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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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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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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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‘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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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Iran parliament speaker says Israel won’t attack
TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s parliament speaker on Saturday compared Israel to a barking dog that won’t dare attack the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program.“They make a lot of fuss about it but don’t dare to attack Iran,’’ Ali Larijani said of Israel. His comments were posted on the parliament’s website. “They are like dogs that keep barking but are not for attacks.”“Israel won’t make the mistake of attacking Iran because it’s not prepared to play with its own destiny,” said Larijani
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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Opposition ahead in East Timor election count
DILI (AFP) -- Early results from East Timor‘s presidential polls on Sunday showed the opposition Fretilin party’s Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres had surged ahead with incumbent Jose Ramos-Horta lagging in third.A tally broadcast live by the country‘s electoral commission on state-owned radio and television station RTTL, put Guterres ahead with 28 percent of the411,353 votes counted so far -- around 65 percent of the total votes cast.Former guerrilla leader Taur Matan Ruak was in second place with 2
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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U.S. fighter in Somalia fears life in danger
NAIROBI (AFP) ― A U.S.-born Islamist fighter viewed as a key foreign leader within Somalia’s Shebab militia allied with al-Qaida says he fears his life is now in danger from fellow extremists.Omar Hamami ― better known as Abu Mansoor al-Amriki ― gave the warning in an undated video posted on several Somali websites and YouTube Saturday.“To whomever it may reach from the Muslims, from Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, I record this message today because I feel that my life may be endangered by Harakat Sheba
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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Assange plans bid for Australian Senate
CANBERRA (AP) ― WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due next year despite being under virtual house arrest in England and facing sex crime allegations in Sweden, the group said Saturday.The 40-year-old Australian citizen is fighting extradition to Sweden. He has taken his legal battle all the way to Britain’s Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on his case soon.“We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for th
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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Republicans battle in Obama’s home state
CHICAGO (AFP) ― Republican White House hopefuls waged battle Saturday for Illinois as the primary in President Barack Obama’s home state loomed as the next key test for candidates.Weekend votes were also being held in Missouri and the territory of Puerto Rico, but Illinois appeared to be a new gut check for Republicans struggling to keep momentum in the race for the nomination to challenge Obama in November.Polls showed former senator Rick Santorum within striking range in Illinois of frontrunne
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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Sarkozy closes gap as candidacy deadline passes
PARIS (AFP) ― With just over a month to go Friday before the first round of France’s presidential vote, right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is closing the gap with Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande.As polls showed Sarkozy cutting his rival’s lead after several weeks of campaigning and a swerve to the right, Hollande was also facing a new threat on his left flank from firebrand Left Front candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.The campaign moved into a new phase Friday after a deadline passed for wo
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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Clooney arrested in protest
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Film actor George Clooney and his father were arrested Friday during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy, and the actor said he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China to help stop a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.The protesters accuse Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains in the county’s border region with South Sudan.Clooney, his father, Nick Clooney, and others were
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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E. Timor votes in test for young nation
BALIBAR, East Timor (AFP) ― Voting began Saturday in East Timor’s presidential election, seen as a crucial test for a young democracy taking charge of its own security as U.N. forces prepare to leave.Polls opened shortly after 7:00 a.m., with voters ready to cast ballots in a contest that pits the incumbent Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel laureate, against 11 other hopefuls.At a schoolhouse in the village of Balibar in the hills overlooking the capital Dili, poll workers in yellow T-shirts unsealed bl
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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Twin suicide blasts kill dozens in Syrian capital
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, killing at least 27 people.There have been a string of large-scale bombings against the
World NewsMarch 18, 2012
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WikiLeaks' Assange plans bid for Australian Senate
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ WikiLeaks says the group's founder, Julian Assange, will run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due late next year despite facing criminal charges in Sweden. The 40-year-old Australian is currently being held under virtual house arres
World NewsMarch 17, 2012
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Syrian revolt simmers outside capital
BEIRUT (AP) _ Syrian rebels have ignited a new front outside the capital, Damascus, in the first significant fighting there since regime forces swept over the suburbs weeks ago. The clashes highlight the shifting nature of Syria's conflict, with rebels lying in wait to rise up when the
World NewsMarch 17, 2012
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Iran cut off from global financial system
30 Iranian banks blocked from most global commerce following European sanctionsBRUSSELS (AP) ― Dozens of Iranian banks were blocked from doing business with much of the world as the West tightens the financial screws on a country it wants to prevent from developing nuclear weapons.The Belgium-based company that facilitates most international bank transfers on Thursday took the unprecedented step of blocking 30 Iranian banks from using its service. The move is likely to hurt Iran’s all-importan
World BusinessMarch 16, 2012
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IMF OKs $36.6b funding for Greece
S&P rates new bonds but holds sovereign rating in selective defaultATHENS (AP) ― The International Monetary Fund on Thursday approved 28 billion euros ($36.56 billion) in funding for crisis-hit Greece over the next four years, while Standard and Poor’s said that the country’s new bonds were still vulnerable to a default.An IMF’s executive board granted the immediate release of 1.65 billion euros ($2.15 billion) of these funds as part of the country’s second bailout, a statement said.Greece will
World BusinessMarch 16, 2012
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Chinese state television targets McDonald's, Carrefour
BEIJING (AP) _ Chinese state television has accused McDonald's and French retrailer Carrefour of selling expired chicken products in separate incidents amid public anxiety in China over food safety.McDonald's Corp. and Carrefour Inc. issued public apologies Friday and said they were investigating th
World NewsMarch 16, 2012
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S&P cracks 1,400 for first time since 2008
The stock market cleared another barrier Thursday in its long recovery from the Great Recession: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed above 1,400 for the first time since June 2008.The Dow Jones industrial average, driven higher like the rest of the market by more good economic news, set a four-year high. It climbed 58.66 points to finish at 13,252.76, its highest close since the last day of 2007.It was the seventh gain in a row for the Dow, the longest streak since February 2011.The governmen
World BusinessMarch 16, 2012
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World tallest man finally stops growing, U.S. doctors say
Good news for Turkey's Sultan Kosen, at eight foot three (2.51 meters) the world's tallest living man: he can now say with confidence that he's finally grown up.Nearly two years after gamma ray radiosurgery at the University of Virgina, doctors confirmed that Kosen, 29, has overcome acromegaly, a ra
World NewsMarch 16, 2012
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Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead
An ambitious project to clean the statue-topped colonnade that cradles St. Peter’s Square is likely to last at least three more years, the director of the Vatican restoration says. In this March 11, 2001 file photo, statues topping the Bernini colonnade frame St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
World NewsMarch 16, 2012
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IMF approves $36.56 billion funding for Greece
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday approved 28 billion euros ($36.56 billion) in funding for crisis-hit Greece over the next four years, while Standard and Poor‘s warned that the country’s new bonds remained vulnerable to default despite this month‘s massive debt writedown.The IMF’s executive board granted the immediate release of 1.65 billion euros ($2.15 billion) of these funds as part of the country‘s second bailout, a statement said.Greece will receive a total 172.7 billion euros in
World BusinessMarch 16, 2012
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Iran cut off from global financial system
Dozens of Iranian banks were blocked from doing business with much of the world as the West tightens the financial screws on a country it wants to prevent from developing nuclear weapons.The Belgium-based company that facilitates most international bank transfers on Thursday took the unprecedented step of blocking 30 Iranian banks from using its service. The move is likely to hurt Iran‘s all-important oil industry and make it difficult for citizens to receive money from relatives living abroad.T
World NewsMarch 16, 2012
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IMF approves $36.56 billion funding for Greece
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday approved (euro) 28 billion ($36.56 billion) in funding for crisis-hit Greece over the next four years, while Standard and Poor's warned that the country's new bonds remained vulnerable to default despite this month's massive debt writedown.The IMF's execut
World BusinessMarch 16, 2012