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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Shooting victim Giffords returns for U.S. debt vote
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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DiCaprio, Depp top list of best-paid actors
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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Israel P.M. ready to discuss border ‘package’: official
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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EU to put additional sanctions on Syria
EU, Washington condemn deadly crackdown during the month of RamadanBRUSSELS (AP) ― The European Union expanded its sanctions against Syria on Monday, imposing asset freezes and travel bans against five more military and government officials.The EU decision brings the number of individuals targeted b
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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Cuba vows to change migratory restrictions
HAVANA (AP) ― Cuba is working to overhaul migratory rules that were enacted decades ago out of necessity but have become anachronistic today, President Raul Castro told lawmakers and the nation Monday at the close of the island’s parliament.The session was closely watched for new details of economic
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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Fears of far-right rise in Greece
ATHENS (AP) ― They descended by the hundreds ― black-shirted, bat-wielding youths chasing down dark-skinned immigrants through the streets of Athens and beating them senseless in an unprecedented show of force by Greece’s far-right extremists.In Greece, alarm is rising that the twin crises of financ
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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Teens face death threat for forbidden love in Afghanistan
An Afghan teen couple is facing death threats from their families for trying to marry outside of their different ethnic groups, the New York Times reported. Traditionally, Afghans marry partners chosen by their parents from the same ethnic group. The boy was an ethnic Tajik while the girl was part o
World NewsAug. 2, 2011
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Intern blackmails boss for not offering permanent position
A Japanese woman was reportedly arrested for threatening her boss by sending hate messages, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday.The blackmailer Yamazaki Rinako, 21, had allegedly sent the word “to kill” about 10,000 times to her employer’s cellphone.She had sent 22 messages, which included the word 517
Aug. 2, 2011
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U.S. House passes bill to avoid default
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed bitterly fought, compromise legislation Monday night that would prevent a U.S. default on its obligations but at a cost of deep cuts in government spending.U.S. President Barack Obama. (AP-Yonhap News)The measure still must
World BusinessAug. 1, 2011
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British Royal Zara Phillips weds Rugby star Mark Tindall
Cars containing members of Britain's Royal Family head towards Holyrood Palace from Canongate Kirk after the wedding of Britain's Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips to England rugby player Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland Saturday, July 30 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)Britain'
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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A Libyan rebel faction unmasked as Gadhafi men
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― Libyan rebel leaders said Sunday their forces hunted down and clashed with supporters of Moammar Gadhafi who had been posing as rebel fighters to infiltrate the opposition’s eastern stronghold. The overnight battle killed four from each side and added to a sense of crisis with
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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Buenos Aires mayor wins re-election in landslide
BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― Buenos Aires’s conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri won re-election Sunday by a wide margin over the candidate backed by Argentina’s left-of-center president.With 97 percent of the ballots counted, Macri had 64 percent of the votes in the runoff election to 36 percent for Sen. Danie
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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‘Top Juarez cartel figure captured’
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last year’s slayin
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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Mexico says a top Juarez cartel figure captured
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last year's slayin
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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Chimpanzee bottle feeds tiger cubs
At the Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, a 2-and-half-year-old male Chimpanzee named Dodo has been feeding a tiger cub every day for more than a year.At this Thai zoo located in Bangkok, Dodo picked up the habit when trainers wanted to challenge the chimp.The 35-year-old trainer Sirinaj taught D
Aug. 1, 2011
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Insanity ruling not likely in Norway
Norway (AP) -- It's unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press. A boy lea
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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China blames Pakistan-trained militants for attack
BEIJING (AP) -- China on Monday blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan for an attack that killed six civilians in one of the most troubled ethnic regions where police later fatally shot five suspects.Sunday's attack raised the death toll from weekend violence in the Silk Road city of Kashgar i
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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Syrian army kills 100 in Hama crackdown: activists
DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Syrian forces killed nearly 140 people on Sunday including at least 100 when the army stormed the flashpoint protest city of Hama to crush dissent on the eve of Ramadan, activists said.Activists said it was one of deadliest days in Syria since demonstrators first took to the street
World NewsAug. 1, 2011
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Obama, Congress reach a debt deal
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached historic agreement Sunday night on a compromise to permit vital U.S. borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts.Officials said Republican Speaker John Boeh
World NewsAug. 1, 2011