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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Woman arrested for painting nails on plane
A California woman was arrested for allegedly cursing at a Southwest Airlines flight attendant who asked her to stop painting her nails, officials said.Jeanie Daniels of Burbank was detained for 10 hours after the Feb. 26 altercation, CBS News reported Tuesday.Daniels was en route from Los Angeles t
WorldMarch 7, 2012
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U.N. Security Council discusses possible new Syria resolution
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― Key U.N. Security Council members began discussing a possible new resolution Tuesday that demands an end to the violence in Syria, first by government forces and then by opposition fighters, in hopes of overcoming opposition from Russia and China.Russia and China have vetoed two previous council resolutions, saying they were unbalanced and only demanded that the government stop attacks, not the opposition. Moscow, which has taken the lead, accused Western powers of fueling
World NewsMarch 7, 2012
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Obama: Diplomacy can stop Iran from getting bomb
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that diplomacy can still resolve the crisis over Iran’s possible pursuit of nuclear weapons, and he accused his Republican critics of “beating the drums of war.”“Those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities,” Obama said. “They are not commander in chief.”Tension with Iran, and Obama’s preference for restraint, dominated his first full news conference of the year, held on the same day that Republican candidates for his job were contest
World NewsMarch 7, 2012
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Principal killed in Florida school shooting
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AFP) ― A gunman shot and killed a Florida high school principal Tuesday, before turning the weapon on himself in an apparent murder-suicide, officials and sources said.The Episcopal High School in Jacksonville said it was “deeply saddened” that head of school Dale Regan had been killed on Tuesday afternoon.“Our deepest sympathies are with her family and we ask for your support and prayers at this time,” the school said in a statement.Sources at the school said the shooter
World NewsMarch 7, 2012
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Police: Twins died long before being found
Patricia and Joan Miller were identical twins who pursued their dreams together. As a team, the Miller sisters met Bing Crosby, appeared on a TV show in the 1950s and purchased a house in California's picturesque South Lake Tahoe.Their shared life ended in a mysterious double death at their home. On
World NewsMarch 7, 2012
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India’s ruling Congress party loses key state poll
India’s governing Congress party was badly beaten in a key state election Tuesday, a sharp rebuke that could cripple the already embattled national government over the final two years of its term.With early returns showing Congress coming in fourth place in the Uttar Pradesh polls, party icon Rahul
World NewsMarch 7, 2012
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Romney wins 3 states; Gingrich wins Georgia
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential primaries in Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia. Newt Gingrich has won in his home state of Georgia.Voters across 10 states are choosing among the Republican candidates on Super Tuesday. Romney and Rick Santorum are in a close contes
World NewsMarch 7, 2012
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Tumor-causing chemical found in Coca-Cola, Pepsi, group says
U.S. regulators, reviewing an advocacy group’s complaint that a chemical used in colas causes tumors in animals, said there’s no immediate risk to consumers from the substance. A person would have to drink more than a thousand cans of soda in a day to match the doses administered in studies that showed links to cancer in rodents, Douglas Karas, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokesman, said in a statement. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer-health group in Washington,
World BusinessMarch 6, 2012
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China considers expanding yuan’s trading band
China may “appropriately” widen the yuan’s trading band to better reflect market supply and demand, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan. Zhou said the yuan has gradually met the requirements to become more of a free-floating currency, Xinhua reported. As China improves its industrial structure and gradually reduces its trade surplus, the yuan is now moving “very close” to a “balanced level,” Xinhua reported in English, citing Zhou. The
World BusinessMarch 6, 2012
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Greek euro exit would be ‘a disaster’
VIENNA (AFP) ― A Greek exit from the eurozone would be “a disaster” for the Greek people, European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso told Tuesday’s edition of Austria’s Die Presse newspaper.“For the Greek people, it would be a disaster. We know what happened to the people of Latin America when they went bust,” he said.It would also have dire consequences for other eurozone members, “it would provoke a domino effect,” he added. “And it would then be likely we’d have to increase aid given to oth
World BusinessMarch 6, 2012
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Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) ― Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they’ve removed the top 5 centimeters of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons.One down, tens of thousands to go. And since wind and rain spread radiation easily, even this yard may need to be dug up again.The work is part of a monumental task: a costly and uncertain effort by Japan to try to make radiation-contaminated communities inhabitable again
World NewsMarch 6, 2012
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Romney wins Ohio, 4 other Super Tuesday states
Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, laughs with him as he speaks at a town hall meeting at Taylor Winfield in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday. (AP-Yonhap News)Mitt Romney has squeezed out a win in the pivotal Ohio primary after capturing four other
World NewsMarch 6, 2012
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Obama to host G8 summit in May
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama will host leaders of the G8 club of rich nations on May 18-19 at his Camp David retreat instead of in his hometown of Chicago, the White House said Monday.Obama still plans to host NATO leaders and partners in Chicago on May 20-21 for a summit that is shaping up as crucial to plans to transition international forces out of Afghanistan.The White House said in a statement that it had been decided to move the G8 summit to Camp David, which features plu
World NewsMarch 6, 2012
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Report raises alarm over Laos monkey farms
Thousands of monkeys are being held in overcrowded and barren farms in Laos and sold for international laboratory research, according to a report from a British animal protection group. Laos has exported nearly 35,000 long-tailed macaques since 2004 as part of a fast-growing trade in
World NewsMarch 6, 2012
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Egyptian lawmaker out by a nose
A lawmaker from Egypt‘s most conservative Islamist party resigned from parliament after he was caught lying to cover up a nose job, claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from a carjacking and beating.Parliament member Anwar al-Balkimy represented the Al-Nour party, whose members known as Salafis follow a strict interpretation of Islam that forbids cosmetic surgery as meddling in God’s work.The party said Monday that he had resigned and Al-Nour was forced to issue an embarrassin
World NewsMarch 6, 2012
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Record to die for: man kills self in attempt for burial-alive record
A man who buried himself trying to break a local record for longest time spent being buried alive has died, BBC and other sources reported Sunday.According to police, 24-year-old Sri Lankan Janaka Basnayake voluntarily walked into his three-meter-deep “grave” sealed with wood and oil with the help o
World NewsMarch 6, 2012
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Cotton soars on India export ban
Cotton prices soared Monday after India banned exports of the fiber, which may send more buyers to the United States for supplies.Cotton for May delivery rose 4 cents to finish at 92.23 cents per pound. It still is less than half what it was a year ago when shrinking global inventories and stronger demand sent prices over $2 per pound.India, the world’s second-largest exporter of cotton, said that it has halted new export sales of cotton and any cotton that has been sold but not shipped also wil
World BusinessMarch 6, 2012
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Seaweed seen as alternate fuel source
With much valuable farmland being used to produce bioethanol, the search for biofuel should turn to the world's oceans and to seaweed, Israeli researchers say.Scientists at Tel Aviv University said marine macroalgae, common seaweed, can be grown more quickly than land-based crops and harvested as fu
PodcastMarch 6, 2012
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Key investors sign up for Greek bond swap
12 of biggest investors in Greek debt will participate in crucial bond swap dealBRUSSELS (AP) ― A dozen banks, insurers and investment funds holding Greece’s bonds will participate in a massive debt relief plan for the country, the group representing the private creditors said Monday as the deadline for the deal draws near. The statement from the Institute of International Finance comes amid concern that not enough investors will voluntarily swap their Greek government bonds for new ones with a
World BusinessMarch 6, 2012
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Ex-Iceland P.M. on trial for role in banking crisis
Former premier Geir Haarde said Monday he could not be held responsible for the collapse of Iceland‘s banks in 2008 as he became the first politician to be tried in connection with the global financial crisis.“I reject all accusations, and believe there is no basis for them,” Haarde, 60, told the court in a calm and confident voice as he took the stand.Haarde, who headed the right-leaning Independence Party and was prime minister from mid-2006 to early 2009 when his coalition was ousted amid pub
World NewsMarch 6, 2012