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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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S&P puts 15 eurozone countries on credit watch
BRUSSELS (AP) _ Standard & Poor's threatened Monday to downgrade the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries, piling pressure on the currency union's leaders to take radical steps to resolve their debt crisis at a summit later this week.The decision to put 15 eurozone countries _ including AAA-rating
World BusinessDec. 6, 2011
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WikiLeaks' Assange can continue extradition fight
LONDON (AP) — A British court Monday gave WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.The decision means Assange does not face immediate deportation. British judges said Assange could apply to the Supreme C
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Honda prays for disaster-free U.S. rebound
Honda Motor Co. says replenished vehicle inventory and new Honda and Acura models planned for the next 24 months will spur a U.S. sales rebound next year after natural disasters dashed its 2011 goals. Honda’s loss of some North American output in October and November due to parts shortages caused by floods in Thailand led to it being the only large automaker to post a U.S. sales decline last month as total sales jumped 14 percent. That came after six months of declines resulting from reduced aut
World BusinessDec. 5, 2011
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Italy backs austerity as EU races to save euro
ROME (AFP) ― Italy kicked off a crucial week of economic diplomacy for the future of the euro with a draconian austerity package of cuts, taxes and pension reforms to be presented to parliament on Monday.The cabinet gave its go ahead to the crisis-busting plan on Sunday estimating that it would save 30 billion euros ($40.3 billion) but warning that it would not prevent the economy from slipping back into recession next year.“This is a decree to save Italy,” Prime Minister Mario Monti told report
World BusinessDec. 5, 2011
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Putin's party barely hangs onto its majority
MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party saw its majority in Russia's parliament weaken sharply, according to preliminary results released Monday, a humiliating setback for the man who has steadily tightened his grip on the nation for nearly 12 years.Some opposition politicians and
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Pakistani Taliban splintering into factions
ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Battered by Pakistani military operations and U.S. drone strikes, the once-formidable Pakistani Taliban has splintered into more than 100 smaller factions, weakened and is running short of cash, according to security officials, analysts and tribesmen from the insurgent heartland.The group, allied with al-Qaida and based in the northwest close to the Afghan border, has been behind much of the violence tearing apart Pakistan over the last 4 1/2 years. Known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Muted hopes for major Afghanistan conference
BONN (AFP) ― A major international conference here Monday will seek a way forward for Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014 but the boycott of two crucial players has dampened hopes of success.The one-day gathering brings around 100 national delegations and aid organizations to the former German capital Bonn, 10 years after another meeting here put an interim Afghan government in place after the Taliban’s ouster.“We will not forget Afghanistan after 2014,” German Foreign
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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U.S. spy drone shot down, Iran claims
Tehran warns of retaliation against violation of its airspace; Washington denies drone was downedTEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along the country’s eastern border, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.An unidentified military official quoted in the report warned of a strong and crushing response to any violations of the country’s airspace by American drone aircraft.“An advanced RQ-170 unmanned American spy plan
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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In Iowa, Gingrich streaks past Romney
WASHINGTON (AP) ― With businessman Herman Cain gone from the Republican presidential race, Newt Gingrich luxuriated in good polling news over the weekend ― two key surveys showing him well ahead of main challenger Mitt Romney in the fast-approaching Iowa caucuses.Voters in the Midwestern state will vote in local caucus meetings on Jan. 3, the first-in-the-nation contests that choose delegates to the Republican national convention next September in Tampa, Florida, that will formally name Presiden
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Supermarket boss to run euro member Slovenia
LJUBLJANA (AFP) ― Fresh from a surprise election victory, Zoran Jankovic aimed Monday to get down to business and turn Slovenia around the same way he once did as boss of the euro member’s largest supermarket chain.But whether the same skills that made Jankovic a millionaire and got him elected twice as Ljubljana’s mayor will enable him to soothe investor concerns about a slowing economy and a growing debt pile is uncertain, analysts said.“Today Jankovic can drink champagne,” Vlado Miheljak, pol
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Hundreds gather for Singapore 'SlutWalk' protest
SINGAPORE (AP) _ Hundreds of people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest sexual violence against women as part of the global ``SlutWalk'' movement, in a rare public demonstration in the tightly controlled city state.The event featured live music, speeches and a women's Muay Thai mart
Dec. 5, 2011
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Saudi report claims women at wheel will have sex
This file image made from video released by Change.org, shows a Saudi Arabian woman driving a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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84-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK
NEW YORK (AP) — An 84-year-old New York grandmother said Saturday she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner.Lenore Zimmerman said she was taken to a private room and made to take off her pa
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Putin's party losing support in parliamentary vote
MOSCOW (AP) _ Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia's parliamentary election, results showed Monday, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade.Rival parties and election monitors said even a re
World NewsDec. 5, 2011
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Herman Cain ends 2012 presidential bid
ATLANTA (AP) ― A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.The Georgia businessman condemned the accusations as “false and unproven’’ but said they had been hurtful to his family, particularly his wife, Gloria, and were drowning out his ability to deliver h
World NewsDec. 4, 2011
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Army defectors complicate Syria uprising
BEIRUT (AP) ― Nearly nine months into the Syrian uprising, many protesters are pinning their hopes on an increasingly bold group of army defectors to give their revolution a fighting chance against President Bashar Assad’s fiercely loyal forces.But as the Free Syrian Army gains power, the defectors could make it harder for the West to give strong diplomatic support to a movement that so far has been largely peaceful. The FSA also could give the regime an excuse to crack down even more strongly,
World NewsDec. 4, 2011
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SAP to pay $3.4b for SuccessFactors
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― SAP said Saturday it is paying $3.4 billion to acquire SuccessFactors, a software company specializing in human resources tasks. It is the latest move in the escalating rivalry between SAP and Oracle Corp., and underscores the increased interest in technology companies that deliver software over the Internet, or in the so-called “cloud.”The deal calls for subsidiary SAP America Inc. to pay $40 per share in cash for SuccessFactors. That is a 52 percent premium over SuccessFac
World BusinessDec. 4, 2011
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Honda recalls globally for air bag problems
TOKYO (AP) ― Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths.Honda said there have been 20 accidents so far related to the problem, including two deaths in the U.S. in 2009.The Japanese automaker announced the recall Friday, which affects the Accord, Civic, Odyssey, Pilot, CR-V and other models manufactured in 2001 and 2002.The recall spans 273,000 vehicles in
World BusinessDec. 4, 2011
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Facebook to hire thousands, open N.Y. office
NEW YORK (AP) ― Facebook will open an engineering center in New York City early next year, its first such office outside the West Coast, the social network giant announced Friday.Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg joined elected officials for the announcement at Facebook’s existing New York office on Madison Avenue. Sandberg would not say how many people Facebook would hire in New York, only that the company plans to add “thousands” worldwide in coming years.Sandberg said the company will s
World BusinessDec. 4, 2011
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ECB set to cut rates again as crisis deepens
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― The European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rates for the second time in two months next week as EU leaders battle to find a solution to the long-running debt crisis.The ECB’s decision-making governing council is holding its last monthly interest-rate meeting this year on Thursday, the same day as European Union leaders gather in Brussels to find ways out of a crisis that is threatening the very existence of the single currency.Many governments and analysts se
World BusinessDec. 4, 2011