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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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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Apple sells iPads to replace textbooks
NEW YORK (AP) ― Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.The electronic textbooks, which include “Biology” and “Environmental Science” from Pearson and “Algebra 1” and “Chemistry” from McGraw-Hill, contain videos and other interactive elements.But it’s far from clear that even a company with Apple’s clout will be able to reform the primary and high-
World BusinessJan. 20, 2012
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GM retakes title as world’s No. 1
U.S. company ousts Toyota by selling more than 9 million vehiclesDETROIT (AP) ― General Motors Co. has retaken the title of world’s top-selling automaker, selling just over 9 million cars and trucks across the globe. The company said Thursday that it sold 9.03 million vehicles worldwide last year, up 7.6 percent from 2010. That’s more than 1 million better than Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp., which took the title away from GM in 2008. GM had held the global sales crown for more than seven decades be
World BusinessJan. 20, 2012
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Iraq vet charged with California homeless killings
A US Iraq veteran was charged Tuesday over the deaths of four homeless people in California, police said, adding that the alleged serial killer had selected more victims before he was arrested.Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, of Yorba Linda, was caught on Friday after witnesses chased him from the scene of the
Social AffairsJan. 20, 2012
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Santorum edges Romney in final Iowa count
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) _ Rick Santorum edged front-runner Mitt Romney by 34 votes in a surprise flip to the final results of the Iowa caucuses, Republican officials said Thursday, but no winner was declared because some votes remain missing in the event's closest finish ever. Republican
World NewsJan. 20, 2012
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5 unemployed Moroccans set selves on fire
RABAT, Morocco (AP) _ Five unemployed Moroccan men set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat as part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the lack of jobs, especially for university graduates, a rights activist said Thursday. Three were burned badly enough to be hospitalized.Self-immol
World NewsJan. 20, 2012
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Wikipedia, Google protest Internet bills
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Wikipedia went dark, Google blotted out its logo and other popular websites planned protests on Wednesday to voice concern over legislation in the U.S. Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.Wikipedia shut down the English version of its online encyclopedia for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate version, the Protect IP Act.Google placed a black redaction box over the logo on its much-visited U.S. h
World BusinessJan. 19, 2012
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U.S. factory output gives economy a lift
Industrial output rises 0.4 percent; producer prices fall in December, but core prices increaseWASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. factories are roaring back from the depths of the recession, cranking out more machinery, vehicles and energy.Factory production has surged 15 percent above its lows of 2 and half years ago and is helping drive the economy’s recovery.A jump in manufacturing output last month coincided with other data suggesting that the economy began 2012 with renewed vigor. Wholesale prices are
World BusinessJan. 19, 2012
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Sarkozy unveils $550m jobs plan
PARIS (AP) ― President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a 430 million euro ($550 million) plan to drive down unemployment and restart growth Wednesday, a move criticized as an attempt to boost his popularity three months before France’s presidential election.With the unemployment rate pushing 10 percent and the recent downgrade of France’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s, Socialist candidate Francois Hollande is hitting the president hard, saying the financial crisis reflects Sarkozy’s failed econom
World BusinessJan. 19, 2012
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Greece heads into talks as German growth falters
ATHENS (AFP) ― Greece launched fresh talks Wednesday with private creditors amid hopes for a deal to give the beleaguered eurozone a much-needed boost, as powerhouse Germany cut its 2012 growth forecast.“Our estimation is that we might have an agreement before the end of the week,” a finance ministry official told journalists after Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos and Prime Minister Lucas Papademos resumed talks with Charles Dallara, head of the Institute of International Finance and lead ne
World BusinessJan. 19, 2012
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Battle for control of Asia’s seas goes underwater
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- It’s getting a bit more crowded under the sea in Asia, where Andrew Peterson commands one of the world’s mightiest weapons: a $2 billion nuclear submarine with unrivaled stealth and missiles that can devastate targets hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.Super high-tech submarines like Cmdr. Peterson’s USS Oklahoma City have long been the envy of navies all over the globe -- and a key component of U.S. military strategy.“We really have no peer,” Peterson told the Associate
World NewsJan. 19, 2012
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U.S. burns off last chemical weapons
STOCKTON, Utah (AP) ― The U.S. Army has destroyed about 90 percent of its aging chemical weapons after it wraps up work this week in Utah, where it has kept its largest stockpile ― a witches’ brew of toxins, blister and blood agents that accumulated through the Cold War.The Army’s Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah’s west desert burned its last hard weapons in a 1,500-degree (815 degrees Celsius) furnace on Wednesday ― projectiles that contained mustard agent, which can produce painful skin blisters
World NewsJan. 19, 2012
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30 immigrants dig out of detention in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia, Jan 18, 2012 (AFP) - Thirty Pakistani and Afghan immigrants tunneled their way out of an Indonesian detention centre using spoons, nails and wooden sticks, an official said Wednesday.The men escaped through the two-metre tunnel in Surabaya city on Monday after digging their way
World NewsJan. 19, 2012
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Moon mineral found for the first time on Earth in Australia
A mineral brought back to Earth by the first men on the Moon and long thought to be unique to the lunar surface has been found in Australian rocks more than one billion years old, scientists said Thursday.Named after Apollo 11’s 1969 landing site at the Sea of Tranquility, tranquillityite was one of
World NewsJan. 19, 2012
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Afghan President condemns child abuse by British soldiers
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday condemned allegations of child abuse by two British soldiers in Afghanistan, calling it an "immoral" action by the troops.The London-based Sun newspaper reported that two British soldiers had been arrested after they allegedly encouraged an Afghan boy and a
World NewsJan. 19, 2012
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Japan to set reactor lifespan at 60 yrs despite Fukushima
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will allow nuclear reactors to operate for up to 60 years in revised regulations on power plant operators even as it looks to shift gradually away from atomic power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.The move on Wednesday, which marks the first time Japan will set a
World NewsJan. 18, 2012
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Schools close, flights canceled as storm nears NW
SEATTLE (AP) — Schools preemptively closed, crews salted down streets and more than two dozen flights into two Pacific Northwest cities were canceled as the region prepared for a potentially major snowstorm on Wednesday.Forecasts called for about 3 to 5 inches of snow in the Seattle metropolit
World NewsJan. 18, 2012
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Average age of U.S. vehicles hits record 10.8 years
DETROIT (AP) ― That clunker in America’s driveway has reached a record old age, but there are signs that people may be growing confident enough in the economy to get a whiff of that fresh new car scent very soon. The average age of a car or truck in the U.S. hit a record 10.8 years last year as job security and other economic worries kept many people from making big-ticket purchases such as a new car. That’s up from the old record of 10.6 years in 2010, and it and continues a trend that dates to
World BusinessJan. 18, 2012
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Airbus takes record orders in 2011, beating Boeing
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) ― Airbus took in a record number of orders for new commercial aircraft last year as strong demand for its revamped single-aisle plane helped it best U.S. rival Boeing Co. in the race for orders for the fourth year running. The European jet maker said Tuesday that it took in 1,419 net new orders in 2011, worth $140 billion, well above Boeing’s total of 805 aircraft. That topped the previous record of 1,413 net orders recorded by Boeing in 2007. Airbus also delivered 534 airc
World BusinessJan. 18, 2012
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Yahoo co-founder Yang resigns from company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is leaving the struggling Internet company, as it tries to revive its revenue growth and win over disgruntled shareholders under a new leader.The surprise departure, announced Tuesday, comes just two weeks after Yahoo Inc. hired former PayPal executive Scott Thompson as its CEO.Thompson is the fourth CEO in less than five years to try to turn around Yahoo ― a challenge that Yang was unable to pull off during his own tumultuous 18-month reign as th
World BusinessJan. 18, 2012
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Fitch, S&P rule out Denmark downgrade
Denmark, home to the world’s biggest household debt burden, won’t lose its top credit rating any time soon as stable public finances and a current account surplus offset the risks, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s said.“Denmark is not a country we are particularly worried about,” Fitch Managing Director Edward Parker said in an interview in Stockholm Tuesday. “We are not expecting over the near term to be taking negative action on Denmark.”Denmark, which is struggling to emerge from a burst h
World BusinessJan. 18, 2012