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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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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Monitors raise fraud concerns in Russia polls
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Using Twitter and other social networks, some of the tens of thousands of volunteers monitoring Russia's polls Sunday posted evidence of alleged violations on the Internet and cast doubt on the legitimacy of the vote.Election officials denied any significant fraud in the preside
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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Khamenei allies trounce Ahmadinejad in Iran election
TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Loyalists of Iran's paramount clerical leader have won over 75 percent of seats inparliamentary elections, a near-complete count showed, largely reducing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a lame duck in a contest between conservative hardline factions.The outcome of Friday's
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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Death toll in Polish train wreck climbs to 16
SZCZEKOCINY, Poland (AFP) -- Rescue workers Sunday combed the wreckage of a head-on train crash in southern Poland as the death toll climbed to 16, with scores wounded in the country's worst rail disaster since 1990."People from across Poland and citizens from other countries suffered in the ca
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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Saint's ancient heart stolen from Dublin cathedral
DUBLIN (AP) -- Somewhere in Ireland, a burglar has the heart of a saint.Officials at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin say they're distraught and perplexed over the theft of the church's most precious relic: the preserved heart of St. Laurence O'Toole.O'Toole was Dublin's archbishop from 1162 t
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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S&P cuts Nokia, outlook negative
HELSINKI (AFP) ― Standard and Poor’s downgraded mobile phone giant Nokia’s rating by a notch, blaming especially the Finnish company’s difficulties in defending its smartphone market share.S&P cut Nokia’s long-term corporate credit rating to “BBB-” from “BBB,” with a negative outlook “reflecting the possibility of a further downgrade in the next two years,” if the companies margins remain too weak and its cash holdings decrease too much, the ratings agency said in a statement.“The rating action
World BusinessMarch 4, 2012
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Obama pushes for better auto mileage
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama says higher auto mileage standards set under his administration and better cars built by a resurgent U.S. auto industry will save money at the gas pump over the long term, a counterpoint to Republican criticism of his energy policy.In his weekly radio and online address Saturday, Obama said Detroit automakers are on track to build cars that average nearly 23 kilometers per liter by 2025, doubling current mileage standards.“That means folks will be able to
World BusinessMarch 4, 2012
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Volt production halted; 1,300 workers out of work
DALLAS (AP) ― General Motors Co. is suspending production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales. A GM spokesman said Friday that the company will shut down production of the Volt from March 19 until April 23, idling 1,300 workers at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. The Volt was rolled out with great fanfare in late 2010 but has since hit bumps in the road. Sales have fallen short of expectations, and its reputation was bruised by an investigation into a
World BusinessMarch 4, 2012
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Greece ratings cut by Moody’s
ATHENS (AP) ― The ratings agency Moody’s downgraded Greece to the lowest rating on its bond scale late Friday, following a deal with private investors that would see them ultimately lose an estimated 70 percent of their holdings in Greek debt. Moody’s lowered Greece’s sovereign rating to “C” from “Ca,” arguing that the risk of default remains high even a bond-swap deal with banks and other private investors, due to be completed this month, is successful. It said it would “re-assess the credit ri
World BusinessMarch 4, 2012
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European countries sign new fiscal treaty
BRUSSELS (AP) ― The leaders of 25 European countries on Friday signed a new treaty designed to prevent the 17 members of the eurozone from living beyond their means and avoid a repeat of the region’s crippling debt crisis.The leaders hope the rules for budget discipline set out in the accord, known as the fiscal compact, will also lead to closer political and economic integration in the eurozone.“It will bring us, as it were, the economic and monetary union that is finally walking on two legs,”
World BusinessMarch 4, 2012
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Muslim Brother picked to lead new Libya party
Libyan Islamists and independents on Saturday formed a new political party, electing as its leader a Muslim Brotherhood member who was a political prisoner under the regime of dead dictator Moammer Gadhafi.Mohammed Sawan, jailed for eight years under the ousted regime of Gadhafi who had outlawed political parties as an act of treason, was elected Justice and Construction party leader after a three-day conference in the capital.“I have real mixed feelings because I was imprisoned under Gadhafi fo
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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Obama warns both Iran and Israel, ‘I don’t bluff’
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that is what it takes to prevent the Islamic republic from developing a nuclear bomb. At the same time, he warned Israelis they would only make a bad situation worse if they moved pre-emptively against Iranian nuclear facilities.The double-barreled warning, in an interview published Friday, came before Obama’s high-stakes meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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China to up defense spending by 11.2% in 2012
BEIJING (AP) ― China said Sunday that it would boost its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases.Although the planned figure is less than last year’s 12.7 percent increase, China’s military leaders have said they are unhappy with recent moves by the Obama administration to increase the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Only twice since the early 1990s has the increase been less than double digits.National Peopl
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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China to up defense spending by 11.2 pct in 2012
China said Sunday that it would boost its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases.Although the planned figure is less than last year's 12.7 percent increase, China's military leaders have said they are unhappy with recent moves by
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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Four straight: Romney wins Washington caucus
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mitt Romney rolled to a double-digit victory in Washington state's Republican presidential caucuses, his fourth triumph in a row and a fresh show of strength in the run-up to 10 campaign contests being held all across America on Tuesday. Republican presidential candidate, former Ma
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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YouTube phenomenon has girls asking: Am I pretty?
Image grab from a "Am I pretty" video on YoutubeThe young girl shows off her big, comfy koala hat and forms playful hearts with her fingers as she drops the question on YouTube: “Am I pretty or ugly?”“A lot of people call me ugly, and I think I am ugly. I think I’m ugly, and fat,” she confesses in a
WorldMarch 4, 2012
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Death toll at 37 after tornadoes rage across US
Rescuers and residents searched house to house Saturday a day after tornadoes killed at least 37 people and injured hundreds, tearing across the US heartland and virtually wiping out communities.Even as stunned Americans grappled with the magnitude of the destruction brought by Friday's twisters, th
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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Chinese village gets rare taste of democracy
A Chinese village that rebelled against corrupt Communist leaders went to the polls Saturday in a contested election seen as a landmark for those seeking more democracy in the one-party state.The vote for the committee governing Wukan went ahead with official approval after a long campaign by local
World NewsMarch 4, 2012
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EU clears final hurdles to new Greek bailout
BRUSSELS (AFP) ― EU leaders cleared all but the final hurdles to an unprecedented new Greek bailout Thursday as they began debating ways to turn the page on the debt crisis and inject fresh life into strained economies.With recession returning to the eurozone after two years of austerity, EU president Herman Van Rompuy signaled the need for a new agenda arising out of a two-day European Union summit.“I’m not saying we are out of the rut but we have reached a turning-point in the crisis,” Van Rom
World BusinessMarch 2, 2012
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EU leaders endorse Serbian candidacy
BRUSSELS (AP) ― European Union leaders formally made Serbia a candidate for membership in the bloc, in a remarkable turnaround for a country considered a pariah just over a decade ago.Serbia had been widely expected to get EU candidacy in December after it captured two top war crimes suspects, but was disappointed when Germany delayed the move, saying it wanted to see more progress in talks with Kosovo.“We agreed tonight to grant Serbia the status of candidate country,” EU President Herman Van R
World NewsMarch 2, 2012
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Japan consumer prices fall again
Japan’s consumer prices fell for a fourth month, indicating the Bank of Japan may need to do more to counter deflation after expanding monetary easing. Consumer prices excluding fresh food dropped 0.1 percent in January from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said Friday in Tokyo. The median estimate was for a 0.2 percent decline, in a Bloomberg News survey of 28 economists. “The data reconfirm Japan’s deflation is deeply rooted,” said Masamichi Adachi, senior economist at JP Morgan Securitie
World BusinessMarch 2, 2012