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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law
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'Is this happening in 2024?' South Koreans in panic, disbelief
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Ruling party leader denounces Yoon's declaration of emergency martial law
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South Korea sees first martial law in over 40 years
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Assembly passes motion to revoke martial law
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President Yoon Suk Yeol declares end to martial law after six-hour chaos
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Seoul defense chief calls meeting of key commanders
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What unfolded on Tuesday night in Seoul: A timeline
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Does cross atop Christmas tree at Seoul Plaza reflect religious bias?
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Assembly speaker declares martial law as invalid
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Women too often tested for osteoporosis, researchers report
Many women who get screened for osteoporosis may not need it, according to a study that suggests current guidelines result in too many unnecessary tests, increasing costs and sometimes spurring unnecessary treatment. Osteoporosis, a loss in bone density that can cause breaks and injuries, develops i
Jan. 19, 2012
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Protest exposes Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs. The Wikipedia website is a
Jan. 19, 2012
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Lack of sleep makes your brain hungry
New research from Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that a specific brain region that contributes to a person's appetite sensation is more activated in response to food images after one night of sleep loss than after one night of normal sleep. Poor sleep habits can therefore affect people's risk of
Jan. 19, 2012
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Samsung denies blog report on takeover of RIM
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of smartphones, said Tuesday that it does not have any interest in taking over Research In Motion Ltd., the BlackBerry maker.The Boy Genius Report, a tech blog, said that RIM is pushing to sell part of its divisions or even the whole company. It said that RIM’s co-chief executive Jim Balsillie has been actively contacting companies and Samsung is the most likely to be interested in the takeover.“The report is groundless, and we’ve not considered
Jan. 18, 2012
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Apple files design suit against Samsung phones in Germany
Apple Inc. filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones, including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II, extending the global legal dispute between the two companies.The action targeting 10 smartphone models was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple’s design rights, court spokesman Peter Schuetz said by phone Tuesday. Apple also started a separate suit against five Samsung tablet computers related to a September ruling banning the
Jan. 18, 2012
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Robust growth expected for IT giants
Analysts paint rosy outlook for Samsung, LG, SKT, KT, NHNKorea’s information technology firms are expected to either see robust growth or get back on track in 2012.They will continue to take a leading position in the industry by rolling out new and innovative premium electronic goods like smartphones and 3-D capable smart televisions, while local mobile carriers will move to quickly adapt to the upgraded fourth generation network technology.Online portals are also expected to center their attent
Jan. 18, 2012
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Apple files design suit in Germany seeking to ban 10 Samsung smartphones
(Bloomberg)Apple Inc. filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone models, including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II. The suit targeting 10 smartphones was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple design rights Apple in Europe,
Jan. 18, 2012
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Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces.Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.This is only the fifth time in history that scientists have chemically confirmed Martian
Jan. 18, 2012
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US may be behind Mars probe failure: Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Tuesday said the failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe for Mars could have been caused by radiation from US radars, in its latest allegation of Western interference in its space programme."There is such a theory," Yury Koptev the head of the scientific committee of state technol
Jan. 17, 2012
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UK scientists find lost Darwin fossils
LONDON (AP) — British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Tuesday that he stumbled up
Jan. 17, 2012
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Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first "mama" or "dada."Florida scientists di
Jan. 17, 2012
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India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs
Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of ``totally drug-resistant tuberculosis,'' a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease. (MCT)It's not the first time highly resistant cases like this have been seen. Since 2003, patients have been documented in Italy
Jan. 16, 2012
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Cable operators stop airing KBS2 TV
Cable TV operators stopped airing programs by KBS 2TV nationwide at 3 p.m. on Monday as they failed to reach an agreement on retransmission fees with the nation’s three terrestrial broadcasters MBC, KBS and SBS. (Yonhap News)An emergency council of some 94 cable stations originally threatened to hal
Jan. 16, 2012
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Australia experts call for energy drink warnings
SYDNEY, Jan 16, 2012 (AFP) - Researchers in Australia on Monday called for health warnings on caffeine-loaded energy drinks following a spike in the number of people reporting medical problems after drinking them.Health professionals from the University of Sydney's Medical School and the New South W
Jan. 16, 2012
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Why faces of primates differ dramatically from one another?
A new study gave evolutionary clues to the question of why the faces of primates so dramatically different from one another. UCLA biologists working as "evolutionary detectives" studied the faces of 129 adult male primates from Central and South America. Credit: Stephen Nash"If you look at New World
Jan. 16, 2012
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Scientists identify receptor for tasting fat
(MCT)A new study for the first time identified a human receptor tasting fat, suggesting that some people may be more sensitive to the presence of fat in foods.The study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis was published online in the Journal of Lipid Rese
Jan. 16, 2012
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Russian space probe crashes into Pacific
MOSCOW (AP) _ A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars came down in flames Sunday, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said.Pieces from the Phobos-Ground, which had become stuck in Earth's orbit, landed in
Jan. 16, 2012
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Apple to ready IPad 3 with sharper screen, LTE access
Apple Inc.’s next iPad, expected to go on sale in March, will sport a high-definition screen, run a faster processor and work with next-generation wireless networks, according to three people familiar with the product.The company’s manufacturing partners in Asia started ramping up production of the
Jan. 15, 2012
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Doomed Russia Mars probe eyes fiery crash
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's space agency on Sunday called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.Roscosmos said on its website that fragments of the stranded Phobos-Grunt voyager would probab
Jan. 15, 2012
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Samsung, LG flex muscles with high technologies
LAS VEGAS ― The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show showcased a wide array of gadgets over four days here from 3-D and smart televisions to tablet PCs and ultrabooks to the new Organic Light-Emitting Diodes TV.The event, organized by U.S.-based Consumer Electronics Association, was joined by 2,700 exhibitors and 140,000 people from 140 different countries from Jan. 10-13.“At CES, we’re in the world’s epicenter for the most innovative consumer electronics technology, devices and services
Jan. 13, 2012
