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Man believed to be Kim Jong-il's grandson offers apology to NK people

PodcastOct 4, 2011

A young man assumed to be the 16-year-old grandson of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il apologized to his compatriots for their hunger in a 2007 YouTube posting seen by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. "...
Female hormonal contraception linked to higher HIV risk

PodcastOct 4, 2011

PARIS (AFP) -- Women who use hormonal birth control are roughly twice as likely to become infected with HIV or pass on the AIDS virus to their partner, according to a study published on Tuesday. The...
Apple expected to unveil new iPhone Tuesday

PodcastOct 4, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple fans are amped. The computer and gadget maker is expected to announce a new, more powerful version of its wildly popular smartphone this week _ more than a year after it u...
Italy appeals court clears Knox of murder

PodcastOct 4, 2011

PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- Amanda Knox left prison Monday, a free woman for the first time in four years, after an Italian appeals court threw out the young American’s murder conviction in the sexual ass...
Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide

PodcastOct 4, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Protests against Wall Street spread across the country Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, in a show...
Math genius refused to join prestigious academy

PodcastOct 4, 2011

Russia’s reclusive math genius Grigory Perelman has de facto refused to join the ranks of the Russian Academy of Sciences, local media reported. The St. Petersburg-based Steklov Institute of Mathema...
Scientist wins Nobel 3 days after cancer death

PodcastOct 4, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ralph Steinman, a pioneer in understanding how cells fight disease, tried to help his own immune system thwart his pancreatic cancer. Steinman survived until Friday. Three days late...
USFK to turn over soldier suspected of rape to S. Korean prosecutors

PodcastOct 3, 2011

A U.S. soldier, suspected of raping a South Korean teenage girl, is expected to be turned over to South Korean authorities this week, local law enforcement sources said Monday. The 21-year-old U.S. ...
Lawyer-turned-activist wins opposition-bloc ticket for Seoul mayoral race

PodcastOct 3, 2011

Lawyer-turned-activist Park Won-soon was picked as the unified opposition-bloc candidate to run in the upcoming Seoul mayoral by-election. The founder of the People's Solidarity for Participatory De...
Immune system discoveries earn Nobel in medicine

PodcastOct 3, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries about the immune system that opened new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses a...
Hand gestures replacing keys, power switches

PodcastOct 3, 2011

A Taiwanese scientist has developed technology that allows doors to be unlocked with just a wave of the hand rather than with traditional keys, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. A researcher at...
Number of mentally ill criminals to hit 2,000 this year

PodcastOct 3, 2011

The number of mentally ill criminals who have committed felonies such as murder is expected to rise to 2,000 this year, said a government report released on Monday. According to the report by the Na...
Body count grows in a South African murder mystery

PodcastOct 3, 2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- More than a year after the owner of a string of South African strip clubs was shot and killed, police are still chasing his killer. Now the recent deaths of men linked to Lolly J...
'Flying carpet' developed in U.S. lab

PodcastOct 3, 2011

A miniature "magic carpet" made of flexible conductive plastic and driven by electrical current has taken flight in a U.S. laboratory, researchers said. Researchers in Princeton University reported ...
Sumi Jo to visit Pyongyang in May

PodcastOct 2, 2011

Coloratura soprano shares her belief in power of music to help those in need The concert schedule of Grammy-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo is extremely tight. Successfully finishing the “Hyun...