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Woman says she’ll give up virginity for iPhone 4

Jun 22, 2011

Young adults in China are taking serious measures to buy expensive apple products, according to reports. Biznewschina reported that a female jiulinghou, referring to those born during the 90’s, tweeted on Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter) that it is her “dream to own a iPhone4 but her father won’t let her get one.” She then decided to sleep with someone in exchange for the mobile device. The G...
Pakistan militants force girl to wear suicide vest

Jun 22, 2011
22 killed in suicide car bombings south of Baghdad

Jun 21, 2011

BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-laden vehicles early Tuesday near a government compound by a southern Iraqi governor's home, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said. The attacks come as Iraq's top political factions started to discuss in earnest whether to ask some of the U.S. troops to stay beyond the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline because of the sec...
Obama finalizing Afghanistan exit plans

Jun 21, 2011

U.S. president to announce blueprint on withdrawal of troops, handover of power WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama will announce the critical next steps in America’s decade-long war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, outlining both a plan to start bringing thousands of U.S. troops home next month and a broader withdrawal blueprint aimed at giving Afghans control of their own security in 2014. B...
44 dead in Russia plane crash: official

Jun 21, 2011

MOSCOW, June 21, 2011 (AFP) - Forty-four people were killed and eight badly injured when a plane crashed onto a highway and burst into flames in northern Russia, narrowly missing an inhabited area, officials said Tuesday. The RussAir Tu-134 tried to stage an apparent emergency landing in poor weather conditions just before midnight on a motorway two kilometres (1.25 miles) from its destination ...
Europe delays decision on Greek loans

Jun 20, 2011

LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- Hours of talks between eurozone finance ministers on the imploding finances of Greece broke up early Monday morning without the ministers signing off on a vital installment of rescue loans needed to avoid bankruptcy next month. Greece will get the next 12 billion euros of its existing 110 billion euros bailout package in early July, but only if it manages to pass 28 billion eu...
Weighing cancer risks, from phones to coffee

Jun 20, 2011

You are sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk? It might be the sitting, especially if you do that a lot. Despite all the recent news about possible cancer risks from cellphones, coffee, styrene and formaldehyde in building materials, most of us probably face little if any danger fr...
Professional mourners spice up Chinese funerals

Jun 20, 2011

CHONGQING, China (AFP) ― Hu Xinglian kneels before the corpse of Liang Zhicai and, with one hand on his metal coffin, lets out a piercing wail. But Hu is not at all grief-stricken ― she is a professional mourner. In parts of China, where rural pre-burial rituals are still observed, mourners known as “kusangren” are hired to guarantee that a funeral is a spectacle in grief. And 53-year-old Hu is ...
New legislation for dual citizenship signals a new era for Korean adoptees

Jun 20, 2011

Kim Yoo-shin regained his Korean citizenship in April, 36 years after he was adopted by a family in the United States when he was one year old. He is one of the first adoptees to benefit from a new Korean law that allows dual nationality. In other words, Kim is a Korean-American ― and vice versa. “It means that the Korean government is trying to improve its relationship with overseas Korean ado...
Businesses seen as target for easier phone hacking

Jun 20, 2011
Thousands in Portland take to bikes for naked ride

Jun 20, 2011
Where’s Waldo?

Jun 20, 2011

Thousands of people gathered at Merrion Square, Dublin, Sunday, dressed like the famous character from “Where’s Waldo” to break a Guinness World Record. Participants wore white and red striped T-shirts and matching hats --Waldo’s signature costume -- for the event organized by the Street Performance World Championships. The organizers came up with the weird and fun way to break the record and t...
Afghanistan says Taliban, U.S. in peace talks

Jun 19, 2011

Suicide attackers launch assault near Karzai’s office; Taliban claims responsibility KABUL (AP) ― Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged Saturday that the U.S. and Afghan governments have held talks with Taliban emissaries in a bid to end the nation’s nearly 10-year war, even as suicide attackers launched a bold assault in the heart of the county’s capital, killing nine people. The attack, ...
Julian Assange puts himself on auction

Jun 19, 2011

Julian Assange has put himself on eBay. You can now bid to be one of eight people to join Assange for lunch, accompanied by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, Digital Trends reported. The winning bidders will get to dine with the pair in London on July 2 and also receive a front-row ticket to Assange’s presentation regarding “the impact of Wikileaks.” The initial price was $564. As the number ...
Ban's second-term bid endorsed by Security Council

Jun 18, 2011

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is almost certain to succeed in his pursuit of a second term after the Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution of support. If Ban, a South Korean national, is appointed by the U.N. General Assembly in a formal vote, expected Tuesday, he will continue to lead the 192-member organization through 2016. "The Security Council adopted...