U.S. Proposes Tough New Sanctions On North Korea — With China's Support Plus 4 More Stories

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Parallels U.S. Proposes Tough New Sanctions On North Korea — With China's Support Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says the proposed U.N. Security Council resolution "is nearly unprecedented in many respects and the toughest ... in more than two decades." Read this story Shots - Health News With CDC Help, Puerto Rico Aims To Get Ahead Of Zika So far, the U.S. territory has reported 117 Zika cases, including five pregnant women. But health officials say the real test will come when April and May rains bring more mosquitoes. Read this story Goats and Soda Living In A Camp By A Ruined City, They're Strangers In Their Own Land U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is urging both sides in the South Sudanese civil war to resolve their differences. In the meantime, some 2 million people are living in limbo in the brutalized nation. Read this story Politics Will High Tide Of Primary Voter Turnout Float Republicans In November? More Republicans have voted in early primary states than ever before, while Democratic turnout has dropped off from 2008's historic numbers. But that might not equal success in November for the GOP. Read this story The Two-Way 'Cessation Of Hostilities' Scheduled To Begin In Syria But it's unclear whether the various sides agree to all the terms. Many rebels are skeptical that the truce will have any effect on Syria's raging 5-year-old war. Read this story

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