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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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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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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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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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Prosecutors to summon pastor who allegedly gave Dior bag to first lady
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At least 78 killed in Iraq bombings targeting Shiites
BAGHDAD (AP) ― An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled out last month.The attacks, which bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents, come ahead of a Shiite holy day that draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across Iraq, raising fears of a deepening of sectarian bloodshed. Rifts along the country’s Sunni-Shiite faultline just a few years ago pushed Ir
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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EU debt crisis specter re-emerges
Deep concerns over the eurozone debt crisis resurfaced with a vengeance Thursday, driving the euro to 16-month dollar lows as Italy and Spain came under intense pressure on the markets.The euro sank below $1.28 to levels last seen in September 2010 as Spain said it banks would need 50 billion euros, more than first expected, to cover bad loan losses while Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti rattled nerves with an unannounced visit to Brussels.Monti, who meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy on F
World BusinessJan. 6, 2012
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Syria: Explosion targets police bus in Damascus
DAMASCUS -- A suicide attacker detonated his explosives in central Damascus Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, state TV said. The TV footage as well as an official suggested that the target of the attack was a police bus.Syrian television said the explosion went off at an int
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Over 3,000 killed in South Sudan massacre: local official
In a picture taken on November 11, 2011, people watch as traditional dancers perform during a show in Nyal, south Sudan. (AFP)Over 3,000 people were killed in South Sudan in brutal massacres last week in an explosion of ethnic violence that forced tens of thousands to flee, the top local official in
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Obama vows US will stay world's top military power
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news briefing Thursday at the Pentagon.(AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will remain the world's pre-eminent military power even as the Pentagon scales back spending, shrinks the Army and Marine Corps
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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File sharing as religious community in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) _ A file-sharing group in Sweden that considers itself a spiritual organization says the government has recognized it as a religious community.Isak Gerson, 20, said Thursday that his Church of Kopimism received that approval in late December, but the government agency was closed for t
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Prosecution demands death for Egypt’s Mubarak
CAIRO (AP) ― Prosecutors on Thursday called for Hosni Mubarak to be hanged, saying he bore full responsibility for the killing of protesters during the uprising against him, in a courtroom moment unthinkable barely a year ago when the longtime leader held unquestioned power.The demand for the death penalty at the 83-year-old former president’s trial played to the widespread resentment of Mubarak among Egyptians who hoped that punishment for his oppressive rule would be fruit of the Arab Spring.S
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Over 3,000 killed in South Sudan massacre: local official
Over 3,000 people were killed in South Sudan in brutal massacres last week in an explosion of ethnic violence that forced tens of thousands to flee, the top local official in the affected area said Friday."There have been mass killings, a massacre," said Joshua Konyi, commissioner for Pibor county in Jonglei state."We have been out counting the bodies, and we calculate so far that 2,182 women and children were killed and 959 men died."United Nations and South Sudanese army officials have yet to
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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International snow festival opens in China
Visitors watch fireworks during the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin in northeastern's China's Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP) A woman takes picture of the colorful buildings made from blocks of ice during the opening ceremony of
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Russians greet winter with snowmen
People walk between dozens of snowmen assembled in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP)A boy runs between dozens of snowmen assembled in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP)
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Probing what Hollywood told about bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Investigators are probing whether the Obama administration divulged too many details of the secret raid on Osama bin Laden to Hollywood filmmakers. This April 1998 file photo shows exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan. (AP)Rep. Peter King, a Republican
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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Tiny wires could usher new computer era
WASHINGTON, Jan 5, 2012 (AFP) - Scientists said Thursday they have designed tiny wires, 10,000 times thinner than a human hair but with the same electrical capacity as copper, in a major step toward building smaller, more potent computers.The advance, described in the US journal Science, shows
World NewsJan. 6, 2012
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U.S. automakers rack up strong gain in Dec.
CHICAGO (AFP) ― Detroit’s Big Three automakers posted solid December U.S sales Wednesday, driving a strong 2011 performance and expectations for an even better 2012 as the industry slowly climbs out of a deep downturn.Last year, the rebirth of the U.S. auto industry was solidified after years of bleeding balance sheets, painful restructuring and the government-backed bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler.It was also a year that likely saw Toyota lose its global sales crown after inventorie
World BusinessJan. 5, 2012
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Greece faces uncontrolled default: P.M.
ATHENS (AFP) ― Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Wednesday said Greece faced an “uncontrolled default” in March unless unions and employers can quickly agree on labor cost cuts to boost competitiveness.At a round of meetings with social partners, Papademos said the labor issue would be key to an EU-IMF evaluation of Greece’s economy later this month and determine the conclusion of a debt-saving agreement for the country.“Without the agreement and the funding linked to it, Greece faces an immedia
World BusinessJan. 5, 2012
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Ongoing fight for battered women’s rights in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) ― Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan. The teenage bride’s eyes were swollen nearly shut as she was wheeled into the hospital seven months after her arranged marriage. Black scabs crusted her fingertips where her nails used to be.According to officials in northeastern Baghlan province, Gul’s in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers ― al
World NewsJan. 5, 2012
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German president admits wrongdoing, but won’t resign
BERLIN (AP) ― Germany’s president said Wednesday that his angry phone call to a leading newspaper’s editor as it prepared to publish a story about a private loan he had received was a serious mistake, but insisted he has no intention of resigning.Christian Wulff, who was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s candidate for the largely ceremonial presidency in 2010, went on German public television to defend himself amid mounting speculation that he would have to go.“I carry my responsibility (as president)
World NewsJan. 5, 2012
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Argentine president fine after surgery
BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― Argentina’s president was awake and recovering Wednesday after a 3.5 hour operation to remove her cancerous thyroid gland.Cristina Fernandez’s surgery went without complications and all her vital signs were good, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced, prompting cheers and applause from supporters gathered outside the hospital.Doctors had expected a routine surgery and predicted a complete cure without chemotherapy, since preoperative tests showed the cancer had not spre
World NewsJan. 5, 2012
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After Iowa, Romney eyes New Hampshire
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Front-running Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused on friendlier political territory in New Hampshire on Wednesday, moving on from the Iowa caucuses where he managed only the skimpiest of victories in the first-in-the-nation vote to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.Just eight votes separated Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, from former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Santorum staged an abrupt rise from single-digit support in the Mid
World NewsJan. 5, 2012
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Doctors to remove Vietnamese man's 90kg tumour
A man left unable to walk by a tumour on his right leg that weighs more than the rest of his body went under the knife in Vietnam on Thursday to have the growth removed, hospital officials said.Nguyen Duy Hai's massive 90 kilogramme (198 pounds) tumour is to be cut away by a team of doctors in a ris
World NewsJan. 5, 2012
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31 inmates killed in northern Mexico prison fight
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) _ A fight among inmates armed with makeshift knives, clubs and stones left 31 people dead in a prison in a drug-plagued state in northern Mexico, authorities said.Another 13 prisoners were wounded in the brawl in the penitentiary in the Gulf Coast city of Altamira, Tamau
World NewsJan. 5, 2012