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Controversy rekindled over when to name criminals, suspects
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Seoul transit pass for travelers to be available starting July
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[Weekender] Pet food makers bet big on ‘recession-free’ pet food market
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Battery makers ramp up efforts to diversify graphite supply chain
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Hybe-Ador CEO conflict gets messier
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‘Monk’ DJ spreading Buddhism goes global
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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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Prosecutors to summon pastor who allegedly gave Dior bag to first lady
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N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year
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[Drama Tour] Romantic trip to ‘Queen of Tears’ filming spots
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Tiny Qatar’s big plans may change U.S. policy
Qatar, a country of fewer than 2 million people set on a peninsula smaller than Connecticut, seems an unlikely candidate to become a regional power. Yet with little fanfare and less warning, tiny Qatar has emerged as one of the Middle East’s most influential states. As the U.S. struggles to understa
Oct. 6, 2011
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[Naomi Wolf ] The worst places in the world to be a woman
OXFORD ― The top and the bottom of the list of countries in Newsweek’s recent cover story, “The 2011 Global Women’s Progress Report,” evoke images of two different worlds. At the top of the list ― the “Best Places to be a Woman” ― we see the usual suspects: Iceland and the Scandinavian countrie
Oct. 6, 2011
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[Shlomo Ben Ami] Has Palestine won battle at U.N.?
TEL AVIV ― The somber spectacle of Israel’s isolation during the United Nations debate on Palestinian statehood marks the political tsunami that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s critics warned would arrive if Israel did not propose a bold peace initiative. But, more importantly, the speeches at t
Oct. 6, 2011
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Yemen drone strike shows careful balance of U.S. policy
The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric, by a drone strike in Yemen was a minor U.S. victory that raises major questions about the evolving fight against global terrorism. These include: How important was al-Awlaki? Is the U.S. justified in targeting its own citizens
Oct. 5, 2011
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[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Spend more to cure the economy
NEW YORK ― As the economic slump that began in 2007 persists, the question on everyone’s minds is obvious: Why? Unless we have a better understanding of the causes of the crisis, we can’t implement an effective recovery strategy. And, so far, we have neither.We were told that this was a financial cr
Oct. 5, 2011
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A win-win strategy for the Palestinians
Everyone knows that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for statehood through the U.N. Security Council will fail. Even if the Palestinians get the nine votes needed, the United States will veto it. And yet the strategy is brilliant. Why? Because the Palestinians win even if they lose
Oct. 5, 2011
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[William D. Cohan] Getting rich from others was never easier
Oct. 5, 2011
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[Joel Brinkley] U.N. can’t save dissidents, but it can give them a voice
UNITED NATIONS ― Listening to dissidents from around the world speaking at a conference here, you come away thinking there has to be a school somewhere for evil, vicious despots. From Africa to Asia, Europe to Latin America, the gambits these men use to quash dissent sound remarkably similar, state
Oct. 5, 2011
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U.S. Supreme Court tests strength of rights
In the term that began Monday, the Supreme Court will address issues as diverse as the limits of copyright law, the appeals process for owners of wetlands regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency and whether the government of California can order reductions in Medi-Cal reimbursements. It is
Oct. 4, 2011
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[Lee Jae-min] KORUS FTA enters home stretch
At long last, the 51-month marathon is about to finish. The runners are passing the main gate of the stadium and entering the final stretch. Fifty-one months and three days have passed since the trade ministers of the two countries signed the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement in Washington on June 30,
Oct. 4, 2011
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A cure for round-the-clock ‘communication’
“Only connect,” E.M. Forster advised.He had no idea.I once worked for a company so wired that the boss told me, “The real test of a relationship is how quickly you can get out of bed after making love to check your email.”That was a decade ago. Now almost everyone I know is armed with an iPhone or a
Oct. 4, 2011
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[Jonathan Turley] Obama: A disaster for civil liberties
With the 2012 presidential election before us, the country is again caught up in debating national security issues, our continuing wars and the threat of terrorism. There is one related subject, however, that is rarely mentioned: civil liberties.Protecting individual rights and liberties ― apart fro
Oct. 4, 2011
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[Kim Seong-kon] Korean people now want a ‘normal’ man as president
Since its founding in 1947, the Republic of Korea has had 10 presidents. Some of them were good and some of them were not. Unfortunately, however, nearly all of them seemed to suffer certain psychological problems, which inadvertently affected their policies and ruling styles. Of course, it was the
Oct. 4, 2011
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Tech battles call for simplicity, thrift, customer focus
High technology, once again, is packed with battles for market supremacy. Amazon.com Inc. is introducing a tablet computer that takes aim at market leader Apple Inc. Another prominent showdown involves Netflix Inc.’s efforts to capture the lead in online movie streaming. Eye-catching as each joust m
Oct. 3, 2011
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[Robert Reich] A good fight on taxing the wealthy
The big fight in the months ahead ― and perhaps the defining battle of the upcoming election ― won’t be over cuts in Medicare. President Obama agrees with Republicans that some cuts may be necessary. The battle won’t even be over President Obama’s jobs program. Republicans have signaled that they mi
Oct. 3, 2011
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[Jonathan Weil] What Europe’s leaders mean when their mouths move
The error most Americans make when trying to understand the European debt crisis is this: They fail to realize that the euro isn’t just a doomed currency, but a language unto itself. Too often the great mishaps of our era can be ascribed to a failure to communicate ― from the lip-synching scandal th
Oct. 3, 2011
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[Rachel Marsden] Obama’s international leadership outsourcing
To gauge President Obama’s lack of direct involvement on the international stage, you only have to look at the popularity polls in Europe, where his approval numbers still soar at around 75 percent. In Europe, leaders often become better liked as their visibility, leadership and influence decrease.
Oct. 3, 2011
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[Yuriko Koike] A wayward China in Africa
TOKYO ― As Libya’s National Transitional Council attempts to establish a functioning government for a newly liberated country, the truth about what went on under Col. Muammar el-Gadhafi’s regime is starting to come to light. Various treasures have been unearthed from Tripoli mansions that were hasti
Oct. 3, 2011
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[William Pesek] China as J.P. Morgan might have to save world
China and the U.S. finally found something to agree on: Europe is doomed and might take the world’s two biggest economies down with it. Neither officials in Beijing nor Washington are actually using the “D word.” They don’t need to, not with Zhou Xiaochuan, China’s central bank governor, talking mat
Oct. 2, 2011
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[Joel Brinkley] Iran’s support of Syria backfiring
As the brutal Syrian uprising stumbles into its seventh month, Iran’s leaders are spinning and darting like a wobbly top. They realize that President Bashar al-Assad’s continuing slaughter of his own people is not only costing thousands of innocent Syrian lives, but also eviscerating Iran’s reputati
Oct. 2, 2011