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U.S. ties Iran to plot to kill Saudi envoy, moves on sanction
Washington likely to use case as leverage to urge countries to sanction TehranWASHINGTON (AP) ― The Obama administration accused Iranian government agents Tuesday of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States and immediately used the thwarted plot to ratchet up sanctions
World News Oct. 12, 2011
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[Daniel Fiedler] Forgiveness, regret and justice
The culture of South Korea places a high value on honor, or face. When someone expresses regret or asks forgiveness they are seen as repudiating their inappropriate behavior and choosing proper conduct. This choice to behave in a proper manner reduces their dishonor and saves face. Admission of wron
Viewpoints Oct. 11, 2011
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Polish ties with Germany, Russia at stake in vote
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ― Poles will vote in parliamentary elections that will determine whether the country continues on its conciliatory course with Russia and Germany, or whether it returns to a more combative stance with those historic foes.Before Sunday’s voting, polls showed Prime Minister Donald
World News Oct. 9, 2011
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Gov’t to toughen punishment for sexual crimes on disabled
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Teachers and aspiring teachers will be permanently barred from working at schools, if they have a record of being convicted or fined for sex crimes, the government said Friday, announcing a set of new measures to crack down on sexual abuse of young students, especially disabled tee
Podcast Oct. 7, 2011
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Italy appeals court clears Knox of murder
PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- Amanda Knox left prison Monday, a free woman for the first time in four years, after an Italian appeals court threw out the young American’s murder conviction in the sexual assault and stabbing death of her British roommate.Knox, 24, collapsed in tears after the verdict was re
Podcast Oct. 4, 2011
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Yakuza still a force to be reckoned with
Japan fighting gangsters’ influence in politics, entertainment, sports circlesNobody laughed when a gossip weekly linked one of Japan’s most popular comedians and variety show hosts to Japan’s top crime syndicate recently.Friday magazine ran pictures of Shinsuke Shimada consorting with the yakuza af
World News Sept. 19, 2011
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Number of reported rapists surges 33 percent in past 3 years: report
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of reported rapists nationwide jumped more than 33 percent over the past three years, though the country moves toward harsher punishment for the crime, a report showed Monday.A total of 21,116 rapists were reported to the country‘s prosecution offices last year
Social Affairs Sept. 19, 2011
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Abuse victims seek int‘l court case against pope
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes agains
World News Sept. 14, 2011
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[Rachel Marsden] Go get the Lockerbie bomber from Libya
Does Barack Obama care that the terrorist convicted only a decade ago of killing 189 Americans is reportedly running around Libya?The Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was tried in the U.K. and then released two years ago ― but only on “compassionate grounds” because he was supposed to die wi
Viewpoints Sept. 5, 2011
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[Noah Charney] Art theft, from the ‘Mona Lisa’ to today
One hundred years ago, an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia stole the world’s most famous painting from the world’s most famous museum. Peruggia slipped out of a closet inside the Louvre in which he had hidden overnight, removed the “Mona Lisa” from the wall and retreated to a service stairca
Viewpoints Aug. 28, 2011
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World urges Gadhafi to surrender, plans future
Obama says ‘future of Libya is in the hands of its people’PARIS (AP) ― World leaders have said the end is near for Moammar Gadhafi’s regime and begun planning for Libya’s future without the man who has held power for 42 years.They welcomed the rebels’ dramatic advances in the Libyan capital, Tripoli
World News Aug. 23, 2011
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[William D. Cohan] Ending the moral rot on Wall Street (Part 1)
The following is the first installment of a three-part article on Wall Street corruption and remedies for it. ― Ed.What will it take for Americans to finally get the message that much of Wall Street, in its current form, is a corrupt enterprise in need of a top-to-bottom overhaul, a task that the ye
Viewpoints Aug. 16, 2011
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Adultery law faces constitutional review
A district court judge has requested its ruling on the constitutionality of the penal punishment for adultery. It is the fifth time the penalty for adultery has been be brought to the Constitutional Court, which ruled it constitutional in 1990, 1993, 2001 and 2008.Clause 24 of the nation’s criminal
Social Affairs Aug. 10, 2011
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[Tim Rutten] Threat of Nancy Grace
The sensational result in the O.J. Simpson murder case notwithstanding, it’s an article of faith among criminal defense attorneys that sequestered jurors are more prone to convict than those who go home when the trial recesses for the day.That’s why more notice should have been paid when J. Michael Flanagan, who is defending Conrad Murray ― the physician charged with causing the death of pop super
Viewpoints July 31, 2011
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[Editorial] Threats to global peace
A madman calling himself a Christian fundamentalist or an anti-Islam crusader can be as dangerous to global peace as al-Qaida. The horrible fact is that the man who killed 93 in a few hours on Friday hailed from Norway, reputedly the last place to spawn terrorism on earth.As investigation into Anders Breivik’s bombing of a government building in Oslo and his shooting at hundreds of youths on a pol
Editorial July 25, 2011
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Female crime rate rises sharply
The crime rate among women has hit a five-year high, largely affected by a surge in offenses committed for the sake of livelihood, according to the Ministry of Justice on Monday.Data released by the ministry’s women and children’s policy team showed that 408,111 women were convicted in 2009, accounting for 16.2 percent of that year’s overall convictions ― the highest proportion in five years.Previ
Social Affairs July 18, 2011
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[Rachel Marsden] Difference between truth and justice
A judge has lifted former International Monetary Fund Seducer-in-Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s house arrest, releasing him on his own recognizance while retaining his passport until the end of proceedings. While the charges against Strauss-Kahn for allegedly sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid in May still stand, it remains to be seen how long that will be the case.The shift came when the M
Viewpoints July 10, 2011
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Illinois' death row officially shuts down
CHICAGO (AP) _ After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois' death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect. The state garnered international attention when then-Republican Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium in 2000 after several inmates' death sentences were overturned and he cleared dea
World News July 2, 2011
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[Hillary Clinton] Fight against human trafficking
Last year I met a group of young girls in Cambodia living in a shelter for survivors of human trafficking. They wanted the same things we all desire for our children: the opportunity to live and learn in safety, to grow up free to fulfill their God-given potential. But for these girls, those basics seemed nearly insurmountable. They had already endured traumas that defy description and shock the c
Viewpoints June 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Devil is in the details
The prosecution and the police have struck a deal to end an unedifying dispute on the right to investigate crimes. The agreement, struck Monday between Justice Minister Lee Kwi-nam and National Police Agency chief Cho Hyun-oh, is a compromise that balances the key demands of the two sides.Specifically, they agreed to empower police officers to launch an investigation if there is reasonable suspici
Editorial June 22, 2011
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