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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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[Grace Kao, Meera Choi] Has money displaced romance on dates?
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Man stabs woman and her son amid financial dispute, killing 1
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Baby dead 'for a day' as Japan mother chats on net
A woman whose baby boy lay dead for nearly a day while she chatted on Internet forums has been arrested in Japan, media and police said Friday.Yumiko Takahashi knew that 19-month-old Neo was running a high fever when she checked on him on the afternoon of June 24 last year but left him lying on his bed untended, police said.A post mortem examination revealed Neo had died around 2 pm on June 26th,
June 29, 2012
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Hu in H.K. for handover anniversary
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Hong Kong on Friday to mark the 15th anniversary of the territory’s handover from Britain to Beijing.Hu, whose three-day visit is his last as president before a key leadership reshuffle in Beijing later this year, is also expected to attend the inauguration of Leung Chun-ying as the city’s next chief executive on Sunday.The Chinese leader was greeted at Hong Kong’s airport by dignitaries led by Donald Tsang, the outgoing chief executive, a
June 29, 2012
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3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth: media
BEIJING (AFP) ― Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after achieving China’s first manual docking in orbit, a milestone in the country’s effort to build a space station by the end of the decade.The return of the trio, including the country’s first female astronaut, to a landing zone in a remote and sandy area of northern China was broadcast to a national audience on state television.The return capsule of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which lifted off on June 16, hit the ground about
June 29, 2012
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Leaders agree on limited package
Euro heads agree to closer long-term union in win for Spain, ItalyBRUSSELS (AP) ― European leaders meeting in Brussels agreed Thursday to devote $149 billion for “immediate growth measures” to try to dig the continent’s weakest economies out of crisis.While some hailed the accord as a sign of progress for the troubled European Union and job creation, about half is money that had already been promised. And it is not seen as the powerful solution that markets are seeking to restore confidence in t
June 29, 2012
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UTC exported software used in Chinese helicopter
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) ― A division of United Technologies Corp. pleaded guilty on Thursday to crimes related to the illegal export of software that U.S. officials say was used by China to develop the country’s first modern military attack helicopter.The subsidiary, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.; Hartford-based UTC; and another subsidiary along with UTC agreed to pay more than $75 million in fines in connection with the export violations and for providing misleading information to the U.S.
June 29, 2012
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Kid gets bid for old train in online auction
A four-year-old boy in New Zealand purchased an old commuter train from an online auction.According to news reports, the public transport arm of Greater Wellington Regional Council received a bid of $29,990 for the train. However, it got an email from a woman asking to cancel the bid because she said that the bid was made by her 4-year-old son.“My 4-year-old was playing and placed a bid. I don’t actually want to buy the train. Can my bid please be removed?” the email said.The bid was canceled, b
June 29, 2012
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Coming out of coma, man asks for KFC
A patient in England who had been in a coma for eight days asked his family for a KFC chicken burger as soon as he came out of it.Sam Boughen, 26, a drummer from Glastonbury, asked for a chicken burger by typing on an iPad after eight days in a coma.“I don’t get many takeaways but chicken must have been on my mind,” said Boughen.He was diagnosed with liver disease and then went through liver tranplant from his father in January. However, the operation failed and he had to receive another liver t
June 29, 2012
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Suspect's head pinned under garage door
Police in Massachusetts said an alleged burglar was foiled when his head became stuck under a garage door for several hours.Brockton police said an employee at the local Rent-A-Center showed up for work around 9 a.m. Tuesday and discovered Manuel Hernandez, 54, with his head stuck between the garage door and the ground, WHDH-TV, Boston, reported Thursday."Obviously the employee was surprised and c
June 29, 2012
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U.S. high court upholds heart of Obama health law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, handing him a huge election-year political victory and keeping in force the legislative centerpiece of his term, a law aimed at covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.The decision means the historic overhaul -- opposed by virtually all Republicans including Mitt Romney, Obama's challeng
June 29, 2012
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U.S. Army explores lightning as a weapon
The U.S. Army has been testing a new weapon that shoots laser-guided lightning bolts to strike its target. Researchers have tested the new weapon at the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) in New Jersey. According to news reports, the weapon, called a Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC), imitates the way lightning strikes the ground from thunderclouds. “We never got tired of the lightning bolts zapping our (simulated) targets,” said George Fischer, the lead scientist on
June 29, 2012
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Alcohol in Coke and Pepsi
French scientists Tuesday found that Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain trace amounts of alcohol.The Paris-based National Institute of Consumption tested 19 colas, and the result revealed that 10 of them contained alcohol. The alcohol-free colas were cheap supermarket versions.However, the study said that the amount of alcohol was not enough for someone to violate the drink-drive limit because the alcohol level was 0.001 percent. One would need to consume 1300 cans to reach that limit, according to the
June 29, 2012
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Woman chases down fatal hit-and-run driver
A Santa Ana, Calif., woman who chased down an alleged drunk driver after a 5-year-old girl was killed in a hit and run says she doesn‘t see herself as a hero.Beatriz Jimenez told the Orange County Register she was waiting at a red light when Eloisa Madrigal was crossing the street Saturday with her two daughters.“They had taken about 10 steps when the car plowed through a red light,” Jimenez said. “The girls and their mother were flown into the air.”The driver of the car never attempted to stop,
June 29, 2012
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Annan pushes plan for Syria interim government
DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Peace envoy Kofi Annan is pushing a plan for an interim government for Syria to include representatives of both sides in the conflict ahead of an international conference on Saturday, diplomats said.The weekend meeting in Geneva, which was agreed only after wrangling between Moscow and Washington over both the agenda and the guest list, is to be attended by some regional governments but not by rival Middle East heavywights Iran and Saudi Arabia, diplomats said.The diplomatic pu
June 28, 2012
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Historic meeting of queen, ex-IRA chief
BELFAST (AFP) ― The queen shook hands with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness on Wednesday in a highly symbolic moment in the Northern Ireland peace process.The initial handshake between the queen and McGuinness, who is now deputy first minister of the province, took place behind closed doors in a Belfast theatre.The two then shook hands a second time for the cameras as the queen left the building.McGuinness held the monarch’s hand for a few moments and she smiled as he spoke to her in Irish
June 28, 2012
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Man saves baby on NYC subway tracks
A New York man rescued a baby whose stroller had fallen from a subway platform to the tracks below just as a train pulled into the station, witnesses said.The stroller, carrying 9-month-old Daniel Zamara, was set into motion by a sudden gust of wind Tuesday as the boy‘s mother tended to his three siblings at the Brooklyn station, the New York Post reported Wednesday.When 30-year-old Delroy Simmonds saw the stroller and baby hit the tracks, he jumped down after the boy and lifted them both back u
June 28, 2012
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Reporter ejected for attire at trial
A reporter was ordered out of court in New Zealand after appearing at a murder trial wearing gold sparkly pants.Laura McQuillan, a journalist for NZ Newswire covering the Scott Guy murder trial, was asked on Wednesday by a registrar at Wellington High Court in New Zealand to leave before the lunch break.Ms. McQuillan, 25, defended her choice of attire on Twitter, saying “I’m sitting under a table! No one even sees my legs!”The topic of whether the sequined “disco” pants were appropriate caused
June 28, 2012
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Putin visits West Bank, tours Christian shrine
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) ― Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his Palestinian counterpart Tuesday for what he said was a “responsible” position in negotiations with Israel, frozen for nearly four years, and said Russia has no problem recognizing a Palestinian state.Putin also offered veiled criticism of Israel, saying unilateral actions ― an apparent reference to Israeli settlement construction on war-won land ― is not constructive. The Russian president spoke at the end of a vis
June 27, 2012
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Turkey warns Syria away from its border
BEIRUT (AP) ― Turkey warned Syria on Tuesday to keep its forces away from the countries’ troubled border or risk an armed response ― a furious reply to the downing of a Turkish military plane last week by the Damascus regime.NATO backed up Turkey and condemned Syria for shooting down the plane but stopped short of threatening military action, reflecting its reluctance to get involved in a conflict that could ignite a broader war. Near the capital of Damascus, meanwhile, Syria’s elite Republican
June 27, 2012
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Assad says Syria ‘in a state of war’
DAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syria is in a state of war, President Bashar al-Assad has said, ordering his cabinet to crush the anti-regime revolt even as fierce fighting broke out near the capital Damascus.With the uprising now in its 16th month, Assad told his cabinet Tuesday that Syria was in a “real situation of war.”“When one is in a state of war, all our policies and capabilities must be used to secure victory,” he said according to the official SANA news agency.Turkey meanwhile said it had issued fres
June 27, 2012
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Asylum-seeker boat sinks en route to Australia
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Rescuers plucked 125 people from the ocean Wednesday after an asylum-seeker boat sank en route to Australia, barely a week after another vessel went down in the same area, killing up to 90.The rickety ship capsized 107 nautical miles north of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said, adding that one person was confirmed dead so far.In a late afternoon update, AMSA said there were up to 150 people on board, including women and children, c
June 27, 2012