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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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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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Sales of eco-friendly cars top 100,000 in Q1 in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Director of 'Goodbye Earth' aimed to ask how we would face apocalypse
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Papademos is new Greek PM, vows to stick with euro
ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece appointed senior banker Lucas Papademos prime minister Thursday of an interim unity government that will seek to cement a European debt deal and stave off national bankruptcy.Chosen after four tortuous days of power-sharing talks, Papademos immediately called for unity a
Nov. 11, 2011
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Merkel presses Italy to clarify future leadership
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Italy on Tuesday to clear up quickly who will run the country, something that she said is key to restoring its credibility.Premier Silvio Berlusconi pledged earlier this week to quit but questions remain over the timing and what will happen next.
Nov. 10, 2011
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Arab leaders offer asylum to Assad: U.S.
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Arab leaders are privately telling the United States that they have offered Syrian President Bashar Assad asylum in a bid to get him to step down, a top U.S. diplomat told lawmakers on Wednesday.“Some Arab leaders already have begun to offer Assad safe-haven in an effort to encourage him to leave peaceably and quickly,” said Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman.“Almost all the Arab leaders say the same thing: Assad’s rule is coming to an end. C
Nov. 10, 2011
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Repression endangers Congo vote: U.N.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Repression by Congo’s government ahead of this month’s critical presidential election could lead to even more violence in the Central African nation struggling after decades of dictatorship and civil war, the United Nations warned Wednesday.The report from the U.N. Joint Human Rights Office in Geneva said people have been beaten and arrested just for wearing opposition party T-shirts. One man has been jailed since March for selling a newspaper that questioned President Joseph
Nov. 10, 2011
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Turkey quake kills at least 7, dozens trapped
City of Van hit by yet another earthquake that toppled 25 buildingsANKARA (AP) ― Rescue workers have pulled out 23 survivors from the rubble of three buildings, collapsed by an earthquake in eastern Turkey, the country’s disaster management authority said Thursday. At least seven were killed and dozens of others trapped.Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said Wednesday’s quake toppled 25 buildings in the city of Van but only three of them were occupied since the others have been evacuated after
Nov. 10, 2011
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Iran oil sanctions face economic risks
DUBAI (AP) ― With Iran angrily defiant about a U.N. report accusing it of developing nuclear weapons, Western powers and allies faced complicated questions Wednesday on how to further tighten pressure on the oil giant without shaking the fragile world economy.The path toward possible new sanctions also quickly confronted a huge roadblock as Iranian ally Russia said it would oppose any new measures in the U.N. Security Council and rejected any military options as risking “grave consequences” to g
Nov. 10, 2011
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U.K. students protest over tuition
LONDON (AFP) ― Thousands of students marched through London Wednesday against cuts in university funding as a massive police operation prevented a repeat of the violence at similar protests a year ago.Organizers said 10,000 people joined the march through the heart of London’s financial district in protest against a tripling in higher education fees by the coalition government of Prime Minister David Cameron.About 4,000 police were deployed, Scotland Yard said, adding that it did not dispute the
Nov. 10, 2011
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‘Mexico commits rights violations in drug war’
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Israel Arzate Melendez said soldiers snatched him off the street, gave him electric shocks, asphyxiated him and threatened that his wife would be raped and killed unless he admitted to a role in one of Mexico’s most infamous cases of drug violence.When Arzate told a judge he was tortured into falsely confessing to a role in the 2010 massacre of 15 teens at a party in Ciudad Juarez, she responded that his account was too detailed to be fabricated.Arzate’s case was among dozens
Nov. 10, 2011
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Obama sets off to meet Asian-Pacific partners
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama is about to embark on a nine-day trip to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia that will take him away from Washington at an important time, but White House officials said Wednesday it’s all about U.S. jobs.The trip also will underscore the economic, political and security importance of the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region, which the U.S. sees as critical to American interests in coming years.“The president’s No. 1 priority is job creation, and our efforts to c
Nov. 10, 2011
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Greek talks in limbo as they enter fourth day
Chaos within Athens’ leadership lingers on as negotiations to name new P.M. crumbleATHENS (AP) ― Greece’s laborious power-sharing talks disintegrated into chaos Wednesday, with political leaders failing to name a new prime minister who will take over from George Papandreou and head an interim government, despite three days of negotiations.The latest setback in more than a week of political turmoil came less than an hour after Papandreou made a televised address to the nation saying Greece’s poli
Nov. 10, 2011
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Canada's same-sex penguin pair to be split apart
TORONTO (AP) _ Toronto's zoo is splitting up a pair of male penguins whose affection has drawn headlines and jokes about ``Brokeback Iceberg.''The African penguins have shared the nest they built since coming to the zoo about a year ago. But since the penguins are an endangered species, zoo official
Nov. 10, 2011
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Greek PM: New interim govt will secure debt deal
ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece's outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou said Wednesday that an agreement had been reached with the opposition on the creation of an interim government that will secure the country's new debt deal.The two main parties, Papandreou's Socialists and the opposition conser
Nov. 10, 2011
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Italian president tries to calm anxious markets
ROME (AP) _ With markets tumbling around the globe, Italy's president promised emphatically Wednesday that Silvio Berlusconi will step down soon as premier and lavished honors on a leading economist, who instantly became Berlusconi's presumed successor.Across the Ionian Sea, the debt crisis in Greec
Nov. 10, 2011
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Renowned coach to retire in wake of abuse scandal
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (AP) _ A child sex abuse case has brought down one of the most renowned coaches in American sports.Joe Paterno, who is 84 years old and has coached Penn State's college football team for more than 45 years, said Wednesday he will retire at the end of this season, bringing
Nov. 10, 2011
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Turkey: quake kills at least 3, dozens trapped
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ An earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Wednesday night, killing at least three people and leaving dozens trapped in the rubble of toppled buildings damaged in the previous temblor, which had killed 600 people.About two-dozen buildings collapsed in the provincial capital of Van
Nov. 10, 2011
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Berlusconi to resign amid debt woes
ROME (AP) ― Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi conceded Tuesday he no longer had the support to govern and announced he would resign like his Greek counterpart, becoming the biggest political casualty yet of the European debt crisis.Berlusconi promised to leave office after Parliament passes economic reforms demanded by the European Union to keep Italy from sinking into Europe’s debt mess. He came to the decision hours after a vote on a routine piece of legislation made it clear he no longer comm
Nov. 9, 2011
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From pine box to U.S. casket, coffin culture evolves in Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Under the Soviets, they were plain wooden boxes upholstered in red satin. Today they come in different shapes and sizes and cater to a variety of tastes.Many are made of pine or mahogany hardwood, have a silk or satin lining, and some are encrusted with Swarowski crystals. Russian consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their tastes ― and coffins are no exception.“We are acquiring traditions,” said Yury Alampikov, general director of Saint Petersburg-based Akropol Ser
Nov. 9, 2011
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Punk rock at crossroads in Korea
Stripped-down sounds inspire wave of youth fed on a steady diet of prefabricated popSouth Korea’s punk scene has been in steady decline over the last few years with many clubs in Seoul closing down, but the phoenix of Korean punk music may be rising from the ashes. Last month, at Club Spot near Hongdae, a university campus neighborhood in western Seoul, the compilation album “Them and Us” was released showcasing 11 local punk bands who aim to give the Korean scene a shakeup.“Them and Us” featur
Nov. 9, 2011
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Sarkozy to Obama: Netanyahu is a liar
PARIS (AP) ― The French president’s overheard remark to President Barack Obama that Israel’s prime minister is a “liar” laid bare escalating international frustration at deadlocked peace efforts ― and left all three world leaders looking blemished.Obama, heard through an interpreter, responded, “I have to work with him every day.”Some Israelis felt French President Nicolas Sarkozy uttered out loud what many think in private about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Others were shocked, an
Nov. 9, 2011
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‘No consensus on Palestinian U.N. bid’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― There is no consensus among the 15 Security Council nations on the Palestinian application for U.N. membership, according to a draft report summing up members’ views circulated Tuesday.The four-page report obtained by The Associated Press says the council is divided among those who support Palestinian membership, those who can’t support it now and therefore would abstain, and those who believe the application doesn’t meet the criteria for membership and oppose it.Palestinia
Nov. 9, 2011