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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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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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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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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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British government, police under pressure over Murdoch links
LONDON (AFP) -- The British government and police faced fresh pressure over their ties to Rupert Murdoch on Saturday as the media mogul published apologies in national newspapers over the phone hacking scandal.A day after Murdoch lost two of his most senior executives, the crisis returned to haunt the British establishment with new allegations about the close ties between the media baron's empire
World NewsJuly 17, 2011
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Long-lost love letter finally finds recipient
CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania (AP) _ Much has happened in the 53 years since Vonnie sent Clark the letter, wondering why he hadn't called before going back to college.They married later that year. He graduated. They had four children.They divorced. And he changed his name.And, at last, the letter is wending its way to Clark _ that is, Muhammad Siddeeq _ who awaits its arrival with mixed emotions.``I'm
July 17, 2011
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British police hunt suspected hospital killer
LONDON (AFP) - British police were on Saturday hunting a suspected hospital killer after the unexplained deaths of three patients, in a case with echoes of the notorious nurse Beverley Allitt.Officers said they were interviewing 11 patients who survived being given insulin-contaminated saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, northwest England. (MCT)Allitt, dubbed the "angel of deat
World NewsJuly 17, 2011
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China slams Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama
BEIJING (AP) -- China has slammed President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has ``grossly interfered in China's internal affairs'' and damaged Chinese-American relations.The statement from China's Foreign Ministry comes hours after Obama met with the Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington.China had already called on the United States to stop Saturday's White House meeting
World NewsJuly 17, 2011
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'We are sorry' Murdoch tells UK in full-page ad
LONDON (AP) -- ``We are sorry'' the full-page ad began, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs committed by his now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led government and the London police, meanwhile, faced increasing questions Saturd
World NewsJuly 17, 2011
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Murdoch apologizes over scandal
World NewsJuly 16, 2011
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U.S., allies formally recognize Libya rebels
Women take part in a rally in the town of Zlitan, roughly 160 kilometers east of Tripoli, Libya, in this file photo taken on July 15, 2011. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has rejected the decision by the U.S. and other countries to recognize the rebels fighting to oust him, and he vows never to surrender. (AP) ISTANBUL (AP) -- The United States and more than 30 other nations on Friday formally r
World NewsJuly 16, 2011
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Diners who use big forks eat less: study
(AFP) WASHINGTON — Researchers have found a new way to control the amount we eat: use a bigger fork.While numerous studies have focused on portion sizes and their influence on how much we eat, researchers Arul and Himanshu Mishra and Tamara Masters looked at how bite sizes affect quantities ingested.To do this, they conducted field research in a popular Italian restaurant in the southwestern Unite
World NewsJuly 15, 2011
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Girl dies during hide-and-seek game
A girl from Arizona reportedly died after suffocating in a box while playing hide-and-seek. The 10 year-old victim, whose name has not been released, was playing with cousins at her home.The girl hid in a container, but could not open it by herself and suffocated.She was found the next morning. Her family tried in vain to revive her with CPR.The girl reportedly enjoyed the game, and once hid insid
July 15, 2011
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Toyota overhauls domestic units to save Japan manufacturing
World BusinessJuly 14, 2011
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Sony preparing new e-book reader
Sony Corp., Japan’s largest exporter of consumer electronics, plans to introduce a line of upgraded digital book readers in the U.S. by as early as next month to challenge Kindle-maker Amazon.com Inc. The Sony Reader, priced from $180 to $300, will probably be offered with hardware and software improvements in August, Phil Lubell, vice president of digital reading at Sony Electronics, said Wednesd
World BusinessJuly 14, 2011
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Japan escalates warning as yen continues rise
World BusinessJuly 14, 2011
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Fed ‘prepared to respond’ if economy worsens
World BusinessJuly 14, 2011
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Serial bombings in Mumbai kill 17, wound 131
Indian militant group suspected for worst terrorist attacks in India since 2008MUMBAI, India (AP) ― Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India’s busy financial capital during rush hour Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding 131 in the worst terrorist attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai siege.Bloody bodies were strewn in the dirt of Mumbai’s crowded neighborhoods and mark
World NewsJuly 14, 2011
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Karzai killing highlights Afghanistan’s ‘strongman’ problem
World NewsJuly 14, 2011
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Russia lays out ‘step-by-step’ approach on Iran
World NewsJuly 14, 2011
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U.S. begins drawdown of troops from Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) ― The first troops to leave Afghanistan as part of the U.S. drawdown handed over their slice of battlefield Wednesday to a unit less than half their size and started packing for home.When the 650 members of the Iowa National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment arrived in Afghanistan in November 2010, bases didn’t have enough housing, translators were in
World NewsJuly 14, 2011
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Parents on a trial as a pet python kills two-year-old daughter
A mother is facing up to 35 years in jail for third-degree murder after her 2-year-old daughter was strangled by a pet python that escaped from its terrarium, the Daily Mail reported.Jaren Hare and her 34-year-old boyfriend, Jason Darnell, are charged with manslaughter and child abuse in the 2009 death of Shaianna Hare.Documents reveal the couple had not fed the 2.6-meter Burmese python for a mont
World NewsJuly 14, 2011
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8-year-old Brooklyn boy is killed and dismembered
NEW YORK (AP) _ An 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who got lost while walking home alone from day camp in his Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for directions, and his remains were found stuffed in a trash bin and the man's refrigerator, police said Wednesday.The gruesome killing of Leiby Kletzky shocked the tight-knit Hasidic community in Borough Park, in
World NewsJuly 14, 2011
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U.S. cautious about N. Korea's growing ties with western media
With North Korea seen as opening its door wider to western media, the United States government maintained a cautious view Wednesday on the reclusive communist nation's latest gesture.The London-based news agency Reuters announced earlier this week that it was planning a video news service in North Korea in partnership with its propaganda news agency, KCNA.The move comes a couple of weeks after the
World NewsJuly 14, 2011