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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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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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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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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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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Berlusconi rejects pressure to quit, crisis grows
ROME (AP) -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi rejected reports that he would resign so a new government could more forcefully push through economic reforms, even as Italy's borrowing rates spiked Monday to a euro-era high. In the last few weeks, Italy has become the new focus of the eurozone deb
Nov. 7, 2011
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Greece seals coalition deal under EU pressure
Nov. 7, 2011
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Dome screen puts Canadian viewers at center of the action
MONTREAL (AFP) ― The audience finds itself inside a giant uterus. Or it flies around cathedral ruins. Or it is transported to a dark, lonely forest.Such are the experiences offered by Satosphere, a new cinema with a massive dome screen in Montreal designed by the Society for Arts and Technology to provide spectators with a 360-degree view of art projections.Eight video projectors splash images over the entire surface of the steel-framed shell, which juts from the roof of the building, while 157
Nov. 7, 2011
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U.N. envoy warns of missing Libya arms
TRIPOLI (AP) ― Some weapons depots in Libya have still not been secured properly, and “much has already gone missing” from unguarded sites, the top U.N. envoy in Libya said in an interview Sunday.Preventing more weapons from being smuggled out of country will be difficult, considering the nature of the vast desert nation’s borders, the envoy, Ian Martin, told the Associated Press.“That has to be a priority now, to secure what still remains in Libya,” he said. “Over time, the international commun
Nov. 7, 2011
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Arabs to meet on Syria’s failed peace plan
DAMASCUS (AFP) ― The Arab League on Sunday called an emergency meeting on Syria’s failure to implement its peace plan, as forces reportedly killed at least 19 demonstrators after prayers on one of Islam’s holiest days.The announcement that Arab foreign ministers would hold the gathering came on the fourth straight day of deadly violence since Syria agreed to the League’s peace blueprint aimed at ending eight months of bloodshed.The Arab League said a meeting was called for next Saturday because
Nov. 7, 2011
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‘Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital’
LAGOS (AP) ― U.S. officials warned after a weekend of violence and fear that luxury hotels frequented by foreigners and Nigeria’s elite may be bombed by a radical Muslim sect as the death toll from attacks in the country’s northeast rose to more than 100.The warning by the U.S. Embassy shows how seriously diplomats take the threat posed by the outlawed Islamist group known locally as Boko Haram, which previously bombed the United Nations headquarters in the capital, Abuja, killing 24.The unusual
Nov. 7, 2011
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Racial politics return with Cain allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Herman Cain’s rise as a presidential contender was supposed to prove that race didn’t matter in the Republican Party. Cain is fast making it the only thing that does.The black conservative is trying to navigate around allegations that he sexually harassed at least three women, implying that the accusations surfaced because he is black. Hours after the claims were reported, Cain’s supporters branded his trouble a “high-tech lynching.” That’s the term coined 20 years ago by anoth
Nov. 7, 2011
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Former general wins Guatemalan presidential election
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ― A former general promising to get tough on rampant crime and drug violence easily won Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday, marking a shift to the right in the poor Central American nation.Otto Perez Molina of the conservative Patriotic Party won 55 percent of the vote, topping tycoon-turned-political populist Manuel Baldizon of the Democratic Freedom Revival party, who had 45 percent, according to Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal.Perez, 61, is the first former
Nov. 7, 2011
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Legendary terror chief goes to trial
PARIS (AP) ― Once among the world’s most feared masterminds of terror, the man known as Carlos the Jackal is now a graying convict who has been behind bars for 17 years. On Monday, he goes on trial for four deadly attacks that occurred nearly three decades ago, and the verdict could determine his chances of ever being freed.Defiant ahead of the proceedings before a special anti-terrorism court ― expected to last six weeks ― the 62-year-old whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez told a French r
Nov. 7, 2011
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Race begins to patent ‘Occupy’ protests
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― The revolution will be trademarked and put on T-shirts if an increasing number of entrepreneurs succeed in their attempts to profit from the Occupy demonstrations.A few T-shirts began to appear several days after the first protest began on Sept. 17 with a march through the streets of lower Manhattan.Now, T-shirts, coffee mugs and other merchandise emblazoned with Occupy locations and slogans are being offered online and amid the camp sites that have sprung up in cities acros
Nov. 7, 2011
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Chilean miner Pena drops out of NYC Marathon
NEW YORK (AP) _ Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena dropped out of Sunday's New York City Marathon at the 11-mile mark.Pena entered Sunday's 26.2-mile event again following a difficult year that included a hospitalization in Santiago for psychological problems and reported drug and alcohol issues.He f
Nov. 7, 2011
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Chinese boat skipper arrested off Japan’s coast
TOKYO (AP) -- The Chinese skipper of a fishing boat has been arrested in waters off southwestern Japan after fleeing the coast guard and being chased down, Japanese authorities said.Zhang Tianxiong was arrested Sunday about 60 kilometers off Japan’s Goto islands in the East China Sea on charges of refusing inspection and fleeing authorities, the coast guard said.According to the coast guard, Zhang, from Fujian province in eastern China, refused an inspection after his 135-ton boat was sailing th
Nov. 7, 2011
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Suicide bombers kill 7 in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) ― Two suicide bombers targeted worshippers on a key Muslim festival in northern Afghanistan, killing seven, including two local police commanders, officials said Sunday.The bombers struck as Muslims were leaving a mosque on the outskirts of Old Baghlan City after prayers at the start of the Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice.At least 18 other people were taken to hospitals with injuries from the attack in Hassin Tal, about 10 kilometers east of the city. One bomber blew himself u
Nov. 7, 2011
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Grenade attack kills 2 at Kenya church
WAJIR, Kenya (AP) ― Two people were killed in a suspected al-Shabab attack at a church in an eastern Kenyan town, a police official said Sunday.Kenyan police chief Leo Nyongesa said that a woman and her two grandchildren were also injured when attackers hurled a grenade at the Pentecostal Church in Garissa late Saturday.Ibrahim Makunyi, the head pastor at the church, said the house near the entrance of the church that belonged to a church elder had been bombed.“One of the dead is a member of the
Nov. 7, 2011
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Murdoch gave Brooks $2.7m payoff: paper
LONDON (AP) ― British newspaper the Guardian is reporting that media baron Rupert Murdoch paid former News International chief Rebekah Brooks $2.7 million and the use of an office as part of her severance package.The newspaper says without citing sources that the high-profile CEO of the now-closed tabloid News of The World was also granted continued access to her company limousine and driver for two years.The report said Brooks was given a central London office, adding that her spokesman asked t
Nov. 7, 2011
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Colombia landslide death toll reaches 29
BOGOTA (AP) ― Rescuers are searching for signs of life amid mud and rubble after a rain-fueled landslide buried homes in northwestern Colombia, killing at least 29 people.Red Cross rescue director Cesar Uruena says between 20 and 40 people remain missing from Saturday’s landslide in Manizales, 165 kilometers northwest of the capital, Bogota.President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday that 29 bodies have been identified and he sent condolences to the families.The landslide was caused by heavy rains
Nov. 7, 2011
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Thousands send money to China's Ai for tax bill
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Monday that thousands of supporters have donated more than $550,000 to help him pay a government tax bill, a show of support and a form of protest that a state-run newspaper warned could be illegal. In this June 23, 2011 file photo, activist ar
Nov. 7, 2011
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Fireworks smoke linked to UK crash that killed 7
Police investigating the cause of a 34-car pile-up on a major British highway that killed seven people and injured 51 said Sunday they are focusing on a fireworks display near the accident site. A general view of the scene on the M5 motorway close to Taunton in southwestern England, Saturday No
Nov. 7, 2011
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At least 69 dead in north Nigeria sect attacks
LAGOS (AP) ― Residents fearfully left their homes to bury their dead in northeast Nigeria following a series of coordinated attacks that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ruins, government offices burned and symbols of state power destroyed.A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks in Borno and Yobe states, with the worst damage done in and around the city of Damaturu. The group also promised Saturday to continue its bl
Nov. 6, 2011
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Yemen uprising binds women from many walks of life
SANAA (AP) ― Early in Yemen’s uprising, about 20 women with banners demanding equal rights marched into the heart of the capital, joining the thousands who were calling for the ouster of the president. They were greeted with cheers.The women settled into a spot below the stage in the middle of Change Square. But as the days passed, “the women’s section” became off-limits to men. A fence went up around it. Then straw mats were slung over the fence to conceal the women. Policed by bearded males, Y
Nov. 6, 2011