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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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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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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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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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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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U.S. hikers jailed in Iran set to marry
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Two of the U.S. hikers imprisoned in Iran on spying charges after straying across the border in July 2009 are set to marry over the weekend, a lawyer and friend of the couple said Friday.Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd -- who became engaged during their time in captivity, with a ring Bauer made from the threads of his shirt -- plan to tie the knot on Saturday at an undisclosed location in California.The two will marry in a private ceremony with only friends and family present, a
May 6, 2012
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New French accusations: Strauss-Kahn in Washington
PARIS (AP) ― French investigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape during a sex party in a Washington hotel in 2010 while he was chief of the International Monetary Fund, a judicial official said Friday.Strauss-Kahn, via his lawyers, denied any violence and said he’s the subject of a public “lynching campaign.” The prominent economist, once a top contender for France’s presidency, has seen his career and reputation crumble since he was accused
May 6, 2012
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Obama plunges into campaign
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ― President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager “rubber stamp’’ for conservative Republicans in Congress who want to cut taxes for the rich.Six months before Election Day, the polls point to a close race between Obama and Romney, with the economy the overriding issue as the U.S. struggles to recover from the worst recession since the 1930s. Unemployment remains stubbornly high at 8.1 percent
May 6, 2012
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Greek election critical and uncertain
ATHENS (AP) ― Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time in their most critical ― and uncertain ― election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country’s dire economic straits.Thirty-two parties vie for the votes of nearly 10 million registered voters, many of whom, according to recent polls, were undecided on the eve of the election. Abstention, once projected to reach historic highs but seen rising in recent opinion surveys,
May 6, 2012
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Armenia parliament vote tests fragile democracy
YEREVAN (AFP) -- Armenians voted for a new parliament Sunday in the biggest test of the ex-Soviet state‘s fragile democratic credentials since disputed presidential elections in 2008 ended in fatal clashes.The authorities promised an unprecedentedly clean contest for the 131-seat National Assembly in the hope of avoiding further turmoil after battles between riot police and opposition supporters four years ago left 10 people dead.“I am for change but without drastic upheavals. We need stability,
May 6, 2012
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Woman says hypnotized into $160,000 loss
Boston's Chinatown has been on edge since a 57-year-old woman claimed three women used hypnosis to get her to fork over $160,000 in life savings, police say.Police say the victim was food shopping in Chinatown April 15 when the trio of women tapped her on the shoulder and began asking her questions. The victim says one of the suspects spoke and her henchwomen handed her a plastic bag. She was told
May 6, 2012
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Japan switches off final nuclear reactor
Japan switched off its last working nuclear reactor Saturday, leaving the country without atomic-generated electricity just over a year after the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter of a century.As technicians closed down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido at 11:03 pm(1403 GMT), the debate over whether Japan needs nuclear power has been reignited, amid increasingly shrill warnings of sum
May 6, 2012
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Afghan girl's torturers get 10 years jail: official
The case of a tortured Afghan child bride whose treatment shocked the world has led to three members of her husband's family being jailed for 10 years, an official said Saturday.Afghan child bride Sahar Gul, 15, speaks to Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs Husn Banu Ghazanfar, as she recovers at the hospital in Kabul (AFP)Sahar Gul, 15, who was burned and beaten and had her fingernails pulled out
May 6, 2012
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‘Libya funded Sarkozy 2007 poll campaign’
TUNIS (AFP) ― Moamer Kadhafi’s regime funded Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 poll campaign, lawyers for former Libyan premier Baghdadi al-Mahmudi said Thursday, as the French president dismissed it as a ploy to derail his bid for relection.“Moamer Kadhafi, his regime and the officials who worked with him financed Sarkozy’s election campaign in 2007,” lawyer Bechir Essed told reporters in Tunis, where Mahmudi is detained, mentioning that 50 million euros ($65 million) changed hands.Essed’s claims came aft
May 4, 2012
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China opens door to ending Chen crisis with study offer
Beijing says activist Chen can apply to study abroadBEIJING (AFP) -- China said Friday that blind activist Chen Guangcheng can apply to study abroad, offering a possible resolution to a crisis that erupted when he escaped house arrest and fled to the U.S. embassy.The apparent concession came after Chen said he was in “great danger” and urged China‘s government to honor guarantees on his safety, and after he phoned U.S. lawmakers in a dramatic appeal for help to leave the country.Chen, a campaign
May 4, 2012
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Hungry lion goes after baby wearing zebra colors, in vain
A video of a lioness trying feverishly scratching and clawing at a baby behind a thick glass is amusing millions online. In the video, the apparently hungry feline tries fruitlessly to attack 13-month-old Jack, who is wearing zebra-like black-and-white striped hoodie. Jack’s mother Heather Baltzor said that she did not intend to dress her son in resemblance to a wild animal, and had no clue as to why the beast was so attracted to her son. “We just thought it was hilarious,” Bal
May 4, 2012
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Tallest man in U.S. seeking shoes, normalcy
Finding shoes for the tallest man in the U.S. takes more than a trip to the mall; more like a trip across the country.Igor Vovkovinskiy flew to Massachusetts on Thursday from Minnesota so shoe engineers at Reebok could try to custom build shoes strong enough to support has massive frame.He's 2.34-meter tall. Technicians estimate his shoe size at somewhere between a 22 and 25 _ sizes impossible to
May 4, 2012
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Man falls through women's bathroom ceiling
A woman who went to use a Seattle Central Community College restroom says a man beat her to it -- by falling in through the ceiling. Joy Estill said around 11 a.m. Wednesday, a man smashed through the ceiling of the restroom. "My initial reaction was 'Do you need help?' -- I thought he was a worker," Estill told KOMO-TV, Seattle. "But then I realized he was not dressed like a worker doing labor; h
May 4, 2012
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Pororo boosts Korea’s animation industry
South Korea’s animation industry has hardly seen any downtime, keeping rigorously busy for over two decades now. For many in the industry, putting the finishing touches on an episode of a world-famous cartoon is all in a day’s work.“The simplified version of the animation process for studios in the United States is pretty simple,” said Alex Ha, a 31-year-old native of San Francisco, California. “The main directors will draw the main drawings and everything else in between is drawn by the Korean
May 3, 2012
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Philippines asks U.S. to provide maritme security equipment
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The Philippines said Wednesday it has asked the United States to supply its armed forces with patrol boats and aircraft as well as radar systems amid an escalating territorial dispute with China.Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said the hardware would help his country achieve a “minimum credible defense,” a phrase he used in unprecedented talks with senior U.S. officials in Washington earlier this week.“We need to know what’s going on around us. That’s maritime
May 3, 2012
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Hamas says it’s holding talks with 5 EU countries
BEIRUT (AP) ― Hamas has been holding secret political talks with five European Union member states in recent months, a senior official in the Islamic militant group told the Associated Press on Wednesday.If confirmed, such talks would be a sign that the isolation of the Gaza-based Palestinian movement is easing in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings that have brought Islamists to power in parts of the Middle East.The EU and the U.S consider Hamas a terror group and refuse to deal with it unles
May 3, 2012
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Netanyahu’s coalition wants election on Sept. 4
JERUSALEM (AFP) ― Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition has tabled a motion to dissolve parliament and call an early general election on Sept. 4, coalition chairman Zeev Elkin said late on Wednesday.“I submitted the draft this morning,” he told Israeli public radio.“The consensus of most of the coalition parties and part of the opposition is that the election will take place on Sept. 4,” Elkin said. “That is the agreed date...a final decision will be taken on Sunday.”Netanyau on S
May 3, 2012
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Sudan says it seeks peace with South
U.N. gives Sudan, South Sudan 48 hours to halt hostilitiesKHARTOUM (AFP) ― Khartoum on Thursday said it seeks peace with South Sudan and hopes the small country responds favorably to African Union and U.N. resolutions for ending hostilities.“The government of Sudan confirms her own strategic calls to have peace between the two states and it hopes the government of South Sudan gives a positive reaction to the African and U.N. Security Council resolutions,” the foreign ministry’s spokesman, Al-O
May 3, 2012
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U.K. military prepare for ‘9/11-type attack’
LONDON (AFP) ― British military commanders said they were training to deal with a “9/11-type attack” as they launched a major exercise Wednesday to test their readiness for the 2012 London Olympics.As jet fighters took to the sky with nine weeks to go to the opening ceremony, the Olympic Park was getting its biggest try-out as the final wave of sporting test events got under way.Four Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets flew into the British capital to herald the start of Exercise Olympic
May 3, 2012
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Hollande stands firm in French presidential debate
PARIS (AP) ― French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to deliver a knockout blow against leftist front-runner Francois Hollande in their only head-to-head debate in France’s presidential campaign, the last major hurdle just four days before Sunday’s election finale.Hollande ― an understated man whom many expected to wither under Sarkozy’s sharp attacks ― stood his ground, surprising some observers and even himself. But Wednesday’s much-awaited TV debate produced no outright winner, and appears un
May 3, 2012