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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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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Fears about debt send gold price to record
NEW YORK (AP) ― Gold’s reputation as a safe place for your money sent it above $1,600 for the first time.Investors are worried about debt problems on both sides of the Atlantic. So they bid gold up $12.30 an ounce Monday to settle at $1,602.40. That’s a record for the market price for gold, but below its 1980 peak after adjusting for inflation. An ounce of gold at that time cost $850, or about $2,
World BusinessJuly 19, 2011
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China’s military edge growing: Taiwan
TAIPEI (AP) ― Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China’s military advantage over the island is increasing, amid Beijing’s attempts to block foreign forces from intervening in a possible conflict.In its annual defense report, released Tuesday, the ministry says China’s declared 2010 defense expenditures of $77 billion dwarfed Taiwan’s $9 billion, but that the actual Chinese outlay may have exceeded $20
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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Iraq wants U.S. trainers, not troops, after 2011
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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U.N. draws DMZ for Cambodian, Thai troops
THE HAGUE (AP) ― The U.N.’s highest court Monday created a demilitarized zone around a 1,000-year-old temple on the disputed border between Cambodia and Thailand, and ordered the armed forces from both countries to withdraw.Both countries said they were satisfied with the ruling by the International Court of Justice, meant to end clashes that have claimed about 20 lives in the last three years and
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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Chavez will run in 2012 vote: aide
CARACAS (AP) ― An aide to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said Monday that there is no doubt the president will run for re-election next year despite his struggle with cancer.The remark by Finance Minister Jorge Giordani came as Chavez was in Cuba undergoing cancer treatment.“There’s no doubt he’s going to be there in the 2012 elections, and afterward for many more years,” Giordani said in an interv
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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More attacks as Petraeus hands over command
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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Top ten luxurious summer camps in America
Amid the increasing popularity of summer camps, the Daily Beast has introduced the top 10 most lavish programs.A program which costs $8,500 for a week topped the list, the site reported. The program called the “Equestrian Teen Tour of Russia,” covers trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg, horse riding education and other cultural activities including opera.Following was “Global Fellows in Social Ente
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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Phone-hacking whistleblower found dead
LONDON (AP) -- Police say Sean Hoare, the whistleblower reporter who alleged widespread hacking at the News of the World, has been found dead.Police said Hoare's death at his home in England was not considered to be suspicious, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.Hoare was quoted by The New York Times as saying that phone-hacking was widely used and even encouraged at the News of
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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Police: US teen killed parents, then had a party
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — A 17-year-old boy is accused of bludgeoning his parents with a hammer, then hosting dozens of friends for a party while their bodies lay in the bedroom, police said Monday.Tyler Hadley of Florida is charged with twin counts of first-degree murder in the deaths, which authorities say happened Saturday. He is being held without bond at a juvenile detention center and
World NewsJuly 19, 2011
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Several people killed in attack in Xinjiang police
BEIJING (AP) -- More than four people, including a policeman, were killed Monday when ``thugs'' took hostages and set a police station on fire in far western China, state media reported. No motive was cited, but the Xinjiang region has been the scene of past ethnic conflict.Armed Chinese paramilitary police officers are seen on guard in Urumqi.(AFP)The deaths happened after ``several thugs'' invad
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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Killing of adviser another blow to Afghan president
KABUL (AP) ― Gunmen strapped with explosives killed a close adviser to President Hamid Karzai and a member of parliament on Sunday in another insurgent strike against the Afghan leader’s inner circle.Jan Mohammed Khan was an adviser to Karzai on tribal issues and was close to the president, a fellow Pashtun.His killing, which the Taliban claimed responsibility for, came less than a week after the
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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Tables turn on Murdoch as scandal rocks his empire
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― To his many enemies, Rupert Murdoch is getting his comeuppance.Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers long have reveled in the misdeeds of others with salacious photos and pun-packed headlines. Now, one of the world’s most powerful media executives is learning what it’s like to be enveloped in his own scandal.“There is a feeling that Murdoch has been king of the world for too long and i
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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‘Global consumer confidence at lowest since late 2009’
World BusinessJuly 18, 2011
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What happens to markets if the U.S. defaults?
NEW YORK (AP) ― Time is running out for Washington to raise the country’s borrowing limit and avoid a default. Wall Street isn’t panicking yet. But if the unthinkable happens, a default could strike financial markets like an earthquake.“If we just get higher longer-term interest rates, we’d be lucky,” said John Briggs, Treasury strategist at the Royal Bank of Scotland.What might markets look like
World BusinessJuly 18, 2011
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Pressure rises for Greek debt buy-back, swap
World BusinessJuly 18, 2011
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Indonesia volcano unleashes biggest eruption
TOMOHON, Indonesia (AP) ― A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet (meters) into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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Syria forces besiege town after defections
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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Berlusconi faces hearings on bribery, sex crime
ROME (AFP) ― Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces trial hearings for bribery and paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl on Monday, as the Italian leader fights off growing unpopularity and financial woes.Berlusconi, 74, is a defendant in three ongoing trials.He had been due to attend one of them, the corruption hearing in which he stands accused of paying a bribe to his former British lawyer, Da
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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Chavez chemotherapy raises re-election doubts
World NewsJuly 18, 2011
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Ratings agencies under attack amid debt crisis
PARIS (AFP) - Ratings agencies are again under attack, with EU leaders objecting that Standard&Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings are an "oligopoly" which issues self-fulfilling prophecies of doom, greatly aggravating the eurozone debt crisis.The EU's Internal Markets Commissioner suggested a partial gag to prevent them from grading debt issued by EU economies being rescued with official funds.Ther
World BusinessJuly 18, 2011