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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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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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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Public backlash against division of Gyeonggi Province under 'corny' name
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Egypt vows to get tougher after violence
A relative of one of the Copts killed during clashes with the Egyptian army mourns over his coffin in Cairo on Monday (AP-Yonhap News)Activists enraged by army’s apparent attempt to use crisis to extend ruleCAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s ruling military on Monday condemned a surge in deadly violence as an at
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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‘Thinking’ robot unveiled in Japan
TOKYO (AFP) ― Robots that learn from experience and can solve novel problems ― just like humans ― sound like science fiction.But a Japanese researcher is working on making them science fact, with machines that can teach themselves to perform tasks they have not been programmed to do, using objects t
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Judge sets $1 million bond in US fetal abduction
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 33, faces one co
Oct. 11, 2011
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Website: Iranian actress faces jail, lashing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An Iranian opposition website says an Iranian actress has been sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes for appearing in a movie critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies.The Kalameh.com site said Monday that Marzieh Vafamehr’s attorney has appealed
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Woman gives birth after running Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (AP) -- Amber Miller says she felt contractions minutes after crossing the Chicago Marathon finish line.A few hours after completing the 42-kilometer race Sunday, the suburban Chicago woman gave birth to her daughter, June.Amber Miller, of Westchester, Ill., holds her baby at Central DuPage
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Americans Sargent, Sims share economics Nobel
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such as interest rates and government spending. Thomas Sargent (right) and Christ
CultureOct. 10, 2011
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GM China sales up 15.3% in September
SHANGHAI (AFP) ― U.S. auto giant General Motors said Monday its sales in China jumped 15.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 240,244 units, despite government moves to phase out incentives for buyers.In the first nine months of the year, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1.89 million
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Japan offers 10,000 foreigners free trips
TOKYO (AFP) ― Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfare to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry, which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday.The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask would-be travelers to submit online applications f
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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GM China sales up 15.3% in September
SHANGHAI (AFP) ― U.S. auto giant General Motors said Monday its sales in China jumped 15.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 240,244 units, despite government moves to phase out incentives for buyers.In the first nine months of the year, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1.89 million
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Japan offers 10,000 foreigners free trips
TOKYO (AFP) ― Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfare to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry, which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday.The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask would-be travelers to submit online applications f
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Chile students reject resuming negotiations
SANTIAGO (AP) ― Chilean student groups that have been protesting more than five months to demand the government improve education have refused the president’s request to resume negotiations and say they won’t go back to class.A confederation of 36 student groups at Chile’s 25 state universities made
World NewsOct. 10, 2011
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Taiwanese leader marks centenary
TAIPEI (AP) ― Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is urging Beijing to pursue democracy and respect his island’s self-governance as both sides marked the centennial of a revolution that ended 2,000 years of imperial rule in China.Ma said Monday that China should “move bravely” toward freedom and democr
World NewsOct. 10, 2011
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12 Chinese sailors killed by gang
BEIJING (AP) ― Twelve Chinese crew members on two boats plying the Mekong River were killed by suspected drug traffickers who hijacked their ships to smuggle speed pills, news reports said Monday.The China Daily newspaper said that the boats were hijacked last Wednesday and that the bodies were foun
World NewsOct. 10, 2011
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Quartet to resume Palestine talks
BRUSSELS (AP) ― An international group of envoys will contact the Israelis and the Palestinians shortly to try to restart Mideast peace talks on hold since 2008.Envoys from the Quartet ― the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia ― met Sunday in Brussels to hash out a strat
World NewsOct. 10, 2011
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Thousands take Wall Street protest to NYC park
Police arrest a protester on New York's Brooklyn Bridge during a march by Occupy Wall Street, as protesters speaking out against corporate greed and the gap between the rich and the poor attempted to walk over the bridge from Manhattan, resulting in the arrest of more than 700 during a tense confron
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Syria: Don’t recognize opposition
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syria’s foreign minister warned the international community Sunday not to recognize a new umbrella council formed by the opposition, threatening “tough measures” against any country that does so.Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem did not specify what measures Damascus might take. But he
World NewsOct. 10, 2011
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Sinopec to acquire Canada’s Daylight Energy for $2.1b
China Petrochemical Corp., the country’s biggest refiner, agreed to buy Daylight Energy Ltd. for about CA$2.2 billion ($2.11 billion) in cash to add oil and gas assets in Canada. The offer of CA$10.08 a share from China Petrochemical, known as Sinopec, is more than double Daylight’s closing price of
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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How bad can it get if the U.S. falls into recession?
NEW YORK (AP) ― Are investors overreacting to the prospect of a recession?The slightly better jobs report on Friday notwithstanding, the odds of a recession appear to be climbing, and that’s bringing back scary memories. Though stocks may look cheap thanks to record corporate profits, that was also
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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China sees higher quality at lower prices in H.K.
Pan Jingdan traveled more than 40 miles to shop in Hong Kong during China’s Golden Week holiday. Unlike the thousands of Chinese tourists who lined up outside luxury goods stores, she stuffed her bags with shampoo, cosmetics and Unilever’s Dove shower gel. “It’s so much cheaper here, especially if y
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Libya oil chief optimistic on output
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ― Libya’s oil production stands at about 25 percent of its prewar levels but could return to an output of 1.6 million barrels per day in about 15 months, the country’s oil chief said Sunday.The OPEC country’s output all but stopped during the months of fighting to oust Moammar Ga
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011