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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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Suu Kyi receives Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late
OSLO (AFP) ― Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday pledged to keep up her struggle for democracy as she finally delivered her Nobel Peace Prize speech, 21 years after winning the award while under house arrest.After a year that has seen sweeping changes in her Southeast Asian homeland, Suu Kyi pledged to work for national healing but also pointed to remaining political prisoners and continued ethnic strife in her country.“My party, the National League for Democracy, and I stand ready and willin
June 17, 2012
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WB chief warns Europe risks ‘Lehmans moment’
LONDON (AFP) ― Outgoing World Bank president Robert Zoellick warned that Europe was facing a “Lehmans moment” and the collapse of the euro currency could trigger a global crisis, in an interview out Sunday.Zoellick will warn the G20 summit that Europe risks sparking a financial meltdown that would have desperate consequences for developing countries, he told British newspaper The Observer.“Europe may be able to muddle through but the risk is rising,” the 58-year-old American said. “There could b
June 17, 2012
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Saudi crown prince Nayef dies
RIYADH (AFP) ― Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, a half brother of King Abdullah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, leaving the oil powerhouse with no apparent successor to the throne.Prince Nayef, a long-serving interior minister, “died outside” Saudi Arabia having recently left the Gulf state for medical treatment, said a statement carried by state media, including Al-Ekhbariyah Television and SPA news agency.His funeral would be held on Sunday after sunset prayers in the Muslim h
June 17, 2012
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Kate Winslet, Kenneth Branagh get royal honors
LONDON (AP) ― Kate Winslet has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for her titanic contribution to the arts.The actress, who won a best actress Academy Award in 2009 for “The Reader” and made her breakthrough as the feisty Rose in 1997 blockbuster “Titanic,” has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in the queen’s Birthday Honors List, published Saturday.Winslet said the honor made her “very proud to be a Brit.’’“I am both surprised and honored to stand alongside so
June 17, 2012
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Four missing climbers presumed dead
One member of a Japanese climbing team survived and four others are presumed dead after an avalanche swept them off a hill during their descent from Alaska’s Mount McKinley.U.S. National Park Service officials say five people were traveling as one rope team early Thursday morning as part of a Miyagi Workers Alpine Federation expedition on the Alaska mountain.Park Service spokeswoman Maureen McLaughlin said Hitoshi Ogi, 69, survived after falling 18 meters into a crevasse. He was able to climb ou
June 17, 2012
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U.N. observers in Syria suspend operations
BEIRUT (AP) ― U.N. observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating.Maj. Gen. Robert Mood said rising bloodshed over the past 10 days was posing significant risks to the lives of the 300 unarmed observers in the country, and was impeding their ability to carry out their mandate.The observers were sent to the country aft
June 17, 2012
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Iraq car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims kill 32
BAGHDAD (AFP) ― Car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims in the Iraqi capital killed at least 32 people on Saturday, officials said, marring commemorations for a revered Shiite imam attended by tens of thousands.An interior ministry official said a car bomb exploded at about 12:15 p.m on a highway near Shuala in north Baghdad, killing 14 people and wounding 32, while a second car bomb exploded at the Aden intersection near Kadhimiyah about 2:00 p.m., killing 18 people and wounding 36.A medical source
June 17, 2012
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Officials sacked after 16 killed in Paraguay land clashes
ASUNCION (AFP) ― Paraguay replaced two top security officials Saturday after at least 16 people were killed in bloody clashes between police and peasant farmer squatters.Former attorney general Ruben Candia was sworn in as the new interior minister, and Arnaldo Sanabria became the country’s police chief in a ceremony at the government palace headed by President Fernando Lugo.The president accepted the resignation of their respective predecessors Carlos Filizzola and Paulino Rojas late Friday aft
June 17, 2012
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Obama takes a risk on immigration front
WASHINGTON (AP) ― There’s not much President Barack Obama can do to boost the economy in the next five months, and that alone might cost him the November election. But on a range of social issues, Obama is bypassing Congress and aggressively using his executive powers to make it easier for gays to marry, women to obtain birth control, and, now, young illegal immigrants to avoid deportation.It’s a political gamble that might fire up conservatives, many of whom remain cool to Republican candidate
June 17, 2012
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China’s space mission shows growing ambitions
BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s latest space mission is its most ambitious yet and shows Beijing’s resolve to increase its technological capabilities and bridge the gap with the United States and Russia, experts say.The Shenzhou-9 rocket blasted off from the Gobi desert on Saturday with three astronauts on board ― including, for the first time, a woman ― to conduct China’s first manned space docking, the latest step towards setting up a space station.The mission marks a huge stride forward for China, wh
June 17, 2012
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Pa. woman charged with addicting child
A Pennsylvania woman faced charges Saturday of providing her teenage daughter with heroin and other drugs beginning when she was 12 years old, prosecutors said.Brandi Baumgardner, 40, of Beaver Springs was arrested this week on charges of endangering and corrupting a minor after her daughter, now 14, told a counselor at a rehabilitation center she had been given everything from marijuana to crack
June 17, 2012
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13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire
Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set beds and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials said Sunday.Erdogan said the fire affected a ward housing 18 inmates in the prison in the mainly-Kurdish city of Sanliurfa. He said some inmates set their bedding on fire following a fight that broke out inside the ward late on Satu
June 17, 2012
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Bones in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist: study
Scientists have found new evidence they say supports the theory that a knuckle bone and other human remains found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist.The relics found in a small marble sarcophagus two years ago on a Bulgarian island called Sveti Ivan, which translates as Saint John, also included a human tooth, part of a skull and three animal bones.A research team from Oxf
June 17, 2012
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We are humans, not animals: Sex trafficking victim speaks out
This image grab from a video on CNN website shows sex trafficking victim "Soo".She came to America with dreams, and was left with only nightmares.A young South Korean woman who was tricked into sexual slavery described the past six years of her life, which had virtually been a living hell.The victim -- who asked to be identified only as Soo -- said that she came to the U.S. looking for a job and p
June 17, 2012
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Tethered Wallenda walks wire across Niagara Falls
(AP-Yonhap News)Daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls, taking steady, measured steps Friday night for 1,800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of the roaring falls separating the U.S. and Canada.Afterward, he said he accomplished the feat through “a lot of praying, that's for sure. But, you know, it's all about the concentration, the focus, a
June 16, 2012
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Obama halts deportations of young illegals
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the White House, Washington, on Friday. AFPU.S. President Barack Obama suspended the threat of deportation against hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants Friday, delighting crucial Hispanic voters ahead of November's election."These are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods... they are Americ
June 16, 2012
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Obama slaps down heckler at immigration remarks
In an unusual incident, U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday slapped down a heckling journalist who was furious over his move to stop deporting young illegal immigrants.The reporter, Neil Munro, of the conservative Daily Caller website, broke into Obama's remarks as he outlined plans to defer deportations of illegal immigrants between the ages of 16 to 30 brought to America by their parents."Excu
June 16, 2012
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Euro 2012 soccer fans unite against racism in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Soccer fans from all over the world are kicking the ball around in the center of Ukraine's capital to combat racism and promote tolerance.Ukraine has been rocked by allegations of racism and a call by a former England soccer star to not attend matches here because fans might return ``in a coffin.'' Ukrainian officials angrily deny the claims and promise a warm welcome to fans
June 15, 2012
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Egypt court annuls Islamist-led house
CAIRO (AFP) ― Egypt’s top court on Thursday paved the way for the ruling military to assume parliament’s powers by annulling the Islamist-led house while allowing Hosni Mubarak’s last premier to stand in this weekend’s presidential election.The rulings, two days ahead of the fiercely contested election between the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi and the ousted Mubarak’s last premier Ahmed Shafiq, could throw the country into further political turmoil.The military council, which took power wh
June 15, 2012
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Japan police arrest final Tokyo gas attack fugitive
TOKYO (AFP) ― Police in Japan on Friday arrested the final fugitive from the religious cult that launched deadly nerve gas attacks on Tokyo’s subway in 1995, media said.The capture of Katsuya Takahashi brings to an end a police hunt for those behind the coordinated release of Nazi-developed sarin, an incident that killed 13 people, injured thousands and sowed panic throughout the capital.“Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the identity of the man as Katsuya Takahashi by using finger prints and
June 15, 2012