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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Top prosecutor orders speedy investigation into first lady's alleged acceptance of luxury handbag
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Toyota plans to invest $495m in Brazil
BRASILIA (AFP) ― Top Japanese automaker Toyota plans to invest $495 million dollars to build an engine plant in Brazil, the company’s president said Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.Akio Toyoda made the announcement a day before he was to attend the inauguration of Toyota’s third factory in Brazil, in Sorocaba, located 91 kilometers from Sao Paulo in the country’s southeast.The engine factory, to be located in Porto Feliz ― 20 miles from Sorocaba ― will be ready in 2015
World BusinessAug. 9, 2012
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Eurozone financial markets fragmented, ECB says
FRANKFURT (AP) ― The European Central Bank warns that debt crisis hitting the 17 countries that use the euro is causing the region’s financial market to become increasingly fragmentedThe region’s central monetary authority highlighted the fall-off in money being lent across borders and the differences in money-market and bond interest rates between financially stronger and more troubled countries in the region as signs of the split.The bank’s statement Wednesday expanded on comments by bank head
World BusinessAug. 9, 2012
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Egypt fires intelligence chief over Sinai attack
CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s president fired his intelligence chief on Wednesday for failing to act on an Israeli warning of an imminent attack days before militants stormed a border post in the Sinai Peninsula and killed 16 soldiers. The dismissal, which followed Egyptian airstrikes against Sinai militants, also marked a bold attempt by the Islamist leader to deflect popular anger over the attack. It pointed to a surprising level of cooperation with the powerful military leaders who stripped the presid
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Curiosity’s second day on Mars flawless: NASA
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― NASA rover Curiosity’s second day on Mars went “flawlessly,” NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well.“We feel very confident we have a lot of data capacity now, that we have all these links, and that was one of the major objectives of that first part of the mission,” mission manager Jennifer Trosper told reporters at a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Ernesto crosses Yucatan, regains some power
CHETUMAL, Mexico (AP) ― Tropical Storm Ernesto spun across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, then edged into the Gulf of Mexico after forcing the evacuation of thousands of tourists and fishermen from beaches in Tulum and the Costa Maya.There were no reports of storm deaths or major damage, though Ernesto ripped down billboards, toppled trees and cut electricity as it hit the cruise ship port of Mahahual shortly before midnight Tuesday as a hurricane. It stayed south of the Yucatan’s main
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Japanese parties agree to pass tax bill
Noda, opposition agree to raise sales tax, fail to set election dateJapan is set to pass legislation to raise the sales tax after the main opposition party failed in a bid to force Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to set an election date in exchange for support on the bill. Speaking after meeting Wednesday with Liberal Democratic Party head Sadakazu Tanigaki and New Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, Noda said the three agreed to pass the bill, which will double the tax to 10 percent by 2015, and to
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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A couple had 22 weddings, and planning for 8 more
One happy couple enjoys weddings so much they’ve had 22 of them, and say there are eight more to go. Alex Pelling, 32, and Lisa Grant, 30, have known each other for 11 years and have been dating for six years. When they were searching for a place to hold their wedding, they came up with an idea to travel around the world and have a wedding ceremony in each country, following the local cultures and traditions.“The wedding opportunities offered to us in the U.K. did not suit what we wanted, so we
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Man arrested on calling 911 for beer run
A U.S. man was arrested Saturday for drunkenly calling 911 to ask for a ride to buy beer.According to news reports, Allen Troy Brooks living in Columbia, Tennessee, called the emergency number nine times.The 67-year-old hung up on most of calls, but in one instance asked if the operator could take him to get beer.“I want to go to the store to get me a beer. I’ll pay you,” Brooks said, according to the 911 call recording.911 considered that unless Brooks was arrested, he would continue to do it.
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Russia: Underground sect charged with abuse
A self-proclaimed prophet had a vision from God: He would build an Islamic caliphate under the earth.The digging began about a decade ago and 70 followers soon moved into an eight-level subterranean honeycomb of cramped cells with no light, heat or ventilation.Children were born. They, too, lived in the cold underground cells for many years _ until authorities raided the compound last week and freed the 27 sons and daughters of the sect.Ages 1 to 17, the children rarely saw the light of day and
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Naked man causes traffic delays
Authorities in Australia said they arrested a naked man who caused traffic delays by running across a bridge and setting off fire hydrants.A Sydney police spokeswoman said the naked man ran across the Sydney Harbor Bridge around 6 p.m. Tuesday and turned on “a number of fire hydrants” along the way, The (Sydney) Telegraph reported Wednesday.“After a foot chase across the bridge he was apprehended,‘’ the spokeswoman said.The man was taken to a local hospital for assessment. Authorities said there
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Bear steals candies, comes back for more
A black bear stole candy from a store in the Colorado resort town of Estes Park in the U.S., according to news reports.The bear reportedly entered the front door, grabbed some candy, took it outside and ate it. It later returned for more.It visited the shop multiple times within 15 minutes on a day in July, and finally went away when alarmed by a passing car.Store owner Jo Adams said the bear didn‘t break anything but left some dirt on the counter.She said that the bear managed to pop open the d
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Teen survives four-day video game binge
A Columbus, Ohio, teen was hospitalized after collapsing at the end a four-day binge of playing the video game “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare,” reports said.Tyler Rigsby, 15, stayed in his room with his Xbox from Saturday until Tuesday morning, taking breaks only for naps, snacks and to use the bathroom, then he visited his aunt‘s house with his mother and collapsed twice, the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch reported Wednesday.“He was very pale,” said his mother, Jessie Rawlins. “He said, ’Mom, I just n
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Curiosity sends back flood of new views from Mars
Self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast (AFP-Yonhap News)The edge of NASA's Curiosity rover, showing the shadow of the rover's now-upright mast in the center, and the arm's shadow at left (AP-Yonhap News)The first two full-resolution image set of the Martian surface from the Navigation cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover, which are loc
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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At least 162 Syrians killed in nation-wide bloodshed: NGO
The Syrian army launched an all-out assault on Aleppo's southwestern district of Salaheddin on Wednesday, and fierce fighting also broke out elsewhere in the northern city.At least 37 people -- 17 civilians, 10 rebels and 10 soldiers -- were killed in the northern city, out of a total of at least 162 people killed across the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Observatory directo
World NewsAug. 9, 2012
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Bank of England slashes growth forecast; blames eurozone
The Bank of England on Wednesday slashed its forecast for growth this year in recession-affected Britain to close to zero percent, saying the greatest threat to recovery came from the eurozone crisis.Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) was predicted to be almost flat in 2012, down from the central bank's previous forecast of just below 1.0 percent, according to a chart contained in the BoE's la
World BusinessAug. 8, 2012
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Spain won’t seek bailout if conditions added
BRUSSELS (AFP) ― Spain will not seek eurozone financial aid beyond an agreed rescue for its banks if more conditions than those already agreed for recapitalizing lenders are attached, an EU source said Tuesday.Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is under pressure to call in financial assistance for the Spanish state, not just its banks, but is holding off awaiting a European Commission assessment of new spending targets drawn up for 2013 and 2014.The Spanish government said on Friday it planned savings
World BusinessAug. 8, 2012
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Bernanke says financial ...education key for nation
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said financial education and planning boost the economy, and students who learn those skills are likely to save more later in life and better weather market turbulence. “Financial education supports not only individual well- being, but also the economic health of our nation,” Bernanke said Tuesday in remarks prepared for a town hall meeting with teachers at the Fed in Washington. “Consumers who can make informed decisions about financial products and serv
World BusinessAug. 8, 2012
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Juncker says Greek exit ‘manageable’
BERLIN (AFP) ― Eurozone finance ministers’ group chief Jean-Claude Juncker has said a Greek exit from the eurozone would be “manageable” but not “desirable,” according to an interview published Tuesday.“The way things look now, it would be a manageable process,” he told Germany’s WDR public broadcaster, according to a transcript on the government website of Luxembourg, where Juncker is prime minister.“That’s not to say it would be a desirable occurrence because it would be linked to considerable
World BusinessAug. 8, 2012
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‘Chorus Line’ composer Marvin Hamlisch dies
NEW YORK (AP) ― Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. “I heard sounds that other children didn’t hear,” he wrote in his autobiography.He turned that skill into writing and arranging compulsively memorable songs that the world was unable to stop humming ― from the mournful “The Way We Were” to the jaunty theme from “The Sting.”Prolific and seeming without boundaries, Hamlisch, who died at 68 after a short illness, composed music for film heroes from James Bond and
World NewsAug. 8, 2012
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Clinton urges South Africa to take lead
PRETORIA (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called on South Africa, the continent’s leading democracy, to play a more influential role in African and global issues.“We are looking for ways to enhance and deepen our partnership. South Africa has so much to offer to the rest of the world,” Clinton said as she met with Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.“As crises and opportunities arise, there are tough issues we have to tackle together, from nuclear proliferation to c
World NewsAug. 8, 2012