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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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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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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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1 in 4 U.S. women faces severe violence
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) ― One in four U.S. women say they have been hit hard, kicked or otherwise violently attacked by their intimate partners, according to a government survey released Wednesday that offers startling findings about domestic violence.The new national look at how many women say they’ve been abused offers some numbers that are higher than previous reports.One expert called the report’s estimate on rape and attempted rape “extremely high” ― with one in five women saying they were vi
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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After deadly rampage, Belgian city asks, ‘Why?’
LIEGE, Belgium (AP) ― A card at a memorial to the victims asked the question haunting all of Belgium: “Why?”Why did Nordine Amrani, a 33-year-old with a history of lawbreaking, sweep into this city’s holiday shopping center to unleash a grenade-and-gun rampage that killed three people and wounded 123 others? Why did he then kill himself?Deepening the mystery, police announced Wednesday that another body had been found, that of a 45-year-old woman, in a shed where Amrani grew cannabis close to hi
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Obama can’t say it enough: Iraq war over
U.S. president relishes end of war he never supportedWASHINGTON (AP) -- Over and over, the Iraq war is over.President Barack Obama, who opposed the war all the way to the White House, can’t remind people enough that he is the one ending it and getting every last soldier home.He is not just the commander in chief intent on lauding the valor of the military. He is a president seeking re-election and soaking up every chance to make a promise kept.On Wednesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, a post
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Obama daughters not on Facebook
President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama, left, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, right, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a Sunday service at nearby St. John's Church, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) _ Don't expect to find the president's daugh
World NewsDec. 15, 2011
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Bootleg liquor kills 143 people in eastern India
SANGRAMPUR, India (AP) _ Bootleg liquor containing toxic methanol killed 143 people and sickened dozens more who drank the cheap, illicit brew bought at small shops in eastern India, officials said Thursday. Police arrested 10 suspected bootleggers.Emergency medical teams rushed to the village outsi
PodcastDec. 15, 2011
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Japanese farmer is French chefs’ secret
CHAPET, France (AFP) ― Not a trace of bitterness from the spinach leaf’s tip to its light, fragrant stem. Top chef Eric Briffard wouldn’t dream of cooking these crisp shoots, sourced for a small fortune from his treasured Japanese vegetable farmer.Asafumi Yamashita, a former boxer and semi-professional golf player, lives half a world away from his native Japan, near Les Mureaux in Paris’ far western suburbs, where he used to tend bonsai trees for a living.Until one day he was robbed and decided
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Korean-American entrepreneur discovers possibilities for Korean cuisine in N.Y.
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― When popular online dining and drinking site Eater.com announced its search for the “Greatest Burger in America” in April, few expected the winning burger would be infused with a traditional Korean dish. The “bibimbap burger,” created by Korean-American entrepreneur Bobby Kwak, is a hamburger topped with ingredients from the popular Korean dish “bibimbap,” vegetables and meat mixed with steamed rice and hot pepper sauce.The bibimbap burger was quietly nominated as a cont
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Laws to help abused women in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Azim Mai’s husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.Acid burnings are among the most horrific crimes against women in Pakistan that are now criminalized in a landmark set of laws passed by the parliament. They stand to protect millions of women from common forms of
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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NATO says U.S.-Pakistan tie improving
Top commander sees progress toward end of communication blackout; Panetta visits AfghanistanKABUL (AP) ― Voicing cautious optimism, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that he’s seeing signs of a possible lifting of Pakistan’s communications blackout imposed on the U.S.-led coalition after NATO airstrikes killed two dozen Pakistani forces last month.Marine Gen. John Allen revealed for the first time that he spoke on the phone Monday with Pakistan army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kaya
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Belgium rampage; 5 dead, 122 wounded
Assault on Christmas shoppers kills 2 boys, an old woman, and a baby; no one knows whyLIEGE, Belgium (AP) ― Summoned for questioning by Belgian police, a man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an assault rifle. Stopping at a central square filled with holiday shoppers, he lobbed three grenades into the crowd, then opened fire.Four people were killed, including an 18-month-old toddler, and 122 were wounded in the assault Tuesday that br
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Pakistani police uncover chained rehab patients
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) _ Pakistani police discovered drug addicts held in chains at an Islamic seminary that offered rehabilitation services, and said Tuesday that young children were also sometimes shackled at the institution.The parents of around 60 young men at the seminary in the southern port c
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Attack in Belgian city leaves 5 dead, 122 wounded
LIEGE, Belgium (AP) _ A man armed with grenades and an assault rifle attacked holiday shoppers Tuesday at a central square in the Belgian city of Liege. Five people died, including the attacker, and 122 others were wounded, officials said.Police officers guard the street, following a grenade attack
World NewsDec. 14, 2011
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Obama calls on Iran to give back downed U.S. drone
The Obama administration has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a U.S. surveillance drone captured by Iranian armed forces, but said it is not hopeful that Iran will comply.President Barack Obama said Monday that the U.S. wants the top-secret aircraft back.“We have asked for it bac
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Global smartphone market gains another player
Already big in Japan, Panasonic has announced that it plans to take on the world’s smartphone manufacturers and make the leap into the European market.And over the longer term, the Japanese electronics giant intends to use Europe as a stepping stone to a larger slice of the global market.“With the mobile phone market rapidly shifting to smartphone usage worldwide and a steady growth expected particularly overseas, Panasonic aims to tap into this growth with its first global model smartphone for
World BusinessDec. 13, 2011
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‘Cayenne crisis’ hurts BMW as much as Porsche while Spain sales dry up
Roberto Murga, a construction manager from Barcelona, loved his platinum gray Porsche Cayenne until the debt crisis made the sport-utility vehicle’s leather interior and electronic seats expendable. The 66,370-euro ($88,800) status symbol is now unnecessary ballast for Murga, 33, who like other Spaniards has been forced to cut spending because of the country’s weakening economy. Car demand, which has halved since peaking in 2007, probably won’t recover this decade, analysts predict. “I can’t spl
World BusinessDec. 13, 2011
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Corzine and 2 other MF Global execs to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Corzine is expected Tuesday to once again distance himself from an estimated $1.2 billion in customer money that vanished when MF Global collapsed this fall.This time, Corzine will have company.Bradley Abelow, MF Global‘s president and chief operating officer, and Henri Steenkamp, the chief financial officer, are also scheduled to testify to the Senate Agriculture Committee.All three say they don’t know where the money is, according to prepared remarks and Corzine‘s previou
World BusinessDec. 13, 2011
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ICC elects Gambian as chief prosecutor
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― International Criminal Court member states on Monday unanimously elected Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as the new chief prosecutor for the main genocide and war crimes tribunal.The post has become more prominent with the growth of international criminal justice over the past decade and Bensouda vowed to keep up pressure on leaders who order killings and violate rights.Bensouda, a former justice minister in Gambia, is currently the ICC deputy prosecutor. She will take over next
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Tunisia elects rights activist as president
TUNIS (AP) ― Tunisia’s new assembly chose a veteran rights activist Monday as the country’s first democratically elected president.Moncef Marzouki of the Congress for the Republic Party on Monday became interim president with 153 out of 217 votes in the assembly, with three voting against, two abstentions and 44 blank ballots cast as a protest vote by some members.“It is the greatest honor that anyone could dream of being elected by two thirds of the vote,” he said after the election that was fo
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Libyans protest against interim government
Benghazi, formerly frontline against Gadhafi, now demonstrates against country’s new rulersBENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) ― Libya’s new rulers came under fire from disgruntled protesters for the first time Monday as hundreds rallied in Benghazi, cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi and brought them to power.Faced with angry calls from crowds demanding that National Transitional Council chief Musfata Abdul-Jalil quit, the ruling body decided to make the eastern city the future “economic ca
World NewsDec. 13, 2011
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Japan lawmaker eyes base on disputed islands
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Japan should consider building a military base on islands disputed with China to counter Beijing’s rising assertiveness, a leader of Japan’s opposition said Monday on a visit to the United States.Nobuteru Ishihara, sometimes seen as a future prime minister if his Liberal Democratic Party returns to power, said that Japan should also look more broadly at stepping up defense spending in the face of a rising China.Asia’s two largest economic powers dispute control of a set of uni
World NewsDec. 13, 2011