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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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Samsung replaces semiconductor chief amid heightened AI race
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Russia likely offering N. Korea technology aid to expand threats to US, others: Pentagon official
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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'NewJeans is the biggest victim in Hybe-Ador feud,' music critic
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Dog days are over? Popular dog trainer embroiled in workplace bullying dispute
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Conscience prisoners released from Cuba
HAVANA (AP) ― Amnesty International said Monday that three Cubans held without charge for 52 days following their arrest at a protest were released last week, hours after the human rights group named them as prisoners of conscience.The release of the three also came a day after a hunger-striking dissident died, prompting condemnation from island dissidents, rights watchers, the United States and other nations. Amnesty had planned to designate Wilman Villar, 31, a prisoner of conscience but he di
World NewsJan. 24, 2012
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Iran revives Gulf threats after EU sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Senior Iranian lawmakers have stepped up threats that Islamic Republic warships could block the Persian Gulf's oil tanker traffic after the latest blow by Western leaders seeking to rein in Tehran's nuclear program: A punishing oil embargo by the European Union that sharply
World BusinessJan. 24, 2012
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Warrant needed for GPS tracking: US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police need a search warrant before tracking a suspect with a GPS device, in a case involving privacy and 21st century technology.The highest US court ruled 9-0 that police had violated the rights of a suspected drug dealer when they placed a GPS, or Global
World NewsJan. 24, 2012
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Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US abuse video'
An Afghan soldier who shot dead four French troops has said he did it because of a recent video showing US Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban insurgents, security sources told AFP.The attack on the soldiers, who were unarmed, came on Friday at a base in eastern Afghanistan and left 15 o
World NewsJan. 24, 2012
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Gingrich wins in S. Carolina with over 40%
COLUMBIA (AFP) -- Former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich decisively won a keenly-watched South Carolina Republican presidential primary Saturday with 40.4 percent of the vote, according to nearly complete official returns.Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gi
WorldJan. 22, 2012
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Quake injures 100 in northeast Iran
TEHRAN (AP) ― An earthquake of moderate strength caused damage and injured 100 people in the city of Neyshabour in the northeast part of Iran Thursday afternoon, Iran’s state TV reported.The TV report said 17 of the injured were hospitalized and the others were treated for minor injuries and released.As the quake rumbled through the area, many residents of the city fled their homes into the streets. Rescue teams were still at work in the area late Thursday.The magnitude 5.5 quake shattered windo
World NewsJan. 20, 2012
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Weather alert as divers continue Italy cruise search
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AFP) ― Divers combed the wreck of an Italian liner for a sixth day on Thursday, as leaked phone transcripts showed a ship’s officer misleading coast guards about the scale of the disaster.The unidentified officer insisted that there had only been “a blackout” on board some 40 minutes after the giant Costa Concordia crashed into rocks off the picturesque Tuscan island of Giglio on Friday and lurched on to its side.Eleven bodies have so far been recovered, with officials sayi
World NewsJan. 20, 2012
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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