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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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World is safer 10 years after 9/11: EU, NATO
The world is safer today than in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States, with global terror groups weaker than 10 years ago, senior EU and NATO officials said Monday.A decade after Al-Qaeda traumatized the United States, the terror network has lost its leader, Osama bin Laden
Sept. 6, 2011
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Chinese students join Taiwan universities despite strict rules
About 1,000 Chinese students are joining their Taiwanese counterparts at college campuses here today, as the new academic year starts.They are the first mainlanders to study here as full-time degree students under a new initiative that the Taiwanese authorities hope will boost cross-strait understan
Sept. 5, 2011
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Talks fail, Libyan rebels ready to strike loyalists
NATO bombs military targets near Sirte overnightTARHOUNA, Libya (AP) ― Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for the green light to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman sai
Sept. 5, 2011
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Kurdish MPs push for autonomy in Turkey
ANKARA (AP) ― Kurdish legislators vowed Sunday to press on with a boycott of Turkey’s parliament and backed a recent declaration of autonomy in the country’s Kurd-dominated southeast. The defiant stances came as Kurdish rebels killed six people while military airstrikes targeted their hideouts.The d
Sept. 5, 2011
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Israel P.M. won’t apologize to Turkey for flotilla deaths
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Israel’s leader defiantly refused on Sunday to apologize to Turkey for a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish-led flotilla bent on breaching Israel’s Gaza Strip blockade ― an incident that has battered a relationship once seen as a cornerstone of regional stability.In his first public r
Sept. 5, 2011
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Deaths, arrests as ICRC visits Syria
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syria saw a wave of violence and arrests Sunday as the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited Damascus to address issues including caring for the wounded and access to detainees during the government’s crackdown on a 5-month-old uprising.Activists reported militar
Sept. 5, 2011
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26 killed as typhoon devastates Japan
TOKYO (AP) ― Record rain and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas left at least 26 people dead in Japan on Sunday as the storm moved slowly northward past the country’s western coast. At least 52 others were missing, local media said.Evacuation orders and advisories were issued to 460,000 people in
Sept. 5, 2011
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German regional election deals new setback to Merkel
BERLIN (AP) ― Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition suffered a new setback and Germany’s main opposition parties celebrated gains in a state election Sunday that came as Merkel’s unpopular government grapples with the eurozone debt crisis and other challenges.The vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Sept. 5, 2011
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Cambridge named world’s top university
The University of Cambridge has retained its premier status in the QS World University Rankings, beating Harvard for a second year, as U.K. and U.S. institutions again took the top 10 spots.The rankings featured six U.S. establishments, with the remainder coming from Britain. Yale University slipped
Sept. 5, 2011
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Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
美 '종이 없는 학교' 아이패드 사용 늘어HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.A few hours away
Sept. 5, 2011
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Jordan woman killed in hospital over pregnancy
A Jordanian man was charged on Sunday with killing his 24-year-old widowed daughter in hospital after she gave birth to twins, a judicial official said.(MCT)“Amman‘s criminal court prosecutor charged the man with premeditated murder after he confessed to shooting dead his daughter on Saturday,
Sept. 5, 2011
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Papers show Gadhafi, Western Intel ties
TRIPOLI (AP) ― The CIA and other Western intelligence agencies worked closely with the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi, sharing tips and cooperating in handing over terror suspects for interrogation to a regime known to use torture, according to a trove of security documents discovered after the fa
Sept. 4, 2011
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Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse accusations
VATICAN CITY (AP) ― The Vatican has vigorously rejected accusations it had sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and charged that the Irish prime minister had made an “unfounded” attack against the Holy See.The Vatican issued a 24-page response o
Sept. 4, 2011
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Ex-IMF chief comes home
PARIS (AP) ― Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned home to France on Sunday for the first time since a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape, unleashing an international scandal that dashed his chances for the French presidency.New York prosecutors late
Sept. 4, 2011
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Britain invited Gadhafi sons to see SAS display: report
LONDON, Sept 4, 2011 (AFP) - Britain invited two of Moamer Gadhafi‘s sons to the headquarters of the SAS special forces unit as former premier Tony Blair tried to build ties with the Libyan regime, The Sunday Times reported. Libya's embattled Moammar Gadhafi fans his face during the Forum of Kings,
Sept. 4, 2011
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Wayward penguin released south of New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- He needed a little push before speeding backward down a makeshift slide. Once in the water, he popped his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin known as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after an extended sojourn spe
Sept. 4, 2011
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UN gave US information on Iraq massacre: leak
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A UN special rapporteur gave information to Washington indicating its forces summarily executed 10 Iraqis, among them four women and five children, in a 2006 raid, a leaked US diplomatic cable says.According to the April 2006 cable, which details a letter from Philip Alston, Special
Sept. 3, 2011
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WikiLeaks sparks fury with release of unredacted cables
LONDON (AP) -- Four of the high-profile media organizations that have collaborated with WikiLeaks on its release of secret documents on Friday condemned the group's disclosure of its entire archive of uncensored U.S. State Department cables.WikiLeaks announced that it had posted the last of its coll
Sept. 2, 2011
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Japan’s P.M. picks allies for key cabinet spots
TOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda picked close allies Friday for key positions in his cabinet as he tries to steer his troubled nation through disaster recovery, a nuclear crisis and a lengthy economic slump.Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura announced the picks, including Koichir
Sept. 2, 2011
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Chilean students stage kiss-in for reforms
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) _ More than 100 students have held a kiss-in in a central plaza of the Chilean capital as part of a peaceful protest demanding education reforms.Chilean couples kiss during a demonstration demanding structural changes in the educational sector in downtown Santiago, Chile, Thursd
Sept. 2, 2011