North Korea warned Saturday that the US will "pay dearly" if it relists Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism following the murder of leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother in Malaysia last month.
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South Korean and Japanese media, citing diplomatic sources Nationals Derek Norris Jersey , have since reported that the US has been mulling placing the North back on its terror list, which includes Iran and Syria.
"The US will keenly realise how dearly it has to pay for its groundless accusations against the dignified" North if it relists it, the foreign ministry spokesman told state-run newswire KCNA.
The spokesman maintained that Pyongyang opposed "all forms of terrorism" and accused the US of trying to tarnish its reputation.
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The North has denied any involvement in Kim Jong-Nam's murder, accusing the South, the US and Malaysia of a "smear campaign".
The only North Korean to have been detained, Ri Jong Chol, was released this week due to lack of evidence.
Ri has denied any role in the assassination and accused of Malaysian police trying to frame him with "fabricated evidence" to defame the North.
ISTANBUL, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Saturday blasted the Dutch denial of his entry by air as a "scandal from every angle and unacceptable," while another Turkish minister decided to enter the Netherlands by land amid a worsening diplomatic row.
"The move would not remain unrequited," the top Turkish envoy told reporters in Istanbul. "This is the most extreme point in diplomacy."
Earlier in the day, the Dutch government revoked landing permission for the plane carrying Cavusoglu, just hours before his scheduled flight to the Dutch city of Rotterdam.
The minister went ahead with his plan to address the Turkish there to garner their votes in a referendum on Turkey switching to a presidential system, despite a Dutch call to the contrary.
Cavusoglu also accused the Netherlands of taking an "apparent" side in the April 16 referendum in Turkey.
Speaking to CNN Turk before his departure to the Netherlands, the minister threatened the northern European country with harsh economic and political sanctions in case he was not allowed in.
Meanwhile, Turkey's Minister of Family and Social Policies Betul Sayan Kaya, who is currently in Germany, decided to travel to Rotterdam by land in the face of a flight ban, Turkish media reported.
According to Ulusal TV channel, the Dutch authorities closed the road leading to the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam following Kaya's announcement.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party who opposes an executive presidency in Turkey, denounced as "wrong" the Dutch government's move, voicing support for sanctions against the Netherlands.
"Turkey can impose all kind of sanctions," Kilicdaroglu was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu Agency. "This is Turkey's right."
"The Netherlands should now think about how their planes will land in Turkey," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said soon after the flight ban, adding that "they are the Nazi remnants, fascists."
Turkey is already embroiled in a row with Germany over a similar ban on rallies, which has chilled their bilateral ties to a new low. Enditem
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As no complaint was made following a gazette notification of theBangladeshi government published in June, there is now no hurdle toregister Hilsa as a product of Bangladesh, a Bangladeshi IndustriesMinistry official told Xinhua Tuesday.
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He said the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks underthe Industries Ministry later this month will hand over the GIcertificate to the Department of Fisheries.
According to the WIPO, GI is a sign used on products that have aspecific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputationthat are due to that origin.
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Hilsa fish is also found in India, Myanmar Nationals Adam Eaton Jersey , Pakistan, Oman andBahrain, but about 75 percent of the fish is caught in Bangladesh,some 15 percent in Myanmar and 5 percent in India and 5 percent inother countries.
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