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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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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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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Murder of mayor deals new setback to Karzai
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) ― An assassin struck at the heart of President Hamid Karzai’s political machine in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing the mayor of Kandahar with an exploding turban and deepening a power vacuum in the Taliban’s main stronghold.The slaying of Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi was the third killing of a Karzai associate in a little more than two weeks. The attacks have jeopa
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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‘Putin considers Kremlin return’
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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Norway agrees security review after killings
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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China says equipment flaws caused train crash
BEIJING (AP) -- Design flaws in signal equipment and human error caused last weekend's high-speed train crash in China that killed at least 39 people, a railway official said Thursday.The preliminary finding comes in the face of public anger about the government's handling of the accident near Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Relatives of the victims in Saturday's train crash talk to the media as the
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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Man charged of sexual assault of 93-year-old
An American nursing assistant had been charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault of a 93-year-old patient suffering from dementia.Robert Phelan Jr., 56, was allegedly witnessed by another staff member while having inappropriate contact with the victim at Lexington Health Care, Illinois. Phelan had been working at the facility for less than two weeks.Aggravated criminal sexual assault is refe
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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Man who can guess time could carry Olympic torch
Fans dedicated a Facebook group to a local celebrity to make him the town’s official Olympic torch bearer, according to reports. Gordon Roberts from Bournemouth, England, is getting the support of 4,500 people who plan to nominate him as their “inspirational member of the community.” With his trademark white beard, scarf and jacket, the 82-year-old is known as a “big part of the comm
July 28, 2011
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Man charged of sexual assault of abusing 93 years-old
An American nursing assistant had been charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault of a 93-year-old patient suffering from dementia.Robert Phelan Jr., 56, was allegedly witnessed by another staff member while having inappropriate contact with the victim at Lexington Health Care, Illinois. Phelan had been working at the facility for less than two weeks.Aggravated criminal sexual assault is refe
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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'Knights Templar' says no Norway tie: AP
LONDON (AP) _ Before he carried out the attacks that killed scores of people in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik wrote of his allegiance to the Knights Templar, which he described as a secret society created to carry out a crusade against Islam in Europe.While law enforcement agencies said they had never heard of the group, a man named Paul Ray, who writes an anti-Muslim blog called ``Lionheart,'' h
World NewsJuly 28, 2011
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Delay in debt plan vote stokes uncertainty
World BusinessJuly 27, 2011
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Ostrich meat fails to ease North Korea food shortage
SUNAN, North Korea (AP) ― It’s an unlikely sight: hundreds of ostriches, a bird native to sunny Africa, squatting and squabbling in the morning chill on a sprawling farm in North Korea. Even stranger: In winter, some wear quilted vests.Built on the heels of a 1990s famine, the ostrich farm was a bold, expensive investment that the state hoped would help feed its people and provide goods to export.
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Morocco plane crash kills 80, no survivors
RABAT (AFP) ― A military transport plane slammed into a mountainside in bad weather in southern Morocco on Tuesday, killing all 80 people on board, hospital and military sources said.King Mohammed VI announced three days of national mourning following the crash, one of the deadliest in the country’s history.The army said 78 people were killed on the spot after the Hercules C-130 crashed on the edg
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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NATO bombing must stop before talks: Lybia
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Kosovo police units wait near blockades set up by Kosovo Serbs on the Leposavic-Mitrovica road on Tuesday. AFP-Yonhap News
PRISTINA (AP) ― Kosovo’s Prime Minister has defended an order for his special police to take control of two contested border crossings with Serbia, saying it was “the right decision” despite condemnation from the European Union.Hashim Thaci said the operation in which a member of the police unit died and four others were slightly injured was a “concrete step in establishing the rule of law” in the
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Chinese Couple accused of selling children for gaming
A Chinese couple is being accused for selling their children so that they could play video games at internet cafes, according to reports.Li Lin and Li Juan, who first met at an Internet café in 2007, decided to sell their second child, daughter, for 3,000 yuan (about $500).After spending their earnings, the couple sold their first child, a son, for 30,000 yuan. When their third son was born, the p
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Terrorist wanted to meet S.Korean president
The Norwegian mass murderer wished to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak along with other global leaders, according to reports.Anders Behring Breivick included President Lee on the list of global leaders that he want to meet in his 1,518 page document entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.” He mentioned the Pope and Putin, and other global leaders such as Geert Wilders and
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage
OSLO, Norway (AP) _ When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.Instead, Delta Force police officers made the 25-mile (40-kilometer) journey by car _ they have no helicopter _ then had to be rescued by a civilian craft when their boat broke down as it tried to navigate a one-minu
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Norway victims reflect diversity suspect despised
OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young man whose last phone conversation with his father broke off with the words, ``Dad, someone is shooting.''All were among the 76 victims of Friday's bombing in downtown Oslo and the island summer-camp shooting spree t
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Norway suspect revealed nothing
OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting that killed 76 people in Norway sees himself as ``some kind of savior'' and is likely insane, his attorney said Tuesday, though the lawyer said he did not know whether he would use an insanity defense.Geir Lippestad told The Associated Press in an interview that his client, Anders Behring Breivik, is unaware of the impact of the atta
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Norway victim's father recounts last words
OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The father of a victim of the Norway massacre said Tuesday his son was full of love for people and for the outdoors _ and the young man's last words to him were ``Dad, someone is shooting.''Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief
World NewsJuly 27, 2011
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Norway suspect's lawyer warns gunman may be 'insane'
OSLO (AFP) -- The lawyer for the Norwegian gunman who has claimed responsibility for killing 76 people in twin attacks last week said Tuesday that everything about his client's case indicates he is "insane.” "This whole case indicates that he's insane," Geir Lippestad told journalists of Anders Behring Breivik, adding that a medical evaluation would take place to establish his psychiatric condit
World NewsJuly 26, 2011