Never mind nuclear war, says North Korean defector Joo-il Kim, the reality of famine is bad enough

While he agrees that the current stand-off is more serious than previous events, he remains confident there will not be conflict. “This current regime does not want a war,” he tells me through a translator. “The people don’t have anything, so they don’t have anything to lose if they went to war – but the regime, they have wealth.” Living in luxury, he says, the leaders will not want to risk what they have.
The independent

Never mind nuclear war, says North Korean defector Joo-il Kim, the reality of famine is bad enough

While he agrees that the current stand-off is more serious than previous events, he remains confident there will not be conflict. “This current regime does not want a war,” he tells me through a translator. “The people don’t have anything, so they don’t have anything to lose if they went to war – but the regime, they have wealth.” Living in luxury, he says, the leaders will not want to risk what they have.
The independent

The Western diet really IS a killer: People who eat white bread, butter and read meat are most likely to die young

A study published The American Journal of Medicine found that people who ate the most fried and processed food, red meat and white bread doubled their risk of premature death or ill health in old age.

Mail

The Western diet really IS a killer: People who eat white bread, butter and read meat are most likely to die young

A study published The American Journal of Medicine found that people who ate the most fried and processed food, red meat and white bread doubled their risk of premature death or ill health in old age.

Mail

North Korea vows blitz attack on South warning 'retaliation will start without notice'

NORTH Korea's military has today issued an "ultimatum" saying it would launch retaliation against South Korea without warning if "anti-North Korean" activities continue.

Express

North Korea vows blitz attack on South warning 'retaliation will start without notice'

NORTH Korea's military has today issued an "ultimatum" saying it would launch retaliation against South Korea without warning if "anti-North Korean" activities continue.

Express

Double bomb blasts kill three at Boston Marathon finish line

• At least three people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and 144 runners and spectators injured or maimed yesterday after two explosions hit the Boston Marathon.
• The simultaneous blasts occurred approximately several hundred feet apart near the finish line of the race, for which 374 Britons were registered as competitors.
• The boy who was killed, Martin Richard, was waiting for his father to finish the marathon. His mother and a sister are in the hospital with “grievous injuries”.

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