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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Is NewJeans headed for a long 'break'?
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[KH Explains] Hyundai-backed Motional’s struggles deepen as Tesla eyes August robotaxi debut
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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New Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office chief vows full-fledged probe into first lady
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Pope urges dignity in emotional visit to prison
ROME (AP) _ Pope Benedict XVI made an emotional visit Sunday to Rome's main prison, meeting with detainees, denouncing prison overcrowding and calling for greater dignity for inmates everywhere.Benedict spent over an hour at Rome's Rebibbia prison, fielding questions from a half-dozen inmates who sp
World NewsDec. 19, 2011
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Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war
AT THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER (AP) _ Outside it was pitch dark. The six American soldiers couldn't see much of the desert landscape streaming by outside the small windows of their armored vehicle. They were hushed and exhausted from an all-night drive _ part of the last convoy of U.S. troops to leave Ir
World NewsDec. 19, 2011
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Havel, Czech playwright and president, has died
In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo former Czech President Vaclav Havel is seen during a press conference on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the changes in Czechoslovakia and the fall of the Iron Curtain in Prague. Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring d
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Yemen: 4 soldiers killed in clashes with militants
SANAA, Yemen (AP) _ Four Yemeni soldiers and two al-Qaida-linked militants were killed in clashes in the country's south, military and medical officials said Sunday.The fighting took place overnight outside the city of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province that Islamic militants seized earlier thi
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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652 dead, 808 missing in Philippine floods
ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Red Cross says the death toll from a storm that ravaged a wide swath of the south has risen to 652 with 808 others still missing.Red Cross Secretary-General Gwendolyn Pang said Sunday that flash floods set off by Tropical Storm Washi killed 346 people in Cagayan de Oro city and 206 in nearby Iligan city. Deaths were also reported in five other southern and central provinces.Pang said more people have reported missing relatives, including 447 in Iligan an
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Iran’s fortunes in post-U.S. Iraq clouded
CAIRO (AP) ― The U.S. military’s departure from Iraq opens the door to expanded Iranian influence in the Middle East, though that door could close fast if Iran’s closest Arab ally Bashar Assad falls from power in Syria.That’s among the uncertainties looming over the Middle East in the wake of President Barack Obama’s decision to remove all U.S. troops by the end of this month, fulfilling a campaign promise to end the unpopular war and abandoning efforts to negotiate an extension of the year-end
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Peugeot, Fiat, GM lead European car sales drop
PSA Peugeot Citroen, Fiat SpA and General Motors Co. led the biggest decline in European car sales in five months as the region’s economy slipped closer toward a recession. Registrations in November dropped 3 percent to 1.07 million vehicles from 1.10 million a year earlier, the biggest decline since June, the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA, said Friday in a statement. Eleven-month sales declined 1.1 percent to 12.6 million registrations. “This minus figure
World BusinessDec. 18, 2011
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PlayStation Vita hits Japan stores
TOKYO (AP) ― Sony’s long-awaited PlayStation Vita portable game machine hit stores in Japan on Saturday as thousands of game enthusiasts lined up early in the morning to be among the first to buy it.Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is predicting brisk sales, even though the launch may have missed some holiday shoppers. A successful debut would help the company offset the rest of its struggling business. Sony projects a loss of more than $1 billion for the fiscal year through March 2012, which wo
World BusinessDec. 18, 2011
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Slow recovery for flood-hit Thai plants
AYUTTHAYA (AFP) ― Piles of rubbish, rusting furniture and discarded machinery litter one of Thailand’s top high-tech parks, a former symbol of economic prowess laid to waste by weeks of flooding.Many of the companies located in the country’s industrial heartland say it will be several months at least before their operations return to normal. Investor confidence in the kingdom is likely to take even longer to recover.At least one major manufacturer, Sanyo Semiconductor, is pulling the plug on its
World BusinessDec. 18, 2011
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WTO Doha trade talks end deadlocked
The World Trade Organization wrapped up a ministerial meeting Saturday deadlocked on the Doha Round of negotiations for a global free trade pact, and some ministers calling for a new path.Conference chairman and Nigerian Trade Minister Olusegun Aganga summarized the ministers’ regret at the impasse in a concluding statement.The WTO’s 153 member states agreed to “more fully explore different negotiating approaches” and “intensify their efforts to look into ways” to overcome the stalemate, said Ag
World BusinessDec. 18, 2011
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Moody‘s downgrades Belgium’s debt by 2 notches
NEW YORK (AP) -- Moody’s Investors Services on Friday downgraded Belgium’s credit rating by two notches, citing strains on eurozone countries as they try to finance their heavy debt loads amid the regional financial crisis. The ratings agency cut Belgium’s local- and foreign-currency government bond ratings to “Aa3” from Aa1," with a negative outlook. The ratings remain investment grade. Moody’s said the downgrade comes as soaring borrowing costs strain the finances of heavily indebted countries
World BusinessDec. 18, 2011
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Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge budget bill
U.S. Senate approves 2-month extension of payroll tax cut and jobless benefits, finishes spending billWASHINGTON (AP) ― The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice between unions and environmentalists over whether to build an oil pipeline through the heart of the country. With the still-reeling economy serving as a backdrop, the Senate’s 89-
World BusinessDec. 18, 2011
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China stresses 'wisdom' over 'fist' in diplomacy
HONG KONG -- China stressed Sunday that it needs to grow in wisdom rather than using military power in its foreign policy as the country's global prowess escalates. In the wake of Beijing's increasing influence, Washington has moved to reassert its presence in the Asia-
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Grammy-winning singer Cesatria Evora dies
LISBON (AP) ― Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, has died. She was 70.Evora, known as the “Barefoot Diva” because she always performed without shoes, died Saturday in the Baptista de Sousa Hospital in Mindelo, on her native island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, her label Lusafrica said in a statement on its website. It gave no further details.E
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Berenson barred from leaving Peru
LIMA (AP) ― Peru’s government abused its authority by barring paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson and her 31-month-old son from leaving the country to spend the holidays in New York City with her family, her lawyer charged Saturday.“Administratively, you can’t block a court order,’’ Anibal Apari said after Berenson told the Associated Press that she and her son Salvador were prevented from boarding a flight Friday night despite being granted permission in court.“They didn’t let me leave and they
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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EU companies share love with Korea
European businesses here got the chance to give back to Korean society at a charity event on Friday. The “Share Christmas with Love” event to benefit Namsanwon was organized by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea and the Europe-Korea Foundation, the EUCCK’s charity arm. The donation ceremony included donations and Christmas gifts as well as the announcement of scholarships for children at the orphanage on Seoul’s Namsan. The EUCCK and EFK also staged a puppet show and a magic show at
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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World’s shortest woman wants to be Bollywood star
NAGPUR, India (AP) ― A high school student in central India was recognized as the world’s shortest woman by Guinness World Records on Friday as she turned 18 and said she hopes to earn a degree and make it in Bollywood.Jyoti Amge stood just 62.8 centimeters tall ― shorter than the average 2-year-old ― when Guinness representatives visiting from London measured her at a ceremony attended by about 30 relatives and friends in the town of Nagpur, in Maharashtra state.A teary-eyed Amge, dressed in on
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Russian oil platform capsizes; 4 dead, 49 missing
MOSCOW (AP) — An oil drilling platform capsized Sunday in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's east coast, leaving four workers confirmed dead and 49 missing.The Emergencies Ministry said in a statement Sunday that there were 67 people aboard the platform as it was being towed about 200 kilometers
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Arab League mulls turning to U.N. over Syria
BEIRUT (AP) ― The Arab League has given Syria until Wednesday to allow observers into the country or else it will likely turn to the U.N. Security Council for action to try to end the deadly violence against regime opponents, Qatar’s prime minister said Saturday.Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani said in Qatar that Arab foreign ministers will hold a “decisive and important” meeting in Cairo on Wednesday to decide on next steps. He said there is near unanimity on taking the Arab League’s pl
World NewsDec. 18, 2011
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Unrest challenges China before leadership swap
BEIJING (AFP) ― An open revolt against officialdom by Chinese villagers last week demonstrated the challenge social unrest poses to the Communist party as it prepares for a generational leadership handover.Angered by decades of government land grabs, the villagers of Wukan drove out local Communist officials and police, erecting roadblocks to stop them re-entering and electing their own leaders.The protest has become a symbol of rising public anger over a plethora of perceived injustices, from c
World NewsDec. 18, 2011