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BANGKOK – Thailand’s military-appointed legislature voted on Friday to impeach the former commerce minister and his deputy for alleged corruption in a rice deal the nation’s graft watchdog said was bogus. Members of the National Legislative Assembly voted overwhelmingly to impeach former Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and deputy Commerce Minister …

UNITED NATIONS – A spokesman says the U.N. secretary-general had a brief meeting with the head of North Korea’s parliament when both were in Moscow over the weekend. Ban Ki-moon’s deputy spokesman, Farhan Haq, told reporters Monday that no details would be released from that meeting. Ban is South Korean …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian officials say dozens of people were injured when a bomb exploded at a training base used by the Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the territory. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said “dozens of people were injured, several of them seriously,” without providing precise …