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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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Iran: Any attacks bring ‘same level’ reply
TEHRAN (AP) ― Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces “on the same level,” Iran’s top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Barack Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message of solidarity.The contrasting approaches highlighted the broad range of political posturing and tactics as the standoff deepens over Tehran’s nuclear program.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking on state TV to mark the Ira
March 21, 2012
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Strong earthquake shakes Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday’s earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states. In Guerrero, officials confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged,
March 21, 2012
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Romney wins Illinois presidential primary
Republican front-runner pads his delegate count with key state victorySCHAUMBURG, Illinois (AP) ― Mitt Romney easily won the Republican presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday night, padding his already-formidable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum with another victory in a key industrial state.Romney, a multimillionaire who has the backing of most of the Republican establishment but struggles with the party’s more conservative wing, is leading the overall race for delegates to choose a can
March 21, 2012
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101-year-old woman sets world paragliding record
A 101-year-old U.S. woman who ushered in her birthday with a tandem paraglide ride last year is soaring into the record books Tuesday.Great-great grandmother Mary Hardison has been officially recognized as the ``Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem'' by Guinness World Records. She supplanted a 100-year
March 21, 2012
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Study says Venice, Italy, still sinking
Gondolas in Venice (123rf image)Water is increasingly encroaching on Venice, Italy, and it's not just the rising sea; researchers say they've confirm the coastal city is still sinking.Although some previous studies have suggested the city had stabilized, U.S. researchers say the historic northern It
March 21, 2012
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Romney wins Republican primary in Illinois: media
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney swept to victory in the Republican primary in Illinois Tuesday, winning by a wide margin, US television networks projected.Fox News and CNN both showed Romney winning the race with 56 percent of the vote, to 27 percent for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Sa
March 21, 2012
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Los Angeles man held in hammer killing of father
A Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his father with a hammer.City News Service says 45-year-old Jun Chang called 911 around noon Sunday and told officers who went to his home that he'd killed his father.Police say it appears he struck his father, Sun Chang, in the head with a
March 21, 2012
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7.4 quake shakes south Mexico, rattles capital
A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central and southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City. A woman comforts her children outside a school at the Roma neig
March 21, 2012
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China’s politician sacking tied to probe
BEIJING (AP) ― One of China’s most powerful politicians interfered in an investigation involving a family member before he was fired last week, news reports said Tuesday, the latest revelation in what has become China’s biggest political scandal in years.Bo Xilai’s removal as Communist Party boss of Chongqing city appears to have brought a screeching stop to the career of one of the country’s most ambitious politicians.The reports on numerous online news sites, including dwnews.com and Boxun.com
March 20, 2012
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Einstein’s original manuscripts to be posted online
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Albert Einstein’s complete archives ― from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research ― are going online for the first time.The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which owns the German Jewish physicist’s papers, is pulling never-before seen items from its climate-controlled safe, photographing them in high resolution and posting them on the Internet ― offering the public a nuanced and fuller portrait of the ma
March 20, 2012
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Romney looks to extend lead with Illinois win
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) ― An increasingly confident Mitt Romney looked for a primary win Tuesday in President Barack Obama’s adopted home state of Illinois, a victory that would put him ever closer to becoming the Republicans’ choice to challenge the president in the general election.Romney was attacking Obama’s economic policies even as the president’s standing in the polls has improved in recent weeks along with signs that the U.S. economy was on course for a sustained recovery. But Obama,
March 20, 2012
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Obama calls to Abbas to discuss Middle East peace
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama called Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Monday and assured him that the peace process remains a top priority for him, Abbas’s spokesman said.“President Obama informed president Abbas about his meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and assured him that the Middle East peace process has been his top priority since he came to office,” Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP.Abu Rudeina said the leaders also discussed “expl
March 20, 2012
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Reactor Leaks in Canada at World’s Second-Largest Nuclear Plant
A nuclear reactor in Canada that’s been out of service for almost two decades shut after a leak as it was being restarted, said the operator of the world’s second- largest plant.The 750-megawatt Unit 2 at the Bruce Power complex near Kincardine on Lake Huron, about 250 kilometers northwest of Toront
March 20, 2012
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Algeria marks 50 years since France cease-fire
Algeria paid little formal attention to Monday‘s 50th anniversary of the cease-fire ending its bloody war of independence from France, and France officially ignored the awkward anniversary.But some Algerians marked the date by renewing calls for the state to "criminalize colonialism’‘ through the law.Algeria’s 132 years as a French colony have always dogged the relations between the two countries, which are close but continually marked by flare-ups over their shared past.Monday marked the annive
March 20, 2012
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Egypt court acquits Zawahiri brother in new trial
An Egyptian military court on Monday acquitted Mohammed al-Zawahiri, the brother of al-Qaida‘s leader Ayman, overturning a death sentence in a new trial, his lawyer and his son told AFP.The court also acquitted Mohammed Islambouli, whose Islamist brother Khaled assassinated president Anwar Sadat in 1981, they said. They had been convicted of planning militant attacks.“Thank God, he was found innocent,” Zawahiri’s son Abdelrahman told AFP by telephone after the verdict.“We expect him to be releas
March 20, 2012
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Russia joins Syria truce calls as fighting rages
Foreign Minister Lavrov favorable toward humanitarian cease-fire: Red CrossDAMASCUS (AFP) ― Russia has added its voice to growing calls for a humanitarian truce in Syria, a move hailed by the U.S. after deadly clashes rocked a district of the capital near the heart of the embattled regime.France meanwhile pressed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a statement backing international envoy Kofi Annan’s mission to end the bloodshed that has cost an estimated 9,100 lives in the past year.President Ba
March 20, 2012
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Greek finance minister resigns ahead of elections
ATHENS (AFP) ― Greece took a step from debt crisis to the challenges for the next government on Monday when finance minister resigned to prepare the socialist PASOK party for elections expected within two months.Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos resigned his government job after being elected on Sunday to head the Socialist party PASOK, in the run-up to elections.Polls suggest that PASOK will pay a heavy election cost for pushing through austerity measures in the two and a half years si
March 20, 2012
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Man arrested after karaoke stripping
Florida authorities said they arrested a 28-year-old man who shed his clothing during a karaoke performance at a restaurant.Sgt. Byron Barnes, a spokesman for the Melbourne Police Department, said Jeffrey Lee Thompson was singing during karaoke night at the Applebee's Restaurant early Monday and the
March 20, 2012
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UPS pays 5.16 bn euros for TNT Express in global package
THE HAGUE (AFP) -- U.S. express delivery giant United Parcel Service made a bold move to strengthen its position in Europe and the world on Monday, saying it would pay 5.16 billion euros ($6.77 billion) for Dutch firm TNT Express.The deal is expected to put UPS ahead of rivals DHL and FedEx, which w
March 19, 2012
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France election campaign on hold after school shooting
PARIS (AFP) -- France effectively put its election campaign on hold Monday after a gunman killed three children and a teacher at a Jewish school, with top candidates condemning the attack and rushing to the scene.President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist frontrunner in the presidential race, Franc
March 19, 2012