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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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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Dark side of China’s glorious moments at Olympics
China is proving that it is one of the strongest sports nations in the world, topping the 2012 London Olympics with 17 gold medals as of Wednesday. Behind such glorious scenes, however, Chinese athletes have undergone rigorous training closer to abuse since childhood.The Chinese government has conducted a program to produce Olympic gold medalists and prove Chinese power in sports. According to news reports, the government conducts sports tests with children and has sent more than 400,000 of them
World NewsAug. 2, 2012
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Torch-carrying boy gets new leg from Euromillion winners
A 13-year-old who lost a leg to cancer will get a new prosthetic limb, donated by Britain‘s biggest-ever lottery winners.Kieran Maxwell cannot stand up by himself after he fell while carrying the Olympic torch. He needs help from others because of his heavy prosthetics. Maxwell’s problem will soon be over, as he is set to receive a life-changing new leg thanks to the donation from Euromillion winn
World NewsAug. 2, 2012
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China paper blames Western media over doping row
China‘s most influential newspaper on Thursday hit back against doping suspicions levelled at gold medal winning swimmer Ye Shiwen, accusing Western media of “deeply ingrained prejudice”.Ye Shiwen, 16, captured the women’s 400m individual medley title in a world record time, swimming faster than Men‘s champion Ryan Lochte in the final stage of the race.But her victory was marred by suspicions of doping after the head of the World Swimming Coaches Association said the achievement was “impossible”
World NewsAug. 2, 2012
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Tetra Pak scion avoids jail for delaying wife's burial
Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing received a suspended jail sentence Wednesday after admitting he delayed the burial of his wife, whose body lay rotting in their London mansion for two months.The 49-year-old millionaire said in a statement read to a London court that he had been unable to "confront the reality" of the death of his US-born wife Eva, 48, and tried to act as if it had not happene
World NewsAug. 2, 2012
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Teen sentenced for killing mom‘s boyfriend
A 16-year-old Texan was given a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to stabbing his mother‘s boyfriend to death early this year.The teen, whose name has not been released, apologized for his actions before being sentenced Tuesday by District Juvenile Court Judge Laura Parker, the San Antonio News-Express reported."I know what I did was wrong,” he said.The teen was arrested Feb. 15, shortly after he fatally stabbed his mother’s boyfriend, Neo Gomez, in the chest.Before the stabbing, the teen‘s
Aug. 2, 2012
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Woman did not know she was pregnant
(123rf)An Ohio woman said a police officer helped deliver her baby when she didn't even know she was pregnant.McKenzie Acierno said she and her husband called 911 early Sunday when she was experiencing severe stomach pains, the Ashtabula (Ohio) Star Beacon reported Wednesday."I told my husband that it felt almost like I was having a baby," she said.Geneva-on-the-Lake auxiliary police officer Sandy
World NewsAug. 2, 2012
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S&P affirms Spain credit rating, cautious on outlook
MADRID (AFP) -- Standard and Poor's on Wednesday affirmed Spain's credit rating at BBB+ with the outlook still negative on fears that measures to help the eurozone struggler will fall short."In our view, Spain's commitment to the ongoing implementation of a comprehensive fiscal and structural reform agenda remains strong," S&P said, referring to a raft of new austerity measures passed by the conse
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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Greek government still split on new cuts
ATHENS (AP) -- Greece's Socialist party remains at odds with its conservative coalition partners over a proposed round of new austerity cuts needed for country to remain in an emergency loan program, a senior party official said Wednesday.Socialist official Panos Beglitis made the remarks, hours before leaders of three parties in the coalition are to hold a third meeting in a week to try and hamme
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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Italy’s Fiat earnings slump under poor European sales
MILAN (AP) ― Italian carmaker Fiat reported Tuesday that second-quarter net income plummeted by 92 percent as a slump in European sales offset a profit at its U.S. carmaker Chrysler.Fiat, which is based in the northern city of Turin, posted a profit for the second quarter of 103 million euros ($126.53 million), down from 1.3 billion euros in the same period last year. Without Chrysler, Fiat would have lost 240 million euros, Fiat said.Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne called it a “good qua
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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U.S. sets new sanctions on Iran oil sector
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday imposed new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil export sector and on a pair of Chinese and Iraqi banks accused of doing business with Tehran.In a statement released by the White House, Obama said the new measures underlined the United States’ determination to force Tehran “to meet its international obligations” in nuclear negotiations.The sanctions came on the same day as the U.S. State Department branded Iran “an active state sponsor of ter
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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Hollande vows to defend eurozone
PARIS (AFP) ― French President Francois Hollande vowed Tuesday to do everything possible to defend and strengthen the eurozone, following talks in Paris with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.“We recalled once again our commitment to do everything so that, first, the decisions taken by the European Council at the end of June are applied, that the eurozone be defended, preserved and consolidated,” Hollande said.He also said the two leaders agreed on the need to work to ensure that “questions ask
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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IMF urges Brazil to guard against bubbles as rates fall
Brazil should boost supervision of its banking system to avoid against credit bubbles that could form as a result of fast credit growth and falling interest rates, the International Monetary Fund said. Credit that has doubled as a percent of gross domestic product in the last decade has helped spur economic growth but is also showing signs of straining households, the IMF said in a report Tuesday about the health of Brazil’s financial system. In prime housing markets like Sao Paulo and Rio de Ja
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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Deutsche Bank to slash 1,900 jobs
Germany’s largest bank to cut jobs as profits hit by Europe’s debt crisisFRANKFURT (AP) ― Deutsche Bank said Tuesday it plans to cut about 1,900 jobs, most of them outside Germany, as Europe’s debt crisis hurt profits at its investment banking business. Germany’s largest bank, which employs nearly 101,000 people, said second quarter earnings slid 46 percent to 661 million euros from 1.233 billion euros in the same three months a year ago. Market turbulence and subdued client activity due to Euro
World BusinessAug. 1, 2012
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Last member of 1942 Auschwitz escape dies
WARSAW (AP) ― A spokesman for Auschwitz museum says the last surviving member of a group of prisoners that escaped the German Nazi concentration camp in 1942 has died. Spokesman Pawel Sawicki said Monday that August Kowalczyk died Sunday at a hospice he helped found in the town of Oswiecim in southern Poland where the former camp is located. He was 90 years old. Kowalczyk was brought to Auschwitz in December 1940. In June 1942 he was among 50 Polish inmates who tried to flee the camp while worki
World NewsAug. 1, 2012
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Wind, rain from offshore storm batter Philippines
MANILA (AP) -- Fierce wind and heavy rain from a slow-moving, offshore typhoon battered the Philippines again Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, displacing 145,000 others and briefly scaring authorities when it veered onto a direct path toward the archipelago.Typhoon Saola later shifted to blow away from the Philippines after lashing Manila and two-thirds of the nation since Sunday."The typhoon was making a U-turn for three hours and that gave us a scare," said Benito Ramos, who heads the coun
World NewsAug. 1, 2012
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Iran, Syria top Panetta‘s agenda in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel‘s threats to attack Iran and the violence convulsing Syria top the agenda of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s meetings Wednesday with Israeli government leaders.Panetta arrived in Israel on Tuesday after meeting in Cairo with Egypt‘s new president and its military chief.In Cairo, Panetta denied Israeli press reports that he planned to share with the Israelis any U.S. plans for military action against Iran. He said the reports gave a "wrong characterization’‘ of what
World NewsAug. 1, 2012
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U.S. maintains Cuba on its terror black list
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States kept Cuba on a black list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism for the 30th year running, the State Department said Tuesday in an annual report.Cuba angrily denounced the action as another U.S. attempt to justify its 50-year-old trade embargo on the communist-ruled island.“Cuba’s foreign ministry energetically rejects that such a sensitive issue as terrorism be used for petty political purposes and demands that the government of the United States stop lying
World NewsAug. 1, 2012
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Russia charges top Putin foe with embezzlement
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russia charged popular protest leader Alexei Navalny with embezzlement on Tuesday, reviving a case that could land one of President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics behind bars for 10 years.The Investigative Committee said Navalny would also be barred from leaving Moscow during the probe into his role as an unofficial advisor in a timber deal struck by regional officials in 2009 that triggered the charges.The charismatic 36-year-old corporate lawyer, who rose to prominence as a
World NewsAug. 1, 2012
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India restores power but jitters remain
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― India’s power network was back at full capacity Wednesday after two days of massive outages that blacked out half the country and left more than 600 million people without electricity.“Power has been restored fully across the northern, eastern and north-eastern grids,” Power System Operation Corp. chief S.K. Soonee told AFP.Monday’s failure of the northern network, followed by the expanded collapse of all three grids after midday Tuesday caused chaos across a vast region, paral
World NewsAug. 1, 2012
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Clinton starts Africa swing in Senegal
U.S. secretary of state to be top U.S. official to visit South SudanDAKAR (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Senegal’s capital Dakar late Tuesday at the start of a six-nation, 11-day trip to Africa due to focus on regional peace and security.The U.S. top diplomat, whose tour will take in the world’s newest nation South Sudan and Ebola-hit Uganda, departed Tuesday from Andrews Air Force base heading first to Senegal where she will meet President Macky Sall.Sall’s coalition
World NewsAug. 1, 2012