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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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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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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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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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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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Iran dismisses reported U.N. claims of nuclear work
TEHRAN (AP) ― New intelligence the U.N. atomic agency plans to release on alleged nuclear weapons work by Iran is fabricated, the Iranian foreign minister said Saturday.Diplomats have told the Associated Press that the International Atomic Energy Agency plans to reveal intelligence in the coming week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead, as well as other previously undisclosed details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms.Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi accused
Nov. 6, 2011
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Syria frees 553 protesters; 10 die in clashes
Damascus kicks off Arab peace plan but 50 people have been killed since it vowed to end violenceDAMASCUS (AFP) ― The Syrian regime on Saturday released more than 550 people arrested during anti-regime protests, kicking off an Arab peace plan, even as activists said fresh clashes cost at least 10 more lives.The Arab League chief, meanwhile, warned that failure of the peace deal agreed this week would be catastrophic and demanded an immediate end to the bloodshed.To mark the Muslim feast of Eid al
Nov. 6, 2011
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Myanmar revises party laws; Suu Kyi’s return enabled
YANGON (AP) -- Myanmar’s president has signed a revised law on political parties in an apparent attempt to encourage Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy to accept the political system and reregister as a party.President Thein Sein signed the amendments to the Political Party Registration Law on Friday as senior U.S. diplomats were ending a visit to encourage his government to push forward with democratic reforms. A U.N. envoy has also been visiting.If the National Lea
Nov. 6, 2011
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Colombia rebel chief killed; future uncertain
BOGOTA (AP) ― President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday called on fighters of Latin America’s only major rebel force to accept the killing of their top leader as proof the movement is doomed and to surrender.“This is the moment to decide to lay down your arms because, as we’ve said many times, the alternative is prison or a tomb,” Santos told combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia a day after troops killed their 63-year-old chief.But analysts don’t believe Alfonso Cano’s death w
Nov. 6, 2011
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Thousands demonstrate against Berlusconi
ROME (AP) ― Tens of thousands of opposition activists demonstrated in central Rome on Saturday for the ouster of Premier Silvio Berlusconi.Democratic Party leader Pierluigi Bersani told the crowd that his party is prepared to work with other opposition groups to lead a new government. “If there is discontinuity and change, we are ready with the other opposition to create a new government,” Bersani told the crowd in Piazza San Giovani.Berlusconi’s grip on power has been weakened by the ongoing
Nov. 6, 2011
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Mexican hacker group drops reprisal as member freed
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Persons claiming to be with the Mexican arm of "hacktivist" group Anonymous said Friday they were scrapping plans to expose information about the Zetas drug cartel after a kidnap victim was released.Twitter messages from the accounts @anonhispano and @IberoAnon said the Anonymous
Nov. 6, 2011
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150 die in heinous Islamist attacks in Nigeria
DAMATURU, Nigeria (AFP) - At least 150 people died in a "heinous" wave of gun and bomb attacks in northern Nigeria that were on Saturday claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram sect.President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the assaults which officials said included at least five suicide bomb blasts and "dir
Nov. 6, 2011
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U.S. report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Cyberattacks by Chinese and Russian intelligence services, as well corporate hackers in those countries, have swallowed up large amounts of high-tech American research and development data, and that stolen information has helped build their economies, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded. The report, offering the first such detailed public accusations from U.S. officials, said computer attacks by foreign governments are on the rise and represent a “persistent threat to U.S
Nov. 4, 2011
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Police bust baby trafficking ring in eastern China
BEIJING (AP) _ Police in eastern China have busted a human trafficking ring involving poor migrant couples who were selling their babies, a state-run newspaper reported Friday.Police in Shandong province's Zoucheng city found last month that 17 infants had been sold in the city to Chinese buyers, th
Nov. 4, 2011
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Engaged couple with a baby turns out to be long-lost brother and sister
A couple who planned for a wedding after living together for five years, discovered they were brother and sister when their families met, The Daily Mail reported.The woman in her ninth month of pregnancy is in a desperate state after learning that the father of her child is her brother, it reported.The couple in South Africa met at university and were going to introduce themselves to their parents before they got married.But when their families met, the two found out that they were brother and s
Nov. 4, 2011
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Girl, 3, eats leftovers for 2 days after mom dies
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A 3-year-old girl comforted herself with her favorite toy and ate cheese, leftover lasagna and milk for two days after her mother died unexpectedly in their New Zealand home.The girl's uncle, Pete Silbery, told The Associated Press on Friday that Shylah Silbery managed
Nov. 4, 2011
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Syrian tanks fire despite Arab League deal; 4 dead
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian tanks mounted with machine-guns fired Thursday on a city at the heart of the country's uprising, killing at least four people one day after Damascus agreed to an Arab League plan calling on the government to pull the military out of cities, activists said.The violence does
Nov. 3, 2011
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Gadhafi son said to be in vast Sahara
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Court, Moammar Gadhafi's one-time heir apparent appears to have disappeared in the Sahara Desert's ocean of dunes and could remain hidden for months in an area more than twice the size of Texas.Seif al-Islam Gadhafi may be plo
Nov. 3, 2011
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[Urgent] Cuba legalizes sale, purchase of private property
Havana, (AP) _ Cuba announced Thursday it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raul Castro. The law, which takes effect Nov. 10, applies to
Nov. 3, 2011
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Greece: Emergency cabinet meeting as government totters
ATHENS (AP) ― Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has called an emergency cabinet meeting for Thursday as his governing Socialist lawmakers revolt against a referendum plan.A statement from Papandreou’s office says the meeting will be held at noon and comes after Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos broke ranks with the prime minister on the referendum proposal.Earlier Thursday, Socialist lawmaker Eva Kaili also said she would not support the government in Friday’s confidence vote.Kaili urged
Nov. 3, 2011
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Macau’s youth flock to gambling school
MACAU (AFP) ― In a big, garishly decorated room, dealers deftly lay out cards for baccarat while an eager crowd watches a roulette wheel spin. But the money changing hands is fake, while the punters are scribbling down notes on casino mathematics, because this isn’t a casino but a classroom.Thousands of students aged from 18 upwards pass through the mock casino run by the Macau Polytechnic Institute each year, training to work in the enormous gambling venues that dominate the world’s biggest gam
Nov. 3, 2011
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Europe has few options over Greek vote
BRUSSELS (AP) ― Eurozone leaders have insisted for months that there is no Plan B ― the currency bloc simply will not break up. But now that their grand strategy to save the 17-nation currency, hatched just a week ago, is in jeopardy, they had better start working on one.The trouble is their options are limited. If Greek voters reject the deal negotiated last week in Brussels, Greece could have to leave the euro, whether or not its European partners are ready for the devastating consequences of
Nov. 3, 2011
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Israel sending signals of Iranian attack
Netanyahu says a nuclear-armed Tehran would pose ‘dire threat’ to the world JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli official said Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to persuade his Cabinet to authorize a military strike against Iran‘s suspected nuclear weapons program _ a discussion that comes as Israel successfully tests a missile believed capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to Iran.It remained unclear whether Israel was genuinely poised to strike or if it was saber-rattling to p
Nov. 3, 2011
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China spacecraft makes first successful docking
BEIJING (AP) ― China moved one step closer to setting up its own space station early Thursday, with two spacecraft docking successfully above the earth.The state-run Xinhua News Agency said the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 docked with the Tiangong 1 module now in orbit as China moved ahead with its most ambitious space project to date. Shenzhou 8 launched Tuesday from a base in far western China.China launched its own space station program after being turned away in its repeated attempts to jo
Nov. 3, 2011
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Libya struggles to secure loose weapons
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- More than two months after the fall of Tripoli, Libya‘s new leaders are still struggling to secure massive weapons depots, stop the smuggling of munitions out of the country and disarm thousands of fighters who brought down Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.The international community has offered to help, but also expects Libyans to step up. However, the interim leadership _ in limbo until the formation of a new government mid-month _ may not be up to the task. Libya‘s temporary le
Nov. 3, 2011