North Korean provocations of one sort or another are inevitable.
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Carter said North Korea's provocations had "catalyzed" increased cooperation between the US, Japan and South Korean militaries.
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In some Republican presidential candidates' eyes, such provocations are cause enough to tear up the nuclear agreement.
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During a panel moderated by CNBC, Putin said, "All those things are fictional, illusory and provocations, lies."
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Washington has in turn warned that "all options are on the table" in ending North Korean provocations.
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Will President Trump take action in his next 100 days to address provocations from Kim Jong Un?
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He has banked everything on tweets, rallies and provocations aimed at garnering attention on the network feed.
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When faced with new provocations and challenges, these children become wired to pull the trigger before blinking.
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"He has done something irreparable by reacting to shameful provocations from a few individuals," the statement read.
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Such provocations have sparked strong disapproval from the international community, especially from the United States and Japan.
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Adversaries such as Iran, Syria, Russia and China are closely watching how we respond to his provocations.
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Kim said the situation is "entirely attributable to the political and military provocations perpetrated by the US."
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Kim will create provocations as soon as he is due to make good on any coming obligation.
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A U.S. defense official told CNN the Vinson strike group was headed there after North Korean provocations.
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The party's own supporters have also been linked to revisionist provocations at a former concentration camp site.
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They ran training schools for activists, teaching them how to ignore provocations to violence, among other lessons.
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In a culture beholden to images, it's easy to simultaneously embrace and dismiss them as idle provocations.
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Its recent provocations, she said, appear aimed at pushing those burdens out to European and Asian governments.
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They've provided sports media with nearly unlimited trash-talk and other provocations for the past few months.
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"The Tamimi family has to learn, the hard way, that such systematic provocations" come at great cost.
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Despite the provocations of the police and the calls for violence, peace has held on in Kibera.
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South Korea's provocations are just the latest blows in a growing tit-for-tat dispute (see article).
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One thing is for certain, the North's provocations are straining the seven-decade U.S.-South Korea alliance.
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He lets Mr. Putin speak, occasionally chiming in to buttress points about American provocations or Russian suffering.
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Beijing is concerned that North Korean provocations could restart hostilities with South Korea and the United States.
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The hermit kingdom has tormented its capitalist neighbors with military provocations and low-grade cyberwar for years.
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"The threats and the provocations by the North will be met with the stern response," he said.
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But through Gutenberg's democratizing machine, about 300,000 copies of Luther's provocations were circulated between 1517 and 1520.
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It has responded to past Chinese sanctions with provocations, as if daring Beijing to test the regime.
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He said they also have resorted in the past with other actions, including demilitarized zone landmine provocations.
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"North Korea found a sweet spot of provocations," Bruce Bennett, senior defense analyst at Rand, told CNBC.
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During the visit, Tillerson declares that a new approach is needed to counter provocations by North Korea.
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He also warned that North Korea may try military provocations to divert international attention from the killing.
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"It would be impossible for China not to react to his provocations," Mr. Ni said by telephone.
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He's repeatedly attacked Trump with insult-laden provocations straight out of the president's own attack dog playbook.
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China rejected the fresh U.S. accusations of perpetuating "unfair" trade practices and urged Washington to stop provocations.
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According to scholars, successful nuclear deterrence results in something called the stability/instability paradox: The fact that major wars are unlikely makes countries feel safer in engaging in small provocations against one another, knowing that nuclear deterrents make those small provocations unlikely to escalate to full-blown war.
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Responding to provocations about diversity sometimes led to more frightening situations than a lecture from an HR representative.
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Was it a turning point in North Korea's nuclear aspirations, its provocations, or its brutal repression at home?
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China rejected the fresh U.S. accusations of perpetuating "unfair" trade practices and urged Washington to stop making provocations.
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Lavrov blamed "armed provocations" by Nusra militants, formerly linked to al Qaeda, for current conditions in eastern Ghouta.
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"Neither sanctions nor provocations nor threats can ever undermine our position of a nuclear weapons state," it said.
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It strongly condemned North Korea's "provocative act" and said South Korea's military was "prepared" for any more provocations.
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Further nuclear provocations by Kim Jong Un would be met "with fire and fury", he said last year.
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Still, the U.S. Navy told reporters traveling with Mattis that provocations by Iran had decreased in the Gulf.
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Iris van Herpen, whose avant-garde provocations often end up not in women's closets but in art museums.
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Kim was clearly signaling he's not done yet with the classic North Korean strategy of provocations and demands.
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This same attitude has allowed the IRGC and other Iranian institutions to undertake many other provocations with impunity.
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In part, Mr. Trump's endurance is a product of sheer churn — the endless stream of his own provocations.
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Despite all campaign logic, Mr. Trump's provocations were not to be his fatal flaw but a breakthrough tactic.
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There were provocations and bellicose behavior from North Korea on a regular basis, while nuclear weapons tests continued.
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"Any disruption to the Party Congress' deliberation would be an unwelcome development, including unilateral provocations by North Korea."
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These militants acted exclusively in areas controlled by Islamic radicals,concocted #fakenews, staged chemical provocations like in #EasternGhouta.
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And Mr. Trump's provocations are making the Republicans' control of the Senate, perhaps even the House, more tenuous.
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Alarmed by Kim's nuclear provocations — and perhaps pressured by the Trump administration — China is acting tougher on sanctions.
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Before that, Iranian vessels had periodically made high-speed approaches to American ships that were considered dangerous provocations.
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Yet the attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais—if Iran was indeed responsible—are its most serious provocations yet.
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Like the rest of the region, Japan was waiting to see how Mr. Trump reacted to the provocations.
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And he considers that, in the face of these many provocations, the radical Islamists did have a motive.
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In his statement, Colonel Wu called on the United States to end its "unlawful provocations" against China's sovereignty.
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So while Americans sometimes perceive China as supporting North Korea's provocations, in fact the opposite is often true.
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The Greek government has defended its actions as a legitimate response to recent provocations by the Turkish authorities.
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In Mr. West's telling, these provocations demonstrate a willingness to think and say something that others wouldn't dare.
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It suggests forbearance to provocations in order to avoid escalation of conflicts that might draw us into war.
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THAAD missile inceptors have been installed in South Korea as a response to the Kim regime's repeated provocations.
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A State Department spokeswoman called on Pyongyang to "refrain from provocations" and to remain committed to nuclear negotiations.
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Mexico has not ejected Bolivia's ambassador in Mexico and Lopez Obrador said he would not react to provocations.
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"Some were concerned about a new round of provocations just in time for Chairman Kim's birthday," Moon said.
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Stock markets across Asia lost ground, although the declines weren't as sharp as during previous North Korean provocations.
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"We have destroyed the enemy's risk-taking provocations at every move," Kim Jong Un said in a speech.
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Needless provocations aimed at signaling "strength" have become a hallmark of Russia's foreign policy in the Putin years.
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He said the military was ready to respond to any North Korean provocations, but did not speculate further.
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Kim said that the United States must "make a proper option first and show it through action, as it committed provocations after introducing huge nuclear strategic equipment into the vicinity of the peninsula" and that it "should stop at once arrogant provocations" against North Korea, the Korean Central News Agency said.
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Some see it as way to protect themselves from provocations by North Korea, though it's not a foolproof system.
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Saddam Hussein's ongoing provocations against the Kurds and the UN reminded voters that overseas tensions continued to loom large.
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Because it seems to me that the closer we get to the contest, the more (provocations there will be).
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On the other hand, though, some experts say the administration could do much more than brush off those provocations.
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Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Friday the White House would continue responding to any Iranian provocations going forward.
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Saleh's YouTube videos are often pranks or social experiments set up to capture bystanders as they react to provocations.
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The downing of the US drone is just the latest in a series of provocations between the two nations.
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But further provocations from the Trump administration would be harder for Tehran to ignore and could prompt a crisis.
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But claiming to have got wind of planned "provocations" by "third forces", he cancelled his return at short notice.
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Police attribute the trend to various factors from gang rivalries and youth services' cuts to provocations on social media.
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"We are concerned that additional North Korean provocations could heighten tensions, lead to a cycle of escalation," he said.
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Such serious provocations deserves global condemnation and a show of determined resolve from the United States and our allies.
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South Korea and the United States have said the missile system is aimed only at curbing North Korean provocations.
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Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis told Reuters NATO must be ready to defuse any "provocations" during the Zapad exercise.
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"The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate Iran's provocations that threaten our interests," National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said.
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S. military provocations" — referring to drills carried out alongside South Korea — had left the region "close to nuclear war.
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"All options for responding to future provocations must remain on the table," Tillerson had said earlier in the day.
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With so many men and so much materiel along the front, even small provocations risk spiralling out of control.
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The President's intervention seemed timed to convince Kim to avoid further provocations in the run-up to the summit.
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After that test, the United Nations Security Council issued a statement warning increased sanctions if the North's provocations continued.
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This is exactly what Kim seeks: Endless sequelization of his two-act play — provocations and post-provocation peace ploys.
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So North Korea created the appearance of permanently imminent war, issuing flamboyant threats, staging provocations and, sometimes, deadly attacks.
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Still, the stench of his recent provocations followed me to the far northwest corner of the contiguous United States.
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Rather than defuse tension, he electrifies crowds and vanquishes rivals through provocations that he delights in calling politically incorrect.
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Throughout history, we have seen how back-and-forth provocations, mistakes and miscommunications can lead to large unintended conflicts.
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"The same old cycle of provocations followed by more concessions will resume at a time of Pyongyang's own choosing."
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A peace regime would reduce the risk of provocations that otherwise could lead to the unforeseen consequences of escalation.
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Lawmakers will also take action next week to target North Korea amid its nuclear provocations, a GOP aide confirmed.
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"We will never tolerate North Korea's continued provocations...we will take concrete action with the United States," said Abe.
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"The reported incidents are plots and provocations done by Uber drivers in order to influence the case," Aksu said.
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But doubts are growing in Mexico about whether Lopez Obrador has taken the wrong tack by downplaying U.S. provocations.
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Since joining Likud in 2008, Regev has become known for her provocations no less than for her nationalist fervor.
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As he became more enshrined in the art world's upper echelons, such provocations became much harder to pull off.
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Trump was infuriated by the missile tests, and threatened to unleash "fire and fury" against Pyongyang for its provocations.
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We have contorted our constitutionally prescribed media into profit-maximizing engines of mutually exclusive assuaging memes and inciting provocations.
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If nothing else, his snubs and provocations suggest major divisions, or at least deep confusion, within the Italian government.
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Already, provocations like the attack on protesters in Washington last spring have prompted talk of economic sanctions in Congress.
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The government may just get funded after all; Trump and North Korea's rising provocations; Puerto Rico's precarious debt situation.
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How can they constructively respond to his provocations without fueling his rise or abandoning the principles of free expression?
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Michèle Flournoy: Well, normally you would have the question of how to respond to a series of Iranian provocations.
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Because of the frequency of Trump's attacks on CNN, the network does not always officially respond to his provocations.
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This gave President Trump a clear path to enacting a revised NAFTA despite his repeated provocations on other issues.
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The drill was meant to discourage provocations by the North, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun said.
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The government rushed to reassure the public that the Carl Vinson was coming only to deter North Korean provocations.
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She could have seized on further tests or military provocations to divert attention from her own disaster, they say.
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He came to the dinner table energetic, full of ideas and provocations that he wanted to discuss and debate.
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On 1990s Usenet groups, users would post in-jokes and provocations in a bid to flush out naïve newcomers.
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"Carter and Han agreed that North Korea's provocations should have consequences," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement.
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"If North Korea wants to have sanctions relief, more testing and provocations are not the path forward," Bera said.
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But a key part of the story is self-interest: Loud provocations with the West help Putin at home.
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"We will continue to react tit-for-tat to the provocations that might be thrown at us," he said.
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The press coverage often makes it seem as if Trump is using racial provocations to hold his white blue-collar base while assuming the minorities will never vote for him, and indeed I suspect that — to the extent his provocations have any cunning behind them — he may think about them in those terms.
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"Despite the abuses and provocations by armed separatists, the government should never be attacking civilians and burning villages," Segun said.
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The downing of the US drone was just the latest in a series of provocations between the US and Iran.
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Trump rose to fame on the basis of our prurient interest in his caddishness and amusement at his vulgar provocations.
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Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt each waited until the enemy committed grave provocations before asking Americans to make that sacrifice.
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The ban comes amid heightened tensions over North Korea's recent provocations, including unprecedented intercontinental ballistic missile tests and other launches.
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Notably, he has studiously avoided responding to Trump's provocations about his impeachment, his past conduct with women and his marriage.
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"North Korean missile/nuclear tests and other major kinetic provocations have clustered increasingly closer to US elections," the report said.
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He's known for graphic and shocking work, as well as racial and sexual provocations — sometimes with intent and often without.
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" German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas also weighed in, tweeting: "Anti-Semitic provocations do not deserve awards, they are simply disgusting.
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Indeed, in the age of Trump, there is an epidemic of provocation for provocations' sake (and not limited to comedians).
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Speaking side by side in Tokyo, Tillerson and Japan's Kishida reiterated their countries would stand united against North Korea's provocations.
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And there will be plenty of provocations from the President, whose attacks on the "squad" only appear to be escalating.
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The most common interpretation of Trump's Twitter outbursts is that they are provocations intended to distract from more damaging stories.
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Media in Japan said the government confirmed it would take all precautions in the face of possible North Korean provocations.
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America's credibility, image of strength and deterrence eroded due to weak responses to provocations and attempts to harm American forces.
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The week of Trump's victory, police in Portland, Oregon, fired rubber bullets against largely peaceful demonstrators after black bloc provocations.
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Another stolen file, Operational Plan 3100, is Seoul's plan to "respond to the North's localized provocations," the news agency added.
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A precise man in body and mind, Mr. Skelley's Serge is willing and able to return fire at such provocations.
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In calling the exercises "war games" and "provocations," Trump parroted North Korea's propaganda lines and further undermined their deterrent value.
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Over the past decade, nations throughout East Asia have responded to perceived threats and provocations by expanding their military capabilities.
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When our interlocutors' statements are outright digs or provocations, it's fairly understandable that we may turn them into idées fixes.
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Its provocations introduce tremendous danger, but stave off what Pyongyang sees as the even greater threats of invasion or collapse.
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Yet provocations continue, raising questions about China's commitment to the rule of law and heightening fears of a wider conflict.
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The United States is a leading proponent of sanctions on North Korea for its military provocations and nuclear arms program.
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Yet five years ago, the government began increasing its budget again as new provocations emerged from China and North Korea.
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And secondly, I just have to tell you that the provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength.
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In doing so, this would allow the United States to better manage how Saudi Arabia reacts to provocations by Iran.
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Trump's willingness to abandon our allies makes new provocations by Putin more certain and future aggression by Russia more likely.
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Mr. Erdogan needs to face up to the reality that the problem, like the provocations, are not NATO's but his.
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Among Democrats in Congress, patience with the White House's silence in the face of such Kremlin provocations is running thin.
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We assume that readers are looking not only for advice, but also for ideas, arguments, provocations and the occasional joke.
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"Any provocations against United Russia must be stopped with the full force of the law," Mr. Davydov told Mrs. Zabbarova.
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The president's provocations are a real-time expression of his emotions in the moment and his feel for a crowd.
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Our research shows that highlighting the class agenda behind the constant racial provocations provides the best antidote to dog whistling.
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"We absolutely cannot accept North Korea's repeated provocations despite repeated warnings by the international community," Mr. Abe said Monday morning.
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Trump miscalculated by initially failing to respond adequately to a series of Iranian provocations beginning in May, leading to underdeterrence.
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The new sanctions were cheered by Republicans, who had pushed former President Obama to respond more muscularly to Iran's provocations.
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The third further adds a willingness to share intelligence, posture forces, and conduct peaceful exercises and provocations against mutual adversaries.
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These efforts have changed little or have backfired, with North Korea instead increasing its provocations, often timed to embarrass Beijing.
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And North Korea launched several short-range missiles off its coast, dashing hopes that the country would refrain from provocations.
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And so he has opted against pulling the trigger against Iran amid a series of provocations, including attacks on tankers.
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The decision hasn't been without controversy, given North Korean provocations, and constant threats from Pyongyang to launch its nuclear weapons.
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The North Korean missile and nuclear provocations over the last several months are changing the geopolitical landscape of East Asia.
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" The Russian Defense Ministry alleged that "terrorists" hiding in Eastern Ghouta have chemical substances which "might be used for provocations.
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Instead, Hamas uses violence and other provocations to keep the pot bubbling but tries to prevent it from boiling over.
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This isn't new: Gérard Mortier's time at the Salzburg Festival in Austria in the 1990s involved many such bracing provocations.
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" The Russian Defense Ministry alleged that "terrorists" hiding in Eastern Ghouta have chemical substances that "might be used for provocations.
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Protests, which sometimes grow violent, have been a common Palestinian answer to perceived provocations, particularly on issues related to Jerusalem.
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Earlier this month, North Korea conducted two tests of short-range ballistic missiles, ending an 18-month break in provocations.
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"Provocations against NATO units in Lithuania will continue and will get bigger," Remigijus Baltrenas, head of Lithuanian military counterintelligence, told reporters.
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Trump supporters gave virtually no ground, hailing him as the greatest president of their lifetimes despite his many scandals and provocations.
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"North Korea should stop making threats and provocations and show sincere willingness to denuclearize," the spokesperson, who was not named, said.
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Lavrov said the United States was "threatening that all options are on the table" and was involved in "provocations" in Venezuela.
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Washington and Beijing are cooperating on a climate agreement, and have coordinated sanctions against North Korea over the country's nuclear provocations.
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Mr Modi has always presented himself as a bold and resolute military leader, who does not shrink from confronting Pakistan's provocations.
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She knew he'd be unable resist her provocations as she jabbed him over his bank balance, personality and treatment of women.
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BARTIROMO: Give us the latest in terms of your viewpoint of Iran where we&aposre seeing more provocations against this president.
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A US defense official told CNN at the time the decision had been made in direct response to North Korean provocations.
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The risk of an armed conflict in Korea was low even in the event of more North Korean provocations, he added.
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President Donald Trump has warned against further provocations, sending an aircraft carrier group to the region as a show of force.
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But Mr Kadyrov enjoys protection from Mr Putin, who responded to his protégé's latest provocations by calling him an effective worker.
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It's tempting to get caught up in the outrage machine and respond to each and every one of Trump's tweet provocations.
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"Misunderstandings or deliberate provocations by…armed groups could easily drag the two countries" into a fight, worries Crisis Group, an NGO.
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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, a Putin ally, had warned beforehand that authorities would act decisively against the risk of "serious provocations".
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Despite North Korea's frequent provocations and its pursuit of nuclear weapons, the suffering of ordinary citizens elicits sympathy in the South.
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Imposing penalties will either change that behavior or further weaken the Russian economy and better prepare us for future Kremlin provocations.
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Beijing has regularly condemned North Korean provocations, believing them to give the United States justification to leave military forces in Asia.
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The United States can make clear to Kim what the United States can do about North Korean proliferation and other provocations.
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But he has grown increasingly frustrated with Beijing over what he has suggested is a muted response to North Korea's provocations.
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This unprecedented break in the long cycle of provocations is in large part thanks to North Korea's self-imposed test moratorium.
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"A lot of those provocations or demonstrations taking place are an attempt to create the appearance of a crisis," he said.
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The ministry said the cessation of hostilities in Syria was broadly holding despite what it described as some provocations and shootings.
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But if there is likely to be an early test of Mr. Trump's reaction to provocations, North Korea is probably it.
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To date, no head of state has treated Putin's provocations and often outrageous behavior with this combination of ridicule and threat.
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All the countries need to thoroughly implement the UNSC resolutions and seek new, appropriate measures if North Korea makes further provocations.
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And the very extremists these provocations are ostensibly supposed to deter sometimes argue their mission gives them carte blanche with impurities.
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On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" to destabilize countries in the Middle East.
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Pyongyang launched the latest in a series of ballistic missiles last Wednesday in defiance of international sanctions and warnings against provocations.
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Currently, the relationship between the neighbors is at an impasse due to public provocations made by the U.S. to discredit Mexico.
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And, as these musical forms [are] so uncommercial, the bands could take the provocations farther than in the black metal scene.
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"Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words," North Korean vice foreign minister Han Song Ryol told the Associated Press.
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The South Koreans are increasingly committed to their ability to respond to these provocations, but they're terrified of a nuclear strike.
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European nations are still in the nuclear deal and have urged Iran to stay committed to it, despite Mr. Trump's provocations.
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This would present a united front against Iranian provocations and reduce the risk of a limpet mine starting a war. 3.
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The previous government argued that the negative reactions of the financial markets to the government's provocations had cost Italians real money.
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The United States has long pressed China, the North's main political and economic supporter, to help rein in the country's provocations.
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The provocations have strained America's longstanding alliance with South Korea's new government, which seeks to de-escalate the issue with talks.
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Prince Mohammed's supporters argue that Saudi Arabia's recent threats against Iran and Lebanon came in response to provocations beyond his control.
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It's likely the North will agree to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics and refrain from provocations during the Games.
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Contrast this with other players who react to provocations with bad behavior of their own, to the detriment of their team.
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"The military is keeping a tight surveillance over the North to cope with further provocations", the South Korean defense ministry said.
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Mr. Trump's aversion to responding to such provocations has taught the Iranians that their risks of backlash are limited and manageable.
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These days, the runway is, with increasing frequency, a place for political provocations, for expressions of gender fluidity, kink and queerness.
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In the past half-century, directors have tried to shake up the art form simply by recasting standard works as provocations.
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In Moscow on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Syrian forces were upholding previous agreements but also reacting to provocations.
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North Korea on Monday blamed stalled nuclear negotiations on "political and military provocations" from the United States, The Associated Press reported.
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A German government spokeswoman said on Friday that the U.S. strike which killed Soleimani was a response to Iranian military provocations.
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Teen-agers, with their serial rebellions, romantic infatuations, and unabashed experimentalism, have proved to be adept at reworking pop's core provocations.
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His work had changed radically, from images that reflected or commented on black life to street actions, provocations, and found objects.
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Trump 's provocations alone show few signs of improving the subpar turnout patterns among Latinos and millennials, two core Democratic constituencies.
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He said the secretary had adopted a significantly tougher tone in private, particularly about China's role in curbing North Korea's provocations.
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"Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words," North Korea's vice foreign minister Han Song Ryol told the Associated Press.
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This month, Grand Arts releases its archive in the form of a monograph titled, Problems and Provocations, Grand Arts 1995-503.
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North Korea has long followed such a strategy of intense provocations followed by conciliatory phases aimed at exposing rifts, he said.
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Putin appears to see these provocations as a way to intimidate his adversaries in the West — namely, the US and NATO.
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Regardless, "like a typically Gandhian gesture," says Kallat, the letters "convey a freight of provocations" and move beyond their initial purpose.
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"Inventology" and "Originals" both offer many provocations, but as the very diversity of their findings attests, there's no single route to creativity.
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If the president cares about provocations, what about having the North Koreans pull their troops back 50 kilometers from the Demilitarized Zone.
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"It seems to me that we should expect more provocations (from Russia) because our victory hurt them a lot," Jamala told Reuters.
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Brooks said rotating strategic weaponry onto the Korean peninsula would have a deterrent effect against North Korean provocations, according to the agency.
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Russia's multiple provocations undermine European efforts to obtain guarantees of continued gas transit through Ukraine after Nord Stream 2 comes on line.
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Equally as important as what's happened in the beginning of 2018 is what hasn't: any military or nuclear provocations from the North.
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On Monday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed "armed provocations" by Nusra militants, formerly linked to al Qaeda, for conditions in Ghouta.
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"You've had these repeated public overtures from the Trump administration that have been met with repeated provocations by Russia," he told Reuters.
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"North Korea has an incentive to ratchet up provocations," said David Kim, a North Korea expert at the Stimson Center in Washington.
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The security minister, Patricia Bullrich, has criticised Mapuche activists for violent provocations and Mr Maldonado's family for failing to aid the police.
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"Provocations with state and non-state actors continue to cause instability in almost every region of the world," he told the subcommittee.
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More importantly, Sanders argued that one can still be pro-Israel while criticizing the country for its disproportionate responses to Palestinian provocations.
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Back in March, Pyongyang reacted strongly to the exercises and test launched missiles as a response to what they consider annual provocations.
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" However, he emphasized that any solution "must begin with a nuclear freeze," and "North Korea must stop additional nuclear and missile provocations.
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In a world of provocations and escalating tensions, inequable price projections may well reflect the great gamut of possibilities driven by uncertainty.
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But when we greet their provocations with a smile and a desire for seeking agreement, we make ourselves a very unappealing target.
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South Korea's acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, has warned of "greater provocations" by North Korea and ordered the military to intensify monitoring.
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This crowd is highly skilled at communicating with the president (using visuals and grand positioning) to refine or moderate "America first" provocations.
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"Erdogan's provocations promote a fundamental conflict of values," he wrote in joint column with Justice Minister Heiko Maas, also a Social Democrat.
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No excuse for a story's probes, prods, provocations unless they promise to produce, at a very minimum, the possibility of a cure.
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"I strongly condemn these consistent provocations and violations of binding U.N. Security Council resolutions which undermine regional and international security," he said.
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When it came to the U.S., Tehran's strategy comprised three tenets: no talks, no nuclear deal violations and no major regional provocations.
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But the new team believes that much of this bad behavior is a response to provocations by the West and by Israel.
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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said Thursday there have been no provocations from Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf in several months.
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The step would amount to major progress in US efforts to cut off support for Pyongyang as punishment for its nuclear provocations.
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Better, it seems to me, to say that there is something too easy about its provocations, too unearned about its shock effects.
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The Belgian foreign ministry cited Pyongyang's "intensifying provocations", such as missile launches, as motivation for its decision, which will affect three banks.
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We have to recognize that Kim Jong-Un does most of his provocations for internal political purposes as much as anything else.
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Her provocations can be terrifying, as in AMERICAN REFLEXXX, her surreal, violent performance silently walking through Myrtle Beach in a mirror mask.
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So this is an effort to turn down the temperature after a weekend of increasingly personal provocations aimed at the special counsel.
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At some point, Kim Jong Un will return to his nation's proven two-act play of provocations and faux peace offensives. Why?
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For Mr. Trump, Sunday night's early focus on the 2005 tape was the culmination of a remarkable series of provocations against women.
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"I am certain that Beijing demanded a price from Pyongyang for the visit — no provocations," such as missile tests, Mr. Revere said.
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The poll also suggests that Mr. Netanyahu's racial provocations may spur turnout among Arab voters motivated to usher him out of office.
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In twenty short provocations, we've asked writers to imagine transformations the world could undergo if humans are no longer driving themselves around.
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Decius says that he isn't concerned about Trump's seeming fondness for Russia; in his view, thoughtless provocations would be much more dangerous.
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Still, Beijing refuses to resume talks with Taiwan, and continues threatening Taiwan by flying warplanes close to Taiwan's airspace, among other provocations.
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Our clear impression was that Pyongyang was going to be patient with the newly elected President – which we believed meant no provocations.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is remaining calm in the face of 'dangerous provocations' from Turkey, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday.
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Together, these two horribly matched people created a troubled, physically powerful, emotionally frail, and altogether brilliant child, whose provocations shaped their lives.
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The retrospective in Berlin will document the school's close links to other artistic movements, such as the anti-establishment provocations of Dadaism.
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Israelis build more homes for themselves while their forces raid communities, control movement through checkpoints and respond to provocations with decisive force.
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The political commentator Rod Dreher blogs for the American Conservative, where he offers a running catalog of moral affronts and liberal provocations.
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"Denuclearisation is the only way forward to guarantee security and economic viability instead of continuing with provocations which are unacceptable," Kim said.
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"Denuclearization is the only way forward to guarantee security and economic viability instead of continuing with provocations which are unacceptable," Kim said.
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Russia talking tough... The Kremlin is talking tough, about both eliminating the "terrorists" in Idlib and "provocations" being planned by the West.
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Following up on either story — or offering reassurances to the nation over North Korea's latest provocations — seemed a natural step for Trump.
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All three of these videos are designed as provocations of a sort, thinkpiece-bait event releases designed to cut through online clutter.
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It isn't interested in his foreign policy or his provocations toward Kim Jong Un or his broader execution of his presidential duties.
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The casual observer might understandably expect President Donald "fire and fury" Trump and his hawkish administration to respond forcefully to these new provocations.
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To achieve the interim goal, President Trump substantially increased the downsides of Kim's nuclear provocations – to both North Korea and its patron China.
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But rising tensions threaten to lead the two countries down a path of tit-for-tat provocations that ultimately makes the deal untenable.
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It's completely impossible to ignore Trump's outrages and provocations on race, especially in light of the quite literally deadly consequences they can have.
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We wanted to learn more about their provocations, inspirations, and what it feels like to make art specifically with the Biennale in mind.
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While Telegram has experienced instances of hostility from the Russian government in the past, these provocations never resulted in a total, indefinite block.
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After weeks of equivocation, the decision followed a series of provocations from Jones that Twitter deemed in violation of its "abusive behavior" rules.
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"There is precedent going back to the 1990s and early 2000s where there are provocations timed to South Korean political events," he said.
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Mattis said provocations by North Korea, which is advancing its nuclear weapons and missile programs, left no room for doubt about U.S. commitment.
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Israeli security and intelligence officials think that in order to force Iran to stop its provocations, the U.S. response needs to be stronger.
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" He also alluded to the military's strengthening of deterrent and defensive forces in the face of North Korea's "continued nuclear and missile provocations.
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Police attribute the rise of fatal stabbings to various factors from gang rivalries and cuts in youth services to provocations on social media.
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Of course, this kind of strategy would be hugely risky, and the country's most recent provocations make any kind of US outreach difficult.
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And that it is the sort of muscular response that the world community can and should expect in the aftermath of future provocations.
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They were ordered to head north to the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korean provocations, defense officials told CNN at the time.
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Back in April, Trump told Abe that "all options were on the table," including military action, in response to provocations by North Korea.
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No, I am not going to get the US into a nuclear war in the Korean peninsula because of Kim Jong Un's provocations.
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" ON POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY FLARE-UP IN EASTERN UKRAINE "I hope that things will not come to provocations (during the soccer World Cup).
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President Trump's team should be commended for the thoughtful, deliberate and strategic approach they have taken to the problem of North Korea's provocations.
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As North Korea's neighbor and key ally, China doesn't want a regime collapse, and for years has sought dialog, despite the North's provocations.
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The U.S. State Department said the United States took North Korean threats to use nuclear weapons seriously and urged Pyongyang to halt provocations.
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His reactions to provocations are as instinctive, and as predictable, as a knee jerking when a doctor hits it with a rubber hammer.
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China is infuriated by Mr Kim's taunts and provocations (it did not even know about the nuclear test until after it had happened).
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Provocations, scuffles and fistfights between his supporters and protesters were such that Mr Trump decided at the last moment to cancel the rally.
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Eventually, you no longer feel like you're falling—the constant whoosh of half-truths and gleefully delivered apocalyptic provocations becomes your new equilibrium.
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My family and I were at the center of Daphne Caruana Galizia's politically motivated attacks, but we did not respond to her provocations.
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More recently, as a second-order reprimand for Iranian provocations, he increased sanctions on Iran's supreme leader and a handful of military commanders.
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Pyongyang also wants to dissuade these targets from trusting Washington's pledges to protect them — inducing them to appease rather than resist DPRK provocations.
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They have also issued joint statements to express concerns about unilateral provocations in the South China Sea, a reference to China's hostile activities.
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And, as with his past provocations, Mr. Trump once again left his fellow Republicans scrambling to defend what many effectively conceded was indefensible.
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Art installations and performances — civic forums, partisan provocations and everything in between — will crop up around the convention centers in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Given the continued provocations, it is time to admit that these governments see us as adversaries and are likely taking actions against us.
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But the type of systems tested, and the low-key U.S. response, suggest that these recent provocations fit within the pattern of dialogue.
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The United States, he said, would show "unwavering" support for its allies and North Korea's provocations would only lead to its further isolation.
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It is now even more difficult to ignore the provocations and illicit activities that have taken place since the JCPOA negotiations were concluded.
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Mr. Trump's temperament stands out as potentially his most damaging vulnerability, as his penchant for insults and provocations often undercuts his political message.
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Edgars Vilumsons, 29, has grown so used to Russian provocations that he sees them as part of the background noise of daily life.
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"It's more likely that there will be more dramatic [provocations], and that maybe is more likely to get out of control," Mathers says.
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In spite of (or perhaps thanks to) its built-in provocations, this documentary makes a strong case for the power of Cattelan's works.
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So my concern here is that North Korea is always staging provocations, but eventually they'll go too far, and the situation will unravel.
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However, such provocations play into the hands of Chinese officials who see it as part of an American plot to contain China's development.
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That Trump's daily provocations have left us inured and jaded to such authoritarian yearnings is, itself, an injury he has inflicted upon us.
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They were just the gnarliest flare-ups in a season of provocations that seem so business-as-usual that they scarcely feel provoked.
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Such tests would aim not only to create diplomatic provocations, but also to ensure its weapons can actually be used in wartime situations.
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In response, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning said the Defense Department would give Trump options to "deal with North Korea" if provocations continue.
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While also including sanctions on North Korea and Russia, it aims to punish Tehran for testing ballistic missiles and other non-nuclear provocations.
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The film's other provocations include a few slurs and a goof-off comedian (Charlie Day) miming onanism, twice, in front of other people.
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We must ensure the safety of our service members, including ending needless provocations from the Administration and demanding that Iran cease its violence.
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We must ensure the safety of our service members, including ending needless provocations from the Administration and demanding that Iran cease its violence.
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Mr. Trump has opted for a noisier, more direct approach, threatening North Korea with military action if it does not curb its provocations.
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Efforts that would be better reserved for checking China's aggressiveness in the South China Sea must be expended on countering the North's provocations.
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Bulgaria had demanded an explanation from Moscow over the violations, Nenchev said, describing the incidents as "provocations toward Bulgaria and its air forces".
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President Trump is only talking about the stop of nuclear provocations by Kim Jong Un or the stopping of any nuclear missile launches.
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But as the provocations of black-shirted protesters mounted, it was clear that by the weekend plenty of officers were itching for revenge.
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If this is right, expect the usual propaganda belligerence in state media or low-level provocations like artillery and short-range missile drills.
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The House also passed legislation on Tuesday making it harder for North Korea to access the global financial system amid its nuclear provocations.
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South Korea welcomed the sanctions and called on the North to "immediately cease reckless provocations, and take the path of dialogue for denuclearization".
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" ON POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY FLARE-UP IN EASTERN UKRAINE "I hope that things will not come to provocations (during the soccer World Cup).
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Thus completes the chaotic circle of governance by Trump and the GOP Congress: fanciful promises, contradictory priorities, presidential provocations that Republicans won't rein in.
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After the talks, Russian negotiator and senior military official Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov said the sides had discussed how to avoid provocations and secure humanitarian access.
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"If the last administration showed us anything, it's that ignoring these kinds of provocations simply means they will proliferate," he said in a statement.
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Wang's theater background shines through in these set pieces in A Bread Factory that are often clever and sly in their parodies and provocations.
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The session comes at a moment of global unease after terror attacks in Belgium and a steady drumbeat of nuclear provocations from North Korea.
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Bundy, who has repeatedly cited his faith as the guiding philosophy behind his government provocations, questioned if Mormons could still trust their local leaders.
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But these provocations, and other earnest attempts at reckoning with how men behave, are evidence that #MeToo has also created an opportunity for everyone.
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She creates intriguing provocations about the storage of data, automation, algorithms and what they mean for us as we participate in socio-technical infrastructures.
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"I send a stern warning that the continuation of such reckless provocations will lead North Korea down the path of self-destruction," Park said.
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If the United States resists, then we can expect further destabilizing provocations, perhaps backed with the threat of the actual use of nuclear weapons.
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Unlike the provocations of Malcolm Tucker, the splenetic and foul-mouthed political adviser in "The Thick of It", the barbarity of Stalinism was genuine.
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"It is fair to say Iran has a history of lashing out with its destructive cyber capabilities in response to perceived provocations," he said.
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The best one can hope for is that the two neighbours will continue doing business and talking—and keep the provocations to a minimum.
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The U.S. State Department urged Pyongyang to refrain from further provocations and hoped for a resumption of working-level talks on North Korea's denuclearization.
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"The provocations by Russia need to be met by American strength," Pence said, referencing Russia's annexation of Crimea and other actions around the world.
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Some analysts say North Korea has toned down its provocations toward the South ahead of the election to avoid emboldening the country's hard-liners.
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The move of the USS Carl Vinson strike group is in response to recent North Korean provocations, a US defense official confirmed to CNN.
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Officers have been told to pay special attention to English fans, who they fear could spark "mass fights, riots and provocations," the official said.
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Instead he met with members of his national security team to discuss provocations from North Korea and an unraveling situation in the Arab Gulf.
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"The council has repeatedly warned that it will take 'further significant measures, including sanctions' in the case of future provocations," Yun Byung-se said.
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Trump, who was speaking at an unrelated White House event on Friday, also said the United States is prepared to respond to other provocations.
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Once Kim Jong Il rolled out his two-act play of provocations and post-provocation peace ploys, he reaped billions of dollars in concessions.
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Ms. Park warned that North Korea may try provocations, like a nuclear test, to help consolidate internal unity in the face of international sanctions.
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And so, thanks to both the provocations of the left and the clash between human nature and liberal capitalism, the right turned to Trump.
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"The provocations of Turkey are unacceptable to all of us," German Minister of State for Europe Michel Roth said on arriving at the talks.
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Its scent penetrates your nostrils like the blade of a sword, and in the morning our receptors are even more sensitive to external provocations.
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"We are united in our efforts to deter and defend against North Korean provocations," Obama told reporters after the US-Japan-South Korea meeting.
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Like DeChristopher, Ken Ward, a former deputy director and chief operating officer of Greenpeace U.S.A., had become convinced that such actions were essential provocations.
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That planned raid was to punish Iran for shooting down an American surveillance drone, one of a series of Iranian provocations in recent months.
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Meanwhile, Mr. Comey, Mr. McCabe and the others who face Mr. Trump's taunts and provocations should remember the old warning about wrestling a pig.
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Kenneth McKenzie, the top US military officer for the Middle East, requested additional military assets in the region after reading intelligence of Iranian provocations.
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Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, accused Saudi Arabia of "wars of aggression, regional bullying, destabilizing behavior & risky provocations," in a statement on Twitter.
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The result was that the United States and the Soviet Union repeatedly went to the brink of war over provocations or even technical misreadings.
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Significant challenges lie ahead, especially as the United States and Japan begin thorny trade talks and Mr. Trump confronts new provocations from North Korea.
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Throughout the 1960s, Bontecou's artistic provocations were widely praised by critics, most famously by her contemporary Donald Judd, writing about Bontecou in Arts Magazine.
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They are both hard workers and good husbands, and each is a victim of his own stubbornness as well as of the other's provocations.
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"If North Korea does not stop provocations, the situation could become uncontrollable," Mr. Moon said at the start of his meeting with Mr. Putin.
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"North Korea has continued to make provocations, and this is extremely deplorable and this has angered both me and our people," Mr. Moon said.
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But the combination of Mr. Trump's provocations, the Supreme Court's lurch and the insurrection in Queens has rocked liberals to the core, she said.
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In response to Iranian attacks and provocations since May, Mr. Esper said the Pentagon has deployed about 14,000 additional forces to the gulf region.
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"It will be easier to resolve the Thaad issue when North Korea doesn't do any more provocations," Mr. Moon said, according to his aide.
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What most observers do not realize is that North Korea has been surprisingly quiet for the past four months: no tests or other provocations.
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It's clearly very early in this crisis, but Washington seems content for now in issuing strong statements defending Israel's actions and condemning Iran's provocations.
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This collection of all 23 Can singles provides, instead, thumbnails of its larger pictures: systematic strategies, experiments with sound, funk beats, provocations, lamentations, jokes.
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At the same time, North Korea made a series of provocations against its southern enemy, in part to divert American attention away from Vietnam.
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North Korea has long loomed as a potential disruptive force in Asia, and even South Korean investments have been largely stable during past provocations.
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But the show of American force conceals a lack of better options for dealing with the provocations of the rogue government in North Korea.
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"We must ensure the safety of our servicemembers, including ending needless provocations from the Administration and demanding that Iran cease its violence," Pelosi tweeted.
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There is little the United States can do to stop Kim from going down this pathway of renewed provocations if that is his intention.
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The regime starts a cycle of brinkmanship and provocations, followed by a willingness to talk, then dangles the possibility of concessions that never materialize.
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All of which goes to show that using carrots or sticks toward the Kim regime elicits a similar response — continued nuclear and missile provocations.
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The House passed legislation on Tuesday that seeks to cut off North Korea's access to financial institutions around the world amid its nuclear provocations.
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Dmitri S. Peskov, Mr. Putin's spokesman, accused protest organizers on Monday of leading young Russians — "virtually children," he said — astray with lies and provocations.
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Assuming the reports are true, the North's most recent nuclear detonation wasn't just another test on a growing list of Kim Jong Un's provocations.
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Yes. North Korea has a history of provocations as a way of testing the policy and determination and then intentions of a U.S. government.
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And when people get tired of his empty provocations — as they by and large seem to have done by now — they can ignore him.
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To them, the outrageous things he says are often uncomfortable truths, or provocations that show how out of touch or oversensitive everyone else is.
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South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun told a briefing in Seoul that Monday's joint drill was conducted to deter provocations by the North.
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Crammed with eavesdropping equipment, the Viktor Leonov has loitered in these waters before, but its current visit is the latest in a string of provocations.
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Monday's column concludes with fighting rhetoric, indicating the newspaper's editors are intent on delivering the message that China will not take future provocations lying down.
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But Brian Hook, the US special envoy for Iran, this week insisted that despite Iranian provocations, the administration's policy was working and had weakened Iran.
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The objects in the exhibit comprise a vibrant history of uprisings, provocations, and world building, but how do we avoid relegating resistance to the past?
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A "Somali epileptic with one leg" is introduced and ignored after a single line—one of Zink's many small provocations that flare and swiftly fizzle.
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But like Duchamp's "Fountain," her paranormal works hum with questions and contradictions, though her art tends to be more serious than the Frenchman's puckish provocations.
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After the match, Suwon filed a complaint to the AFC since their regulations prohibit any actions supporting political issues or provocations that might cause controversy.
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Donald Trump's Twitter-fueled provocations of China are underscoring just how much the world's two biggest economies have to lose if tensions were to escalate.
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Accusing the PKK of carrying out "provocations and traps", and long-distance attacks, he said Turkey would "of course go further" if such actions continued.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for "new measures" against North Korea and said the "continued provocations only deepen North Korea's diplomatic and economic isolation".
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It seems unlikely that internal politics are the primary motivator in this case, though they're important for understanding Kim Jong Un's tendency for big provocations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately showed that he wouldn't back down, saying Russia knew about planned "provocations" to blame Syria's government for using chemical weapons.
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"In the next month America should expect minor military provocations by China as well as more pressure on American business interests in China," he added.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday condemned North Korea's latest missile launch and vowed action along with other nations to deter Pyongyang's repeated provocations.
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RELATED: Cruz launches into barrage of attacks on Trump Rubio said Iran's provocations were the result of having a "weak president" in the Oval Office.
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Some analysts said North Korea has toned down its provocations toward the South ahead of the election to avoid emboldening the country's hard-line conservatives.
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There have already been provocations by the political action committee (PAC) Citizens for the Republic, which is starting a propaganda against Musk and his businesses.
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But even as I read him with pleasure, I didn't care for his tossed-off, derisive provocations and devil-may-care insouciance concerning visual art.
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The film packs in so much material that it's bound to have dead ends and weak spots, but its confidence in its provocations is compelling.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for "new measures" against North Korea and that "these continued provocations only deepen North Korea's diplomatic and economic isolation".
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What makes the organization loom so large in 2018 is the combination of Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat and Donald Trump's provocations from the White House.
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For decades, the DMZ has been a different kind of hot spot, the scene of sometimes deadly military provocations and daring defections from the North.
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The Russian military said in a statement it had used drones to monitor the convoy's progress and successfully head off what it called rebel provocations.
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"North Korean provocations continue to threaten regional and world peace and despite unanimous condemnation by the United Nations' Security Council they still proceed," Mattis said.
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The Trump administration also appears to have given up on negotiations, citing decades of no progress in the strategy and recent provocations by the regime.
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Continued provocations by the Kim regime created hysteria over the last year as many feared the wrath and full scope of North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
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They believe that threats tend to inflame the North's fears of invasion, causing them to respond with provocations and further development of their nuclear program.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told China's foreign minister Friday that the country should "use all available tools" to confront North Korean provocations, per WSJ.
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Clinton's running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, to use airstrikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad as a response to Russian provocations.
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One of those batteries was temporarily deployed to Guam in April 2013 in order to deter North Korean provocations and further defend the Pacific region.
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"That's obviously helpful in a situation where we risk seeing a lot of provocations coming out of Washington over the next few years," she said.
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They provide valuable provocations, but what we ultimately need is a more granular market design that specifies how data value is assessed, secured and traded.
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According to Loo, a Saturday launch is "definitely plausible," and it's likely to be one of many more provocations to come from the rogue nation.
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" A former member of Gulf Labor asserted that the group's recent provocations had been too costly: "They had access to the Emiratis and lost that.
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Democrats won governorships and claimed 40 House seats last year by emphasizing poll-tested, broadly popular issues and averting their gaze from Mr. Trump's provocations.
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His provocations with Iran have further divided a country in which many voters say they are already exhausted by three years of constant political combat.
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" On Wednesday, the Pyongyang's mouthpiece Uriminzokkiri quoted leader Kim as stating "the U.S. should stop at once arrogant provocations against the DPRK and unilateral demands.
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President Trump said last week that Pyongyang has been "behaving badly," while reaffirming the possibility of using military force to deal with North Korea's provocations.
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"All of us here, who helped build one of the world's largest democracies, must maintain it in the face of provocations and threats," Haddad said.
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For example, Albert Boadella, another member of the theater community well known for his provocations, said he considers the Catalan aim for independence a virus.
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Somehow I mustered the courage to tell her I was done with her: done with the fights, done with the provocations, done with the criticism.
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You might have expected pre-2017 Trump to use North Korea's provocations an opportunity to bash China even further, given his generalized hostility to Beijing.
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The point is that these sorts of low-level military provocations have become routine parts of Russian foreign policy — it's just something Putin does. Why?
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South Korea's government said the purpose of the mission was to deter provocations by the North and to test readiness against another potential nuclear test.
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"We cannot rule out that they withdrew their officers in order to start stepping up not only military provocations but also military operations," Turchynov said.
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"Our military has maintained readiness as (we are) bracing for possibilities of additional provocations," said Jeon Ha-gyu, the chief of public affairs for the JCS.
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And provocations can make the region less stable, which can lead to hostilities, says Victor Gao, the director of the China National Association of International Studies.
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Bolton referred to Iran as a "radical regime" that supports "violent provocations abroad," ahead of a trilateral meeting with his Israeli and Russian counterparts in Jerusalem.
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Experts say the North may increase these sorts of low-level provocations to apply pressure on the United States to agree to reduce crushing international sanctions.
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Harassing speakers is always wrong; but sometimes the inviters and the barrackers are engaged in a cycle of provocations rather than a profound contest of ideas.
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" Raddatz pointed out that Pence, the Indiana governor, told the audience in last week's vice presidential debate that "provocations need to be met with American strength.
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"Canada stands ready to support additional measures in response to any further provocations," reads one of the talking points supplied by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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The U.S. previously responded to Iranian naval provocations by attacking their ships and speedboats during the end of the Iran-Iraq War in the late 1980s.
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" The second Iraqi security source said: "Communications intercepted by the Americans showed some militia groups redeployed to take up suspicious positions, which the Americans considered provocations.
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North Korea, Kim announced, would never use nuclear weapons or transfer nuclear weapons or nuclear technology "unless there are nuclear threats and nuclear provocations" against it.
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At the risk of insulting Kim Jong Un, it helps to think of North Korea's provocations as somewhat akin to a child throwing a temper tantrum.
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Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and his Russian counterpart agreed on Sunday that "recent provocations" were aimed at harming the agreement on Idlib, the ministry said.
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He said Germany should avoid reacting in kind to provocations from Turkey because that would only give Erdogan the "who needs a bogeyman for his campaign".
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"The trip highlights our ironclad commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea in the face of North Korea's provocations and threats," the statement said.
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His observations and provocations focus beyond institutional problematics to encompass our own individual complicities as members of society, especially in our ways of seeing and thinking.
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Take Trump's vow to meet North Korean provocations with "fire and fury the world has never seen," the episode from which Wolff's book takes its name.
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Moreover, the problem with Trump's tweets isn't just that they often contain falsehoods, but that they are deliberate provocations with the potential to cause real conflict.
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On Wednesday, the navy carried out live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait in what state media said was a direct response to "provocations" by Taiwan.
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Chief security minister Wiranto said to "avoid provocations, the spread of fake news through the community, we will limit access to certain features on social media".
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Mr. Trump starts the general election campaign with a still-unfurling roll of incendiary proposals and provocations that are the stuff of dreams for opposition researchers.
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"We strongly urge all parties to avoid provocations that can be exploited by Iraq's enemies who are interested in fueling ethnic and sectarian conflict," Nauert said.
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Trump signed the order at the United Nations, where he expressed frustration that the international coalition had not done enough to stand up to Kim's provocations.
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He also caused a stir over the summer when he said America would rain down "fire and fury" on the country if it continued its provocations.
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Republican officials are nearing a state of panic as Mr. Trump's near-daily provocations divert attention from the perceived vulnerabilities of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
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Carton, then thirty-eight, was a well-travelled, fast-talking shock jock with a knack for the rhythms and the provocations of free-form talk radio.
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Or only the video of the minute he loses it gets put out there— never all the disgusting, taunting provocations he has to listen to beforehand.
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It makes sense for America to go big, because Iran has already gone big on almost all of its provocations — terrorism, nuclear, missile, military, and more.
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It has also urged China and other claimant countries, including the Philippines and Vietnam, to work out a peaceful solution, but serious provocations by China continue.
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But an official report found that the police acted out of proportion to the provocations and largely targeted people who had done nothing to provoke officers.
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And it was that skillfulness that was on display when he decided to offer the cease-fire in Gaza, despite Hamas's provocations and Mr. Lieberman's complaints.
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" The second Iraqi security source said: "Communications intercepted by the Americans showed some militia groups redeployed to take up suspicious positions, which the Americans considered provocations.
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It's extremely positive, of course, that the emphasis is now on dialogue as opposed to threats and counter-threats, provocations, red lines, or talk of war.
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"We strongly urge the United States to immediately mend its ways and end illegal provocations in the name of so-called freedom of navigation," Senior Col.
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"Some were concerned about a new round of provocations just in time for Chairman Kim's birthday," Moon told reporters at an annual news conference on Tuesday.
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So instead the regime pursues headline-grabbing provocations to foment political debate in open democracies — in Europe and the United States — while avoiding direct military retaliation.
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To Palestinians, the official unveiling of the embassy is just the most concrete and latest in a cavalcade of provocations from Washington and the Israeli government.
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Moon Sang-gyun, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, said the strike group was moving back to deter North Korean provocations in coming weeks.
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South Korean equanimity toward the North's threats surprises Westerners, but the South Koreans have lived for decades with Pyongyang's provocations and, more recently, the nuclear program.
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"Weakness is simply not an option, North Korea will have to bear the consequences of its actions and provocations," French U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre told reporters.
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What might Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi do instead of playing golf in between discussions about trade or what to do about North Korea's nuclear provocations?
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But others also lined the route to hurl abuse at Mr. Kilicdaroglu and his supporters, who politely responded to the provocations with a round of applause.
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"The American action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which Iran is responsible," Ulrike Demmer said during a regular government news conference.
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"We are proving that by being decisive and also calm in dealing with dangerous provocations in the Aegean by Turkey towards our sovereign rights," Tsipras said.
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"We should be ready to cope with political and military provocations of the hostile forces, and be familiar with both dialogue and confrontation," Mr. Pak said.
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Republican voters are most interested in hearing from congressional candidates running in this year's midterm elections about provocations by North Korea, according to a new survey.
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This makes them afraid to take a hard line against Russia&aposs provocations — such as testing nuclear-propelled weapons — or tell the president national security information.
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Obama will also address North Korea's "provocations" when he hosts the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in California early next week, aides said.
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Tariffs and provocations of trade disputes, which upset global industrial and supply chains, serve to undermine the multilateral trading regime and global economic and trade order.
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The North, for its part, issued a statement that denounced what it called the Trump administration's "maniacal military provocations," including the deployment of the carrier group.
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Guided by Gainsbourg-esque whispers in Spanish and French, his personas combined the late Suicide frontman Alan Vega's electro-punk provocations with Giorgio Moroder's moustached charisma.
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So if Putin's attempt to use provocations to intimidate the West hasn't been all that successful, and comes with real costs, why is he doing it?
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" Putin said all the accusations, including the conclusion by 17 US intelligence agencies that Russia worked to help Donald Trump win, are "fictional, illusory, provocations and lies.
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"I don't think THAAD is the reason (for) North Korea's provocations, but they might use this opportunity to estrange South Korea, China, and the US," she said.
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Many voters shrug off his provocations and exaggerations because they think he is delivering for them on kitchen-table issues and like his economic warfare against China.
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After months of debate and constant provocations, Facebook announced that it has removed four Infowars pages from its platform, including the page of its founder, Alex Jones.
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Insults become the order of the day, in the street, on airplanes and the subway, and on social media, following a chain that originates with Trump's provocations.
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S. military drills would depend on whether North Korea carries out provocations during the 2018 Winter Olympics, an official at Seoul's presidential Blue House said on Wednesday.
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In both Brazil and Mexico, the candidates for the next presidential election include outspoken populists who draw strength from battling with Mr Trump or mirroring his provocations.
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Australia exports so much beef to China that the Global Times, a pugnacious state-owned newspaper, has suggested crimping the trade to punish Australia for various provocations.
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But Kim Jong Un's provocations, and Trump's angry and unpredictable responses, have combined to make the situation genuinely more dangerous than it has been in the past.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday condemned North Korea's latest missile launch and vowed action along with other nations to deter Pyongyang's repeated provocations.
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"It is critical we send a clear and bipartisan message that North Korea's reckless provocations cannot continue," McCarthy said while announcing the House floor schedule on Friday.
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"I hope that there won't be any provocations but, if it happens, I think it would have very serious consequences for Ukrainian statehood in general," Putin said.
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Whether or not the nuclear pact buckles under the weight of those unresolved issues now depends on how each side responds to one another's almost inevitable provocations.
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"(They discussed) a firm and united reaction towards North Korea's repeated provocations as it is a threat to world peace and security," the Elysee Palace told CNN.
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These provocations seem based on an idea that raising the risk of war can force China or North Korea to capitulate to Washington's demands, ignoring recent history.
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" Asked if the Pentagon anticipates any provocations from Pyongyang in light of Trump's language, McKenzie said he couldn't speculate but added, "We'll be ready if it happens.
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It includes an ongoing growth in ballistic missile stockpiles, provocations toward Western targets, mass arrests of journalists, activists, and dual nationals, and a skyrocketing rate of executions.
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A missile launch could be a test of how the Trump administration will handle such provocations from Pyongyang, a U.S. official who monitors North Korea told Reuters.
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But the Communist Party newspaper Granma accused IDEA, in an editorial Wednesday headlined "Prizes, provocations and failed ideas," of seeking to sabotage "progressive projects" across Latin America.
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The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that Lavrov had urged Tillerson to use his influence to prevent "provocations" against Syrian government forces in the conflict.
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A smaller US military footprint in Asia would leave both South Korea and neighboring Japan exposed if North Korea were to undertake aggressive behavior or military provocations.
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She knows what's provocative, but she's been wrong so far when guessing which provocations will be greeted with grateful thanks and which will result in liberal exile.
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Tuesday's tactically timed Independence Day launch is in many ways a minor step forward from a similar test in May, the latest in a series of provocations.
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"Despite serial and unwarranted provocations, the Service, as a professional and responsible Organization, did not shoot at the so-called protesters," the DSS said in a statement.
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While the U.S. military presence in the Gulf deters large-scale Iranian incursions at sea, it has failed to stem provocations carried out by the IRGC Navy.
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But a conservative leader took power in Seoul the following year, cutting off inter-Korean trade in retaliation against the North's nuclear weapons development and other provocations.
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It's the sort of thing that makes Koch such an intriguing writer; his provocations are designed to reveal nothing so much as our own feelings of entitlement.
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But others — including Europeans, Iraqis and members of both parties in Congress — said the moves could be defensive acts against what Tehran sees as provocations by Washington.
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It subsequently said the two sides in coordination "took necessary measures, with the aim of preventing potential provocations and harm to the civilian population in the region".
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But to anyone who lived through the Merrick Garland and Brett Kavanaugh nominations, the idea that this norm would be resilient absent Trump's Twitter provocations seems laughable.
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The attacks have taken place as the US has grown increasingly concerned that Iran may be planning new provocations against US troops and interests in the region.
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Germany issued a statement earlier this month characterizing the U.S. strike against Soleimani as a reaction to provocations from Iran, reiterating the need to deescalate the situation.
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As Iran provokes the world in the aftermath of Soleimani's killing, and as the U.S. response to such provocations are unpredictable, that view will gain more sympathy.
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Mr. Putin said on Thursday that Russia had so far been "restrained and patient" in response to what he said were constant provocations by the United States.
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In the July 25 phone call, the Ukrainian President mentioned plans to buy US-made Javelin missiles -- which he needs to help guard against potential Russian provocations.
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Mr. Gvasalia's supersize hoodies and foul-mouthed provocations have earned him an immediate tribe of worshipful followers; they have also netted him the artistic directorship of Balenciaga.
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" He added, "With this in mind the United States calls on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile program and refrain from any further provocations.
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When the United States began deploying a missile defense system in South Korea this week, it was to protect an ally long threatened by North Korean provocations.
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North Korea state media criticized the U.S. for "reckless military provocations" in a commentary Sunday in the ruling party's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, according to The Associated Press.
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Without any further North Korean provocations, few countries would be willing to continue heavy pressure, and the United States would be seen as the reluctant negotiating party.
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"The American action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which Iran is responsible," a spokeswoman, Ulrike Demmer, said on Friday, according to Reuters.
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"We believe it is necessary to avoid violence and not succumb to provocations," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, adding that it hoped foreign intervention would be avoided.
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Washington has been ramping up economic sanctions against Pyongyang since a nuclear test and rocket launch this year, seen as provocations by the United States and its allies.
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Even the film's conventional talking-head interviews end up going in strange directions, thanks to Herzog's knack for unexpected provocations—and letting the camera roll as people squirm.
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" He pointed to Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments on Thursday in which he dismissed claims that Russia meddled in the US election as "fictional, illusory, provocations and lies.
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Now he will have to focus on shoring up his flagging support at home while trying to keep Salvini, Di Maio and their verbal provocations at arm's length.
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If President Xi Jinping stays too quiet in the face of Trump's provocations, it makes Xi, who has built his credibility on being a strong leader, look weak.
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Pence for his part said in the 2016 vice presidential debate that "provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength" in relation to the Syrian conflict.
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"The purpose of it shouldn't be talks for the sake of talks," he told a news conference, while warning that Pyongyang would face stronger sanctions if "provocations" continued.
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In Warsaw, Obama will press fellow leaders to increase financial contributions for the Afghanistan mission, and to maintain pressure on Putin as Russian provocations persist in Eastern Europe.
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Jolts to financial markets from North Korea's military provocations are frequent but were until recently contained by an implicit expectation that global diplomatic efforts could limit Pyongyang's aggression.
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North Koreans know that whoever wins on November 8, the United States will be preoccupied with a transition and will not react decisively even to the worst provocations.
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In 2008 he had attacked Georgia to stop it integrating with the West and promised to hang Mr Saakashvili "by the balls" for responding militarily to Russia's provocations.
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They are provocations, meditations, and messages with the aim of encouraging unexpected connections, creating a platform for often unheard voices, uplifting our collective consciousness, and ultimately inspiring innovation.
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"The leaders emphasized the importance of a strong and united international response to North Korea's provocations, including through an impactful UN Security Council Resolution," the White House said.
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The chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that North Korea was likely to carry out further "sudden provocations," a South Korean defence ministry official said.
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"There was a basic exchange of opinions about North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations," Yoon Young-chan, a spokesman for the South Korean president, told the news outlet.
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A missile launch could be more a test of how the Trump administration will handle such provocations from Pyongyang, a U.S. official who monitors North Korea told Reuters.
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Haley's calls for new sanctions come after a series of North Korean provocations over the summer, including a threat to launch missiles near the U.S. territory of Guam.
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In the past, such sanctions have usually prompted the North to respond with provocations, like another nuclear test or a rocket launch to place a satellite into orbit.
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In the meantime, Moon said all countries must strictly adhere to U.N. sanctions on North Korea and impose tougher steps in the event of new provocations by Pyongyang.
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What's more, as a result of this NPR, the United States will be in a better position in the case of provocations by either Russia or North Korea.
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Conversely, however, there is evidence to support the claim that if Iran's nuclear and other military provocations are not responded to firmly, it will continue to escalate further.
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Presidential front-runners have traditionally taken a more diplomatic approach, but Mr. Trump broke the mold, dispensing with scripted speeches while trafficking in insult humor and swaggering provocations.
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Mr. Obama, in a speech on Friday, said Republicans had long treated Mr. Trump's provocations as "a hoot" — just as long as they were directed at the president.
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The striking contrast between Pyongyang's provocations in 2017 and diplomatic outreach the following year has given wind to calls for premature sanctions relief and placing trust in Kim.
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But the major ones are that none of the bullets find their target and that Frankie's debts and provocations don't appear to be the motivation behind the attack.
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That means convincing allies to maintain sanctions while calculating that Iran will continue to abide by most of the provisions of the nuclear agreement and avoid military provocations.
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Analysts at financial firms, long sanguine on the likelihood that Mr. Trump's trade provocations would resolve relatively painlessly for the economy, are growing unsure that is the case.
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Mr. Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement a year ago, but European nations have urged Iran to stick with the deal and ignore Mr. Trump's provocations.
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They are, he said, "interpreting these freedom-of-navigation exercises, even when they're innocent passage, as something more — provocations, or a declining hegemon trying to maintain its power."
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Still, over and over, he has seen treatment work: parolees who stay out of prison by learning not to react to street provocations; abusive parents who become gentler.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, spent 2017 rattling the world with nuclear and long-range missile tests and has promised more provocations in 2018.
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The combination of his developing nuclear program and his increasingly impressive cyberprogram may allow the North to effectively get away with smaller provocations without fear of military retaliation.
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Mr. Kim had been on sanctions lists in both South Korea and the United States for his alleged involvement in the North's military provocations and nuclear weapons development.
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The Greek government, which did not comment directly on the center, told The Times that its actions on the border are a legitimate response to Turkey's recent provocations.
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And while Houellebecq has always been a polarizing figure — admired for his provocations, disdained for his crudeness — he has turned out to be a writer of unusual prescience.
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And the United States has largely declined to go after the Kim regime's money trail because of concerns that doing so would push Pyongyang to escalate its provocations.
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Needless to say, the situation couldn't be more loaded as this year's U.S.-South Korean military drills — which in the North's mind are potentially existential provocations — kicked off.
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In his soft-spoken delivery, he presents confessions of embarrassing thoughts, transgressions that are not cheap provocations so much as the activity of a free and fearless mind.
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But that would require admitting that her supposed self-scrutiny — like James's infantile provocations and Max's clothing-optional put-downs — is the pose that it appears to be.
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Despite the provocations that U.S. intelligence officials have linked to Tehran, Trump has hesitated to strike targets inside Iran, saying he wants to avoid a bloody, costly war.
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In response to Iranian attacks and provocations since May, the Pentagon deployed about 14,000 additional troops to the Persian Gulf region, including roughly 3,500 more to Saudi Arabia.
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The U.S. historically had taken few military responses to Iranian provocations, most notably when Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy in Lebanon, killed 85033 American soldiers in Beirut in 1983.
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Their extremely talented creator, Kevin Barry, has a fine instinct for the sweet spot where the comforting familiarities of genre blend into the surprises and provocations of art.
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"We must ensure the safety of our servicemembers, including ending needless provocations from the Administration and demanding that Iran cease its violence," the Democratic leader tweeted Tuesday night.
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Of course, Trump is unpredictable, and it's possible that he could get "fire and fury" mad in the wake of impeachment overreacting to, say, North Korea's missile provocations.
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In 2019 alone, Iran's violent provocations included mining ships in the Strait of Hormuz, downing an American drone and threatening the global economy by striking Saudi oil facilities.
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Through the measure, the president aims to cut off the communist dictatorship's funding and deter its nuclear and missile ambitions amid a string of recent tests and provocations.
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Some white critics—such as me, when I first encountered his work—have reacted defensively, purporting to roll their eyes at the obviousness of the references and provocations.
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To South Korea, these developments justify the further easing of restrictions on its missile capabilities as a measure of preventing further North Korean provocations and ensuring self-defense.
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"If [Japan] is actively making provocations in our South China Sea, then in the East China Sea, on its doorway, it will face a little pressure," Ni said.
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"We appreciate the challenging times in which the people of Japan live with increasing provocations from across the Sea of Japan," Pence told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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South Korea's acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, has warned of "greater provocations" by North Korea and ordered the military to intensify monitoring and ensure close communication with Washington.
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"North Korea should realize if it doesn't stop its ... provocations, it will face even stronger pressure and sanctions," Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun told a news briefing.
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While Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has met the deluge of insults and provocations with exemplary restraint, White House officials have done nothing to dial down the tension.
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Moreover, his provocations tend to actually work, in the sense that they summon up the illiberal, "shut up or we'll shut you down" side of left-wing politics.
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Further provocations from Iran or North Korea could further expose Trump&aposs lack of clear success on the international stage and the limitations of his "maximum pressure" strategy.
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Trump's Twitter provocations have caused critics to call on Twitter to enforce its policies when his tweets violate them, but the company has consistently declined to do that.
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And it said that more extreme provocations, such as a direct incitement to violence, would still come down — even if it came from one of these public figures.
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Liu Jieyi, head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said in his new year's message they had not wavered last year in the face of "deliberate provocations" from Taiwan's government.
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The move is just the latest in a string of Russian provocations in the early days of the Trump administration, which has called for warmer relations with the Kremlin.
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China Military planners are counting on engaging with China to ensure its leaders don't misread U.S. actions as a power play for the peninsula should provocations escalate to conflict.
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U.S. provocations in the South China Sea, tension in the Taiwan Strait and the United States, Japan, Australia and India forming alliances demand a rise in spending, it added.
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This is significantly less hawkish rhetoric than that of Trump himself, who has promised "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if North Korea issues further provocations.
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On Friday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye gave a speech in Seoul condemning North Korea, saying it continues to engage in "provocations" that South Korea will not accept.
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But some analysts see a shift in North Korea's provocations, from symbolic actions to concrete military tests, since Kim Jong Un took power after his father's death in 2011.
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Lee was cited by the Yonhap News Agency earlier as telling Moon that South Korea's military was ready to act at any moment should "the enemy engage in provocations".
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"We strongly urge India to take practical steps to correct its mistake, cease provocations, and meet China halfway in jointly safeguarding the border region's peace and tranquillity," he said.
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"We believe it is necessary to avoid violence and not succumb to provocations," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding it hoped foreign interventions would be avoided.
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Both the poisoning of the Skripals and the attack on Syria, Mr Kiselev claimed, were "Anglo-Saxon provocations", led by "petty Britain" with America participating in its "devilish plot".
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In the coming week, major geopolitical risks including a potential stand-off between the United States and North Korea over the latter's nuclear provocations will continue to dominate headlines.
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Until then, North Korea will continue to launch military provocations and conduct nuclear tests in a bid to frustrate Seoul's and Washington's sanctions-concentrated policy towards Pyongyang, Thae said.
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The UNC troops at the border are quick to note they are not a peacekeeping force, and often go out of their way to tell of North Korean provocations.
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"I just have to tell you that provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength," said Pence, referring to Putin's support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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North Korean provocations increase, Iran remains within reach of developing nuclear weapons, and ISIL and its sympathizers are committing unspeakable acts across the Middle East and around the globe.
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TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday condemned North Korea's latest missile launch and vowed action along with other nations to deter Pyongyang's repeated provocations.
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The Kim regime likely calculates that the decades-old cycle of provocations-negotiations-extorting concessions will work yet again against democratically elected leaders nearing the end of their terms.
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"According to information from law enforcement authorities serious provocations are being prepared which pose a threat to the safety, lives and health of people," Sobyanin said in a statement.
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""The provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength," Pence said, calling for a missile defense shield to be put in the Czech Republic and Poland. "U.
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It has defended its actions in Rakhine, with military investigators concluding that troops adhered to rules of engagement and sought to minimize civilian casualties while responding to "terrorist" provocations.
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"North Korea should not exaggerate our efforts to keep peace nor should they engage in provocations that would worsen the situation, using (the exercise) as an excuse," he said.
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Nicknamed "The Bone," the B-1B is a long-range, multi-mission conventional bomber often deployed in so-called "show of force" operations in response to North Korean provocations.
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" But Kang added both the US and South Korea believed in following a policy of "responding firmly (to) provocations through tough sanctions while leaving the door open for dialogue.
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These provocations, since the mid-1990s when Songun began, often include nuclear weapons work, such as missile development and nuclear bomb tests, of which this week's is the fourth.
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Trump believes any talks with the North would require reducing threats, ending provocations and movement toward denuclearization and that no deal can be achieved without denuclearisation, the official added.
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"The North Korean pattern is to do provocations whether it is tests of missiles or nukes, ask for negotiations then string us along for months and years," he said.
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"I don't think it's necessarily North Korea's return to provocations," said Dr. Sue Mi Terry, a former senior analyst at the CIA and a former National Security Council staffer.
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On North Korea, Trump gave the leaders of Japan and South Korea what they were looking for when he warned Pyongyang "do not try us" by escalating nuclear provocations.
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The U.S. military said at the weekend that it had deployed an additional Patriot high-velocity missile interceptor unit to South Korea in response to recent North Korean provocations.
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"North Korea should not misjudge the solidity of our alliance with the United States and our joint ability to respond" to provocations, said Jeong Joon-hee, a government spokesman.
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin cast the new sanction as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to "take strong actions to counter Iran's provocations." http://bit.ly/2x3iYff.
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Leadership analysis might give clues MORE and his father before him steadily worked away on developing a nuclear program and occasionally throwing the international community into paroxysms with provocations.
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"North Korea's repeated provocations show the Kim Jong Un regime's nature of irrationality, maniacally obsessed in its nuclear and missile development," the South's foreign ministry said in a statement.
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"I do think the impact of these provocations will be to strengthen the resolve of the international community that has such serious concerns with North Korea's behavior," Earnest said.
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But the Trump Show itself — the series of tweets, speeches, interviews, and provocations undertaken by the president of the United States in lieu of governing — is tedious and irrelevant.
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"I will never tolerate the North's provocations and nuclear threats," he said on a visit to the defence ministry, urging the South's military to adopt a "watertight defence posture".
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By their nature, these sorts of shows are tonics and provocations, suggestive rather than definitive, shy on eye candy, requiring comfortable shoes and lots of squinting at wall texts.
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His hard-won, childlike drawing technique softened these provocations, yet his grim gaze could be divisive — a controversy that Mr. Van Sant glides past with little drama or detail.
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While national security advisers were urging a military strike against Iran, Mr. Carlson in recent days had told Mr. Trump that responding to Tehran's provocations with force was crazy.
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As swiftly as possible, we must make North Korea end its provocations, abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile development, and return the abductees in North Korea to their homes.
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As long as "provocations" continue from across the border, "it is not possible for us to wait with our hands tied," he told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
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On the other hand, they are anxious that American nonreaction to Iran's recent provocations will only feed Iran's appetite for risk-taking, with Saudi Arabia the most convenient target.
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By resuming the tests, North Korea defied repeated urgings from the United States and South Korea to stop weapons trials and other provocations to pave the way for dialogue.
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have ebbed since the joint American-South Korean military exercises ended late last month without major provocations, like a nuclear test, from North Korea.
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And enormous numbers of Americans are not only failing to fight back, they are also unwitting collaborators, -- reading, retweeting, sharing and reacting to Russian propaganda and provocations every day.
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This American escalation is particularly aggressive, if not impulsive, after the administration's hesitation to respond to a series of previous Iranian provocations, including an attack on Saudi oil facilities.
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For too long, China has refused to wholeheartedly assist the international community in putting pressure on the Kim Regime to scale back its nuclear program and provocations of war.
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At a time when dance programming often takes cues from museum exhibitions, cohering around specific themes or provocations, there's something refreshingly old school in the looser La MaMa Moves!
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"The U.S. will receive more gift packages from my country as long as its relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the DPRK," he said.
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However, over the past 25 years, according to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, periods of diplomacy correlate with a reduction in North Korean provocations.
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Iran has responded to the Trump administration's pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and implementing heavy sanctions with increasing provocations, and Trump has now lodged a major response.
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The latest developments also strain Beijing-Pyongyang relations, Lee continued: "Whether Pyongyang responds with restraint or pushes back against Beijing with more military provocations is what we'll be watching."
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While the U.S. has confronted China directly by sending warships close to China's island bases in the South China Sea, Japan so far has shied away from similar provocations.
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"Despite all the provocations as a result of which Mikheil Saakashvili wants to spill the blood of Ukrainians, he has not succeeded," he said in a post on Facebook.
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"It is now time for the U.S. to put on the table an attack on Iranian oil refineries if they continue their provocations or increase nuclear enrichment," Graham tweeted.
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"The U.S. will receive more gift packages from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the DPRK," he said.
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Indeed, whether Trump is mentally ill or simply unbound, his provocations can serve a purpose for the Republican Party, numbing the country to a tide of less flamboyant outrages.
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But the new provocations from Pyongyang are raising concerns inside the White House that a period of relative calm is ending as Trump gears up for the 2020 campaign.
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"We strongly urge all parties to avoid provocations that can be exploited by Iraq's enemies who are interested in fueling ethnic and sectarian conflict," it said in a statement.
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Analysts say that Kim Jong-Un, 33, likely sees the congress as an opportunity to flaunt his leadership skills, and would probably carry out more militaristic provocations before May.
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Defense Secretary James MattisJames Norman MattisOnly Donald Trump has a policy for Afghanistan New Pentagon report blames Trump troop withdrawal for ISIS surge in Iraq and Syria Mattis returns to board of General Dynamics MORE in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart called for diplomacy in dealing with provocations by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "Diplomacy should impose reason on Kim's reckless rhetoric and dangerous provocations," Mattis said, according to Reuters.
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Trouble on the Peninsula The move is likely a show of force in reaction to increased provocations from North Korea, said Daniel Pinkston, a professor at Troy University in Seoul.
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There's no reason why many of Trump's strongest supporters wouldn't also be able to rationalize his use of a racial slur, especially given their enthusiasm for his culture-war provocations.
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"With the aim of preventing possible provocations against UN posts along the 'Bravo' line, the deployment is planned of eight observation posts of Russia's armed forces' military police," Rudskoi said.
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The chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday that North Korea was likely to carry out further sudden provocations, a South Korean defence ministry official said.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Friday the "aggressive deployment" of U.S. strategic assets on the Korean peninsula has been effective in deterring North Korea's provocations.
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Another diplomat said that they would not bet on French President Emmanuel Macron backing Italy given the antagonism with Salvini, and repeated provocations by Italian ministers from both ruling parties.
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Obama's aides say the President appreciates Merkel's scientific approach to problems like Europe's persistent economic woes, Russia's continued provocations in Ukraine and counterterror efforts that haven't been popular at home.
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And so Trump is returning to the themes, provocations, and scapegoats that have always supported him, and that he knows will let him control the narrative when all else fails.
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Experts I spoke to say that means the window for a negotiated agreement is closing fast — which in turn implies future North Korean provocations might be a lot more troubling.
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In Tuesday's vice presidential debate, Pence said he felt the US ought to establish safe zones and meet Russian "provocations" with strength, backing the use of military force if necessary.
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"North Korea stages provocations like this, and worse, because it improves deterrence," Jeffrey Wright, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies Monterey, tweeted.
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In 2014, when Putin's Russia twice invaded Ukraine — first annexing Crimea and then fomenting a rebellion in eastern Ukraine — it looked like Putin's provocations were animated by Dugin's neo-imperialism.
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Bolstered by production by Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never, HOPELESSNESS uses the physicality of dance music to bruising effect, making ANOHNI's political provocations both more palatable and more punishing.
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Based on the past U.S. response to major provocations by North Korea, look for a show of force from the U.S. military, in conjunction with regional partners, in coming days.
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With the fraught negotiations about to spill into the election campaign, Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has less room to respond vigorously to Trump's provocations than its political rivals.
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"We urge the North Korean regime to immediately stop its reckless provocations, give up its nuclear ambitions and cooperate with the international community," Democratic Party spokesman Park Kwang-on said.
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In this case, THAAD was about one thing and one thing only: shoring up the alliance's defensive capability on the peninsula in the wake of repeated provocations by the North.
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Gallup also said 59 percent of respondents were against the idea of the United States attacking North Korea first should North Korean provocations continue, while 33 percent said it should.
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"We will continue to protect and defend our allies in the region, including the Republic of Korea, and will respond appropriately to any and all North Korean provocations," he said.
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"Together they called upon North Korea to refrain from irresponsible provocations that aggravate regional tensions, and to walk away from its destructive and reckless path of development," the statement said.
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Military provocations Announcements of these actions come with vague and repeated statements from the White House that it is actively considering military options and "time is running out" for alternatives.
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But while North Korea has periodically engaged in military provocations with the South, it hasn't launched a full-scale invasion since 1950 because American troops are too great a deterrent.
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But Trump's provocations in his battle with California have continually turned up the dial on Democratic enthusiasm here -- creating the possibility of much higher turnout than a normal midterm year.
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This weekend, they're holding their second symposium, Free Radicals: On the Provocations of Awe, a two-day event produced in collaboration with the ArtCenter College of Design and Pitzer College.
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The ministry said in a statement that South Korea is fully prepared to respond against any North Korean threat and that it would boost its response ability against Pyongyang's provocations.
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Trump -- as his wild tweet taunting Kim Jong Un demonstrated Tuesday night -- continues to be defined by his provocations and cavalier approach to serious matters like North Korea's nuclear arsenal.
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"The international community must remain united in the face of North Korea's continued provocations, including its recent nuclear test and missiles launches," Obama said in a Washington Post op-ed.
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But Iranian provocations, like the attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais, risk weakening EU support for Iran's stance and could drive the European Union to help support US sanctions on Iran.
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"If there is a vicious cycle of tensions continuing to rise and mutual provocations, this is not in anyone's interests," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily briefing.
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Chinese state media has said the drills are a direct response to "provocations" by Taiwanese leaders related to what China fears are moves to push for the island's formal independence.
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The new plan is part of a wider organizational restructuring aimed at better responding to cross-border provocations and was approved at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said.
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South Korean acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn warned of "greater provocations" by North Korea and ordered the military to intensify monitoring and to ensure close communication with the United States.
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Debates over pressing policy issues — from fighting ISIS to the crisis in Venezuela to handling Chinese provocations in the South China Sea — lack a left-wing voice of any prominence.
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But whether or not it's intentional, Trump's habitual encouragement of outrage helps him in several ways—that is, assuming we cooperate by getting outraged, by reacting to his provocations unreflectively.
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In Cleveland and Philadelphia, art installations and performances — taking the form of neutral civic forums, partisan provocations and everything in between — will be cropping up all around the convention centers.
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He writes that American policy makers must reject the tendency to think that China is like the United States and that it will respond as we would to identical provocations.
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"We believe it is necessary to avoid violence and not succumb to provocations," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that it hoped foreign intervention would be avoided.
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He said such serious provocations deserved global condemnation and called for an upgrading of joint military exercises with allies and the deployment of additional U.S. military assets to deter Pyongyang.
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The embassy said Erdogan was in the ambassador's residence after meeting President Donald Trump, and Turkish-Americans who were there to greet him responded to provocations from PKK-linked protesters.
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The test was considered a direct challenge to President Trump, who has threatened the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, that America would respond with "fire and fury" to provocations.
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South Korean markets have retraced losses fairly quickly in the past following North Korean saber-rattling, but the benchmark index has taken slightly longer to recover after the latest provocations.
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Bozena Bierylo, a Law and Justice councilwoman from the Bialystok County, said that the legislation was a response to "provocations" from L.G.B.T. minorities and their "demands" for sex education classes.
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During my evening with Fisher, which was social rather than professional, I listened to an almost nonstop monologue of wordplay, secrets, provocations: whatever she needed to hold the audience's interest.
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Iran has continued to proliferate advanced missile technology to its proxies, support terrorism and pursue expansionist regional ambitions including destabilizing activities in Syria and Yemen, along with provocations toward Israel.
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Critical point: all parties need to work together, coordinate, and be in unison in our stance against North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations, human rights violations, and other illicit activities.
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Under the Trump administration the dispute has become increasingly fraught as the Pentagon has stepped up the number and intensity of freedom of navigation operations, which China regards as provocations.
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Conway, in keeping with the Trump administration's policy of declining to outline possible military responses to provocations, declined to say whether a retaliatory strike on Iranian oil is under consideration.
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It accused the Asayish of igniting the violence through escalating "provocations", including the bombing of army positions in Hasaka, and said the Asayish aimed to take control of the city.
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That his digital provocations command wide interest even among highly skeptical colleagues may owe something to what Leah Price, professor of English at Harvard, called a "Nixon in China" effect.
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Strong, credible arguments can help America avoid costly wars, just as the wrong words, ill-conceived provocations, can trigger conflicts, putting American soldiers in harm's way and US citizens in peril.
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"Right now, we keep an eye on the potential for more provocations from the Iranians but right now we have not seen that," Mattis told reporters on board a military plane.
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North Korea sees the drills as a threat to its security and has often responded with missile launches or other provocations that could have disrupted the games or even discouraged tourism.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denounced U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela, criticizing U.S. "provocations" and attempts to create what he called a pretext for military intervention.
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The trend also reflected the "cumulative radicalization" of the current British political landscape, where Islamist and far-right groups were helping to fuel each other's extremism through their provocations, Davey said.
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In February, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on 25 individuals and entities in Iran, which it said were just "initial steps" in its effort to counteract what it sees as provocations.
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Trump believes any talks with North Korea would require it to reduce threats, end provocations and move toward denuclearization, and that no deal can be achieved without denuclearization, the official added.
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"At a time when North Korea is continuing its provocations, the president does not think now is the time to negotiate with them," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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A 2014 report by the United Nations, which referred to Kim, 32, by name in connection with human rights, triggered a strong reaction from Pyongyang, including a string of military provocations.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected on Tuesday a parliamentary call to impose sanctions against Georgia, saying patching up strained relations was more important than reacting to provocations by "scumbags".
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Press TV released footage of the seizure overnight and patrol boats can be seen circling the ship, and the UK has called for a de-escalation of provocations in the region.
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In response to North Korean provocations, Japan and South Korea are having "a daily argument" about "the nuclear option" — acquiring their own arsenals, the N.Y. Times reports in its lead story.
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The U.S. military has ordered an aircraft carrier group to move closer to the Korean Peninsula in response to recent provocations by North Korea, a U.S. defense official said Saturday. Adm.
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Beefed-up powers for the agency are ostensibly designed as an emergency response to recent North Korean provocations and, in an assembly where the Saenuri are strong, is certain to pass.
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In response to Iran's provocations in the Persian Gulf, the US said last week that it was planning to send Navy ships to help escort tankers through the Persian Gulf route.
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The Pentagon on Thursday said it would continue to seek China's cooperation on North Korea, but made clear it could devastate Beijing's assets should provocations in the South China Sea arise.
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Yet even the Trump administration has downplayed the Iranian cyber threat, despite pulling out of the JCPOA in response to Iranian provocations ranging from missile launches to ongoing support for terrorists.
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Most recently, the president is failing to effectively respond to provocations by the Iranian regime and hold it accountable for its dangerous actions and support of terrorism in the Middle East.
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Pentagon - South Korea: The Hill: Joint military exercises with South Korea will be suspended in August, to lessen provocations during ongoing negotiations with North Korea seeking to halt its nuclear program.
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Moon said he highly appreciated the recent UN Security Council resolutions against North Korean's "provocations" and said the body's swift action showed the international community was "collectively outraged" by Pyongyang's actions.
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South Korea said on Thursday the North could engage in more provocations near the anniversary of the founding of the North Korean communist party and China's all-important Communist Party Congress.
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Demand slipped for safe-haven assets as investors took on more risk after Irma caused less damage than initially expected and North Korea marked its founding on Saturday without new provocations.
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She can stay on her current course, facing more provocations from Pyongyang and the likelihood of going down in history as the president during whose term the North completed nuclear weaponization.
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Viktor Poznikhir said the actions by Syrian and Russian forces in Aleppo were a response to militant shelling and other provocations, including what he called plans for a chemical weapons attack.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister has complained to the United Nations about Saudi Arabia's "provocations" toward Tehran, as a diplomatic crisis between the region's two major powers entered its second week.
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During the Cold War, American strategists understood that shoring up allies and ensuring the vitality of free-market democracies was at least as important as defending against Cold War military provocations.
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On his longest foreign swing to date, Trump hopes to convince Asian leaders to put up a united front against Pyongyang, which has scaled up its provocations since Trump took office.
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Provocations Analysts say all these assets -- the aircraft carriers, the submarine, the B-2s, B-1s, F-22s and F-35s -- would play key roles in any strike on North Korea.
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On Monday, US, South Korean and Japanese officials issued a statement urging North Korea to "refrain from irresponsible provocations" and walk away from its "destructive and reckless path" of weapons developments.
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On Monday, US, South Korean and Japanese officials issued a statement urging North Korea to "refrain from irresponsible provocations" and walk away from its "destructive and reckless path" of weapons development.
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In a statement, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the United States was spreading anti-Russian propaganda and U.S. intelligence was conducting "provocations" against Russian diplomats in the United States and elsewhere.
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Their hostile acts are meant to provoke the United States and our allies; their provocations included the downing of a U.S. Navy drone, and then showing it off in their media.
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The bottom line: Testing Kim's willingness to engage with the South and forego provocations through the Olympics makes sense, but bribing Pyongyang in exchange for "good" behavior would be a mistake.
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"If we push the buttons to annihilate the enemies even right now, all bases of provocations will be reduced to seas in flames and ashes in a moment," the statement said.
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Moon came to power with a promise to review the system and he told Xi North Korea must cease making provocations before tension over the deployment could be resolved, officials said.
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Truthfully, the music—"soulless electronic pop," Gaga calls it, with a wink to the Warhol disciples and the anti-humanists out there—is just an efficient base for the visual provocations.
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"North Korean provocations continue to threaten regional and global security despite unanimous condemnation by the United Nations Security Council," Mattis said in prepared remarks as he visited the demilitarized zone (DMZ).
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On tenor saxophone, Jason Rigby dials up his solo even higher than on the record, fashioning arpeggios that bristle and heave, skimming energy from the chunky provocations of Fabian Almazan's piano.
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By this point, he had moved away from the neorealist tales set among the lower classes and moved deeper into scurrilous provocations that increasingly nudged the puritanism of the Italian public.
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The risk is that this kind of confused, potentially threatening message makes the North feel even more insecure — causing them to lash out even more with provocations like new missile tests.
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What these provocations do suggest is that we are grasping for a punishment that seeks to mend a more psychic, public wound — a type of harm we are still processing ourselves.
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An avalanche of denunciations tumbled from editorial boards and political leaders, but the outrage faded into the tapestry of Mr. Trump's provocations against Mexicans, Muslims, women and black and Hispanic people.
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"Do not respond to eventual provocations and show to the world that we are the people that do not abuse this game for political or any other purposes," federation officials wrote.
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The reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons, reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of the people that we have been elected to serve.
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This latest nuclear blast, during America's Labor Day weekend, shows that Pyongyang is less interested in reaping concessions from the international community than in sticking to its playbook of strategic provocations.
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So far, the sanctions — which U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said "strangled" North Korea's economy — have not deterred the regime from further provocations, including firing two missiles over Japan.
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Mr. Obama's passivity in the face of provocations and his failure to enforce the "red line" in Syria led Russia, China and other adversaries to seek new gains at America's expense.
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In his maiden address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump took a hard line on Kim's nuclear ambitions, threatening to "totally destroy" the nation if it continued its provocations.
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President Trump told North Korea on Tuesday to expect "fire and fury" if it continued its provocations; North Korea responded with threats to launch an "enveloping strike" of missiles around Guam.
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"I worry there might be more provocations by Iran," said Fred Fleitz, who served as national security adviser John Bolton's chief of staff and now leads the Center for Security Policy.
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Yet the Trump administration had no strategy to prevent, mitigate or deter Iranian provocations -- or stop the ever more dangerous cycle of action and reaction that led us to this moment.
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" Charles Michel, president of the European Council, issued a similar statement: "The cycle of violence, provocations and retaliations which we have witnessed in #Iraq over the past weeks has to stop.
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And, if the events of the past year are any indication, these provocations have worked — even if most audiences don't fully realize that the world has caught up to Andrea Fraser.
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Japan and China have expressed concern about the political turmoil in Seoul, where Prime Minister Hwang Kyho-ahn, who is serving as acting president, has warned against provocations by the North.
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Today, the real question lies in just how long the Trump administration will stay the course and enforce sanctions in the face of Pyongyang's crafty campaign of provocations and peace overtures.
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" "I remain clear-eyed about the fact that despite a reduction in tensions along the demilitarized zone and a cessation of strategic provocations coupled with public statements of intent to denuclearize.
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Mr. Osborne said that at first the gallery's provocations were read as irony, but that anger at the gallery and at Ms. Diego mounted after Ms. Jung shared the Facebook message.
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"Iran has carried out these three launches in defiance of the expressed will of the U.N. Security Council, and such provocations continue to destabilize the entire Middle East region," Cohen wrote.
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Nikki Haley said at a UN meeting that incremental measures in place since 2006 had proved ineffective and called for the "strongest sanctions" in order to resolve provocations without military actions.
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Nevertheless, South Korea subsequently said that it was working with the US and allied powers to craft sanctions that would inflict "bone-numbing pain" in response to North Korea's nuclear provocations.
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Sci follows alcoholic tattoo artist, Bill Sanders, around his dingy Houston shop as he pontificates on the immorality of the Vietnam War and murmurs offensive sexist provocations to his female clients.
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While Moon favors a peaceful solution, the New York Times reported, he is being pressured by both a White House and domestic conservative opposition eager to aggressively respond to North Korean provocations.
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Staffers said Flynn's statement conveyed that the new administration is thinking about Iran in a different light than the Obama team, and they hope the message immediately dissuades Iran from future provocations.
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday that the situation on the Korean peninsula was complicated because of provocations by North Korea.
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SEOUL, Oct 27 (Reuters) - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Friday the "aggressive deployment" of U.S. strategic assets on the Korean peninsula has been effective in deterring North Korea's provocations.
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Alliance-building North Korean provocations have had a way of strengthening U.S. alliances with Japan and South Korea, said Victor Cha, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Signs are mounting that in Tehran, which faces rising pressures at home and abroad, the country's powerful hardline conservatives are circling the wagons, raising the odds of still more Iranian global provocations.
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Kim is not going to get rid of his nuclear weapons, but maybe he lowers the temperature on the testing so that there aren't direct provocations that raise the risks of conflict.
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Instability in the Gulf could benefit Iran and the IRGC economically, says analyst Farzin Nadimi, a security and defense analyst who focuses on the Persian Gulf -- another possible reason for recent provocations.
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Speaking off-the-cuff at one of his golf clubs, he chided North Korea for its threats, pledging to meet further provocations "with fire and fury like the world has never seen".
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All sectors except construction and services declined, a likely burden for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un already under pressure from international sanctions against multiple provocations including a nuclear test in January.
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"Both South Korea and the US are in close cooperation to deter North Korea's provocations and to pursue peace and stability of the Korean peninsula," a South Korean Defense Ministry official said.
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Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, said that his government "can never tolerate North Korea's provocations," and urged the rogue state to comply with UN resolutions regarding its missile and nuclear programs.
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Even though he's less hawkish than Bolton, he still supports an overall aggressive stance toward Iran that makes Iran more likely to respond with military provocations like the ones in recent weeks.
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South Korea's acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, warned of "greater provocations" by North Korea, including a possible nuclear test, given a meeting of the country's Supreme People's Assembly and upcoming national anniversaries.
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"If we push the buttons to annihilate the enemies even right now, all bases of provocations will be reduced to seas in flames and ashes in a moment," the North's statement said.
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While North Korean provocations have received the most attention in recent weeks, government officials remain at least as concerned about the possibility of an attack by terrorists or other "non-state" actors.
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Last week, it fired three ballistic missiles into the sea between the North and Japan, prompting the United Nations Security Council to urge the North to stop provocations or face more sanctions.
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" Kerry vowed the U.S. wouldn't allow North Korea to be a nuclear-armed state and called on Pyongyang to "end these provocations" and start "living up to its international obligations and commitments.
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Mr. Abbas talked about "the atrocities" that Israel had committed, including the seizure of Palestinian land, the demolition of Palestinian homes, the blockade of Gaza and various provocations at Muslim holy sites.
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Do you recall how the President mocked North Korea's Kim Jong Un as "Little Rocket Man" and promised a "fire and fury" response to any future provocations with rockets or nuclear tests?
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While some dismiss these unsanctioned appearances as shameless provocations, the Luxembourg-born Ms. De Robertis, 32, sees her work in the tradition of guerrilla performance artists like Valie Export and Andrea Fraser.
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For one thing, any effort to close off North Korea's access to the international financial system, no matter how leaky, is worth it, given its nuclear provocations and threats to international security.
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In what seems like a never-ending trade war, the world's two largest economies have continually attacked each other with tit-for-tat provocations, leading to escalating tensions and roiled financial markets.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in was also forced to abandon his effort to accompany Trump to the site, where visits by American leaders are often seen by North Korea as provocations.
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Beijing points to the regular US Navy patrols and flyovers of the South China Sea as an example of US militarization and provocations, and a justification for the increased Chinese military presence.
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Every day brings new shocks: firings, sudden policy reversals, insulting tweets, blatant lies, angry threats, personal vendettas, provocations, court challenges, unpresidential behavior, embarrassing revelations, shady characters, rampant bigotry, alienated allies, inhumane policies.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out trading provocations with Turkey on Thursday after President Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticized bans on planned rallies by Turkish ministers in Germany and the Netherlands.
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South Korea's acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn warned of "greater provocations" by North Korea, including a possible nuclear test, given a meeting of the country's Supreme People's Assembly and upcoming national anniversaries.
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While the 45-km-long (30 mile) fence will provide little defense against a full-scale attack, it aims to prevent provocations and incidents, Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas said on Monday.
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At the core is Trump's insistence that Beijing do more to isolate North Korea amid its nuclear provocations, believing that Pyongyang's chief trading partner has unparalleled power to choke off the regime.
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Pence during the debate also said Russian provocations "need to be met with American strength" and even seemed to threaten Russia with military force if it continued to strike civilians in Syria.
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Mr. Obama, Democratic Party officials said, may be one of the few figures famous enough to draw attention away from Mr. Trump, whose near-daily pronouncements and provocations have overshadowed this race.
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Chinese state media has said the drills were a direct response to "provocations" by Taiwan leaders related to what China fears are moves to push for the self-ruled island's formal independence.
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