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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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[Weekender] Pet food makers bet big on ‘recession-free’ pet food market
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Seoul transit pass for travelers to be available starting July
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N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year
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State-led adoption system to be established to ensure adoptees' well-being, minimize overseas adoption
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[Drama Tour] Romantic trip to ‘Queen of Tears’ filming spots
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Business moguls attend concert by Helene Mercier, wife of LVMH CEO
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Buddha's birthday lantern parade to light up Seoul
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Travel fair showcases global tourism in Seoul
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Controversy rekindles over when to name criminals, suspects
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Iran defiant amid appeals for European sanctions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran has closed out naval war games in the Persian Gulf much the way they began last month: striking a tone of military defiance while Western powers rallied behind tougher oil and financial sanctions as a crippling tool against Tehran's nuclear program.The standoff atmosphere _ less than a week after Iran warned it could block one of the world's key oil tanker sea lanes in response to economic pressures _ appeared to deepen further with an Iranian general sug
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Romney edges Santorum by 8 votes
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ― Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by eight votes to win Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses in the opening contest in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama, the state party chairman said.Appearing early Wednesday hours after the caucuses had ended, Iowa Republican chairman Matt Strawn said Romney had 30,015 votes, to 30,007 for Santorum, whose campaign only recently gained momentum.The narrow margin, out of more than 122,000 ballots cast, was a fit
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Sinopec invests $2.2b in shale firm
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Chinese oil and gas giant Sinopec will invest $2.2 billion in Devon Energy, giving the firm a stake in exploring five U.S. shale fields, a company statement said on Tuesday.In return for the investment state-run Sinopec would take a one-third stake in fields across the United States, in 125 wells, according to a Devon statement.Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy will be responsible for running the projects and commercial marketing, it said.The deal, if approved by watchdogs, would
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Starbucks to raise prices regionally
NEW YORK (AP) ― Starbucks said Tuesday it is raising some prices regionally as it faces rising ingredient costs. The Seattle coffee chain is raising prices about 1 percent in the Northeast and Sunbelt regions. Starbucks wouldn’t disclose all of the states its raising prices, but the regions include New York; Washington, D.C.; and most Southern states. They exclude California and Florida. Other cities where it will raise prices include Boston, Atlanta, Dallas and Albuquerque, N.M. The price for a
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Extra nuclear safety to cost up to $13b: EDF
PARIS (AFP) ― Recommendations by France’s nuclear watchdog agency to beef up safety at plants will cost the state-owned electricity provider EDF up to 10 billion euros ($13 billion), a senior executive told AFP on Tuesday.“We had scheduled investment of around 40 billion euros (over 30 years) in our 58 reactors on the basis of plant operational life of up to 60 years,” Jean-Marc Miraucourt, head of engineering for nuclear facilities at Electricite de France, said.“Our preliminary estimates are t
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Wen foresees ‘relatively difficult’ Q1
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said business conditions may be “relatively difficult” this quarter and monetary policy will be fine-tuned as needed. “We see downside pressure on our economy and elevated inflation at the same time,” Wen said during a two-day trip to Hunan province, according to a statement on the government’s website yesterday. “We also face problems of weakening external demand and rising costs for companies.” Economists at Barclays Capital and Bank of America Corp. say the central
World BusinessJan. 4, 2012
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BRICS nations stronger, but not always in unison
SAO PAULO (AFP) -- A slow but steady shift in the global balance of power toward the China-led BRICS club of emerging nations was confirmed in 2011, but it will take some time before its members can speak with one voice, experts say.The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- now account for roughly 18 percent of the world‘s GDP, 40 percent of its population, 15 percent of global trade and hold 40 percent of global currency reserves.With a combined GDP totaling nearly $14 trill
World BusinessJan. 4, 2012
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High salaries for Italian lawmakers stir anger
ROME (AP) ― A government-mandated report has confirmed what many Italians long suspected: The 11,000 euro ($14,300) that Italian lawmakers earn each month far outpaces what their peers in some of Europe’s largest economies get.Italy’s bloated public sector and the privileges of its political elite have come under fire as the country battles its debt crisis with tax hikes, labor market and pension reforms that are hurting ordinary Italians.Premier Mario Monti has vowed to trim the cost of governi
World BusinessJan. 4, 2012
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150 children lose parents in S. Sudan violence
NAIROBI (AP) ― Red Cross volunteers are trying to reconnect 150 young children with their missing parents after tens of thousands of residents of South Sudan ran into the bush while fleeing a massive wave of tribe-on-tribe violence, an official said Tuesday.Many of those parents, though, are feared to be dead.Violence broke out late last month between two South Sudanese tribes in the town of Pibor, sending tens of thousands of residents into the surrounding countryside. A death toll is not known
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Egyptians vote in last round of election
CAIRO (AP) ― Egyptians voted Tuesday in the final round of elections likely to seal the domination by Islamists over the country’s new parliament as secular activists grew increasingly worried over the possibility of an alliance between the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling military.Activists point to what they call mounting signs of a confluence of interests between the Brotherhood, who are set to be the biggest bloc in the next parliament, and the ruling generals. The result, they fea
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Taliban confirm deal to open office overseas
KABUL (AFP) ― The Taliban announced on Tuesday that they had come to an “initial agreement” to set up an overseas political office, possibly in Qatar, in their first public gesture towards peace talks with the U.S.In a statement on their purported website “Voice of Jihad,” the Islamists said they had held “preliminary talks with relevant sides including Qatar” to open an office outside Afghanistan, without confirming where it would be.It is the first time the insurgent group has publicly raised
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Nigeria gas price protest turns violent
LAGOS (AP) ― Protesters furious over spiraling gas prices set fires on an expressway Tuesday and at least one person was killed in the violent unrest after Nigeria’s government did away with a subsidy program that had kept fuel costs down for more than two decades.One union leader described the federal government’s hugely unpopular move as “immoral and politically suicidal,” and urged Nigerians to resist “with everything they have.” But Tuesday’s protest showed that, once unleashed, the pent-up
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Cat survives two euthanasia attempts
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) ― A stray cat that survived two trips to a Utah animal shelter’s gas chamber now has a new home.Officials at West Valley City’s animal shelter in Utah say the cat named Andrea hadn’t been adopted for 30 days when shelter officials tried to put her to death in October. She survived, so they gassed her again.Shelter officials detected no vital signs and presumed she was dead after the second try, so they put her in a plastic bag in a cooler. But when they checked the ba
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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U.S. still considering Saleh’s visa request
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The White House says it is still considering a visa request for Yemen’s outgoing autocratic president.Spokesman Jay Carney says the request is being considered for the sole purpose of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s coming to the U.S. for medical treatment. Carney says he has no timeline for when a decision will be made.Saleh’s aides said over the weekend that he had reversed his plans to leave Yemen and would be staying in the country. However, a senior administration official
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Wikipedia fundraising hits new high
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― An annual Wikipedia fundraising campaign ended Tuesday with donors around the world pumping a record $20 million into the foundation that runs the free online knowledge repository.Non-profit Wikimedia Foundation launched the campaign in November, getting an early boost in the form of a $500,000 grant from Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife. The total amount of money donated has climbed each year since Wikimedia began the fundraising campaigns in 2003. “Our model is
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Slim victory in Iowa hints tough road ahead for Romney
DES MOINES (AFP) -- Mitt Romney is still the favorite to win the U.S. Republican presidential nomination, but a quick knock-out of his more conservative rivals seems out of reach after a near-draw in Iowa, experts said Wednesday.“Iowa is a reminder that if Romney wins, it will be because he’s the last guy standing -- not because he has strong Republican support,” said Matt Dickinson, a political scientist at Middlebury College in Vermont.The former Massachusetts governor and millionaire venture
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Young stem cells make rapidly aging mice live longer, healthier
Mice bred to age too quickly seemed to have sipped from the fountain of youth after scientists injected them with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscle of young, healthy animals. Instead of becoming infirm and dying early as untreated mice did, animals that got the stem/progenitor
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Romney wins narrowest of victories in Iowa
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney address supporters with his wife Ann and their sons behind him during a Romney for President Iowa Caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP)Mitt Romney Wednesday won the first battle in the 2012 W
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Romney, Santorum in close race in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Mitt Romney was locked in a dead heat with Rick Santorum in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses, the opening contest in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.Romney, the longtime front-runner, and Santorum, whose campaign only recently gained momentum, each had about 25 percent of the vote with 99 percent of the state’s 1,774 precincts reporting.Texas congressman Ron Paul was running a close third in the caucuses -- evening meetings held at 809
World NewsJan. 4, 2012
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Flying 'shark’ stuns pilot
A remote-controlled helium-filled shark toy stunned an airborne pilot in New Zealand, NZ Newswire reported. The passenger jet was on its descent about 9 kilometers from Christchurch International Airport on Dec. 26 when the pilot encountered the “rogue shark” and radioed ground control. It was
Jan. 4, 2012