"North Koreans call them rubber band statistics," he said, in a nod toward Pyongyang's flexibility with the truth. "It's hard even for North Korea to know its own numbers."
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Religious group members charged over alleged murder of 8-year-old girl in Australia
A still from video footage showing the arrest of members of a religious group in Queensland, Australia, over the death of an 8-year-old girl.
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