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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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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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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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‘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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Iran leader: West cannot ‘confiscate’ Arab Spring
TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to “confiscate” the region’s pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic’s unease about their standing in a profoundly altered Middle East.Iran has tried to walk t
Sept. 1, 2011
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10th anniversary of 9/11 nears, U.S. ups security
The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses during the September 11 terrorist attack in 2001. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) ― As the United States prepares for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a date al-Qaida has cited as a potential opportunity to strike again, security is int
Sept. 1, 2011
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Court case reveals details of secret flights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The secret airlift of terrorism suspects and American intelligence officials to CIA-operated overseas prisons via luxury jets was mounted by a hidden network of U.S. companies and coordinated by a prominent defense contractor, newly disclosed documents show.More than 1,
Sept. 1, 2011
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Logger cuts off own toes after foot is pinned
DENVER (AP) — Jon Hutt was doing logging work all alone in a remote Colorado forest when his six-ton trailer fell onto his right foot.The pain was excruciating, no one was around to hear his cries for help and he couldn't free himself from the big piece of equipment. Montrose Colo., resi
Sept. 1, 2011
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Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Gadhafi
HEISHA, Libya (AP) ― Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and have issued an ultimatum to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator’s hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.“We have a good idea where he is,” a top rebel leader said
Aug. 31, 2011
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Liberated inmates tell of 'dark age' under Gadhafi
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- When Said Abdullah arrived in Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison in 1996, he said he was ``welcomed with blows and torture'' for membership in an Islamist group. He was held in a small cell with 12 others, no mattresses and one squat toilet they had to unblock with their
Aug. 31, 2011
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Landslide in Uganda kills 40
KAMPALA (AP) ― An official says the death toll has risen to 40 from landslides that buried homes in an eastern district of Uganda. Relatives mourn for their loved ones who died in landslides in Gombe village in the Bulambuli district, 267 kilometers east of Kampala on Tuesday. (AP-Yonhap News)Region
Aug. 31, 2011
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Gadhafi blamed for Tripoli water crisis
TRIPOLI (AP) ― Attacks by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces on engineers deep in the Libyan desert caused the massive water shortage that has left the capital without running water for a week, a rebel official said Tuesday.Regime forces fired on repair crews a week ago as they tried to restart pumps bringing
Aug. 31, 2011
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Perry overtakes Romney as Republican leader
On anti-government sentiment, brash Texan becomes favorite less than 3 weeks into raceWASHINGTON (AP) ― Gov. Rick Perry has ridden a wave of anti-government sentiment to the top of a crowded field of Republicans who want to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, with some polls showing the brash
Aug. 31, 2011
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Ark. man in plane spots his home being burglarized
BAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man who wanted to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead helped catch two men burglarizing it.Steven Lynn said he could see the two taking items from his house."I looked down, and sure enough, there was a truck hooked onto a trailer,
Aug. 31, 2011
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U.K. biz confidence plunges to lowest
U.K. business confidence in the economic outlook plunged this month to its lowest level since the depths of the recession in 2009, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets said. An index of British companies’ optimism about the economy compared with three months earlier dropped to minus 3 from 19 in July, when
Aug. 30, 2011
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22 Chinese miners rescued after 7 days
BEIJING (AP) ― Twenty-two coal miners were rescued Tuesday from their flooded pit in northeastern China after being trapped underground for a week.State broadcaster CCTV showed the men being brought slowly to the surface, with all apparently in good condition. Rescuers carry a miner in China on Tues
Aug. 30, 2011
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‘Space station may be temporarily unmanned’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) ― Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week’s Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall.Until officials figure out what went wrong with Russia’s essential Soyuz r
Aug. 30, 2011
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Irene’s death toll reaches 44 amid floods
MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) ― The full measure of Hurricane Irene’s fury came into focus Monday as the death toll passed 44, while towns in the northern U.S. region of New England battled epic floods and millions were still without electricity.From North Carolina to Maine, communities cleaned up and to
Aug. 30, 2011
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Libya troops held civilians as human shields
NEW YORK (AP) -- Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, ``disappearances'' and other war crimes that they said they found.Libyan r
Aug. 30, 2011
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Ariz. man impaled by pruning shears
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Hospital officials say an 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears.University Medical Center said Monday that Leroy Luetscher of Green Valley was working in his yard on July 30 when he dropped a pair of pruning
Aug. 30, 2011
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Steve Job’s biological father yearning to meet his son
Steve Jobs’ biological father has expressed his desire to meet his son before he dies, the Daily Mail has reported.A Syrian immigrant, Abdulfattah John Jandali said that he did not realize until a few years ago that former CEO of Apple was the son he gave up 50 years ago.Jandali and his ex-wife Joan
Aug. 30, 2011
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Panel reveals new details of 1940s experiment
ATLANTA (AP) _ A presidential panel on Monday disclosed shocking new details of U.S. medical experiments done in Guatemala in the 1940s, including a decision to re-infect a dying woman in a syphilis study. (MCT)The Guatemala experiments are already considered one of the darker episodes of medical re
Aug. 30, 2011
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Obama rounds out econ team ahead of jobs speech
(AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tapped labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post Monday as the White House scrambles for solutions to repair an ailing economy ahead of the 2012 election.Obama announced Krueger's nomination to chair the White House Council of Econo
Aug. 30, 2011
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Indonesian Muslim youths keep faith amid reform
JAKARTA (AFP) ― As a pious young Muslim in Indonesia, Didit Sukmana prays five times a day, recites the Koran daily and fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.That’s not all. The 23-year-old student and Jakarta resident refuses to shake hands with women, will not marry a non-Muslim and appro
Aug. 29, 2011