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[H.eco Forum] H.eco Forum calls for transition to clean, carbon-free energy
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[Exclusive] LACMA admits it needs further research on donated Korean paintings
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AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI
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Russia likely offering N. Korea technology aid to expand threats to US, others: Pentagon official
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[Bridge to Africa] Africa-Korea partnership: Why it matters for future
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[Herald Interview] Korean adoptees embark on journeys to find roots
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[Graphic News] Medical tourists visiting Korea reach record high
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Revote on Marine probe bill to be held next week
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Embryo activist: Baby's lawsuit takes on S. Korea climate inaction
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Illit’s agency sues Ador CEO Min Hee-jin for defamation
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Merkel visits Vietnam to boost trade ties
HANOI (AP) ― German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Vietnam’s capital Tuesday for a two-day visit to boost trade ties with the communist country, amid the European debt crisis.Merkel and her Vietnamese counterpart, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, reviewed an honor guard Tuesday in Hanoi before t
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Al-Qaida confirms killing of al-Awlaki
CAIRO (AP) ― Al-Qaida’s Yemeni offshoot on Monday confirmed the killing of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki late last month and vowed to avenge the prominent propagandist’s death.The 40-year-old al-Awlaki, who died in a Sept. 30 U.S. drone strike in the mountains of Yemen, was the most prom
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Myanmar gives amnesty to some 6,300 prisoners
YANGON (AP) -- Myanmar announced Tuesday it was releasing 6,300 prisoners in a widely expected amnesty by the newly elected government, but it was not clear how many of them were political detainees.The release of some of the country’s estimated 2,000 political prisoners has been hotly anticipated a
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Exploration company finds sunken ship of silver
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A Florida deep-sea exploration company with a record of finding sunken treasure has discovered a ship filled with silver 8,000 feet beneath the North Atlantic Ocean, the firm said Monday.Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. said it found the remains of the SS Mantola, which sank on
Oct. 11, 2011
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EU backs Syrian opposition, mulls new sanctions
LUXEMBOURG (AP) ― The European Union is reaching out to the nascent Syrian opposition movement to see if it could play an instrumental role in ousting President Bashar Assad, whose crackdown on pro-democracy protesters has so far killed nearly 3,000 people.Diplomats said Syria’s opposition needs mor
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Jobs’ cause of death released as Apple mourns
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― The official cause of death for beloved Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was made public on Monday as a private memorial was planned at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters for employees.Local public health officials reportedly determined that Jobs was at home in the Northern C
World BusinessOct. 11, 2011
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Detainees tortured in Afghanistan: U.N.
KABUL (AP) ― Beatings, electric shock and other forms of torture were administered to suspected Taliban fighters in some Afghan-run detention centers, the U.N. said Monday, even as the U.S. and others have spent billions of dollars training the police and security services.The abuse was not the resu
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Moody’s reviews Belgian regions for downgrade
BRUSSELS (AP) ― Belgium’s financial troubles appeared to mount Monday as Moody’s Investors Service announced it was putting the country’s three regions on review for a possible downgrade, along with three of their government-related issuers.The news followed Friday’s announcement that Moody’s was pu
World BusinessOct. 11, 2011
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Libyan official: Gadhafi hiding in southern desert
TRIPOLI (AP) ― An official on Libya’s governing council said Monday that he believes Moammar Gadhafi is hiding in the southwestern desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria, but denied allegations that the Tuareg minority ethnic group is protecting the fugitive leader.Moussa al-Kouni, who is a
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Egypt vows to get tougher after violence
A relative of one of the Copts killed during clashes with the Egyptian army mourns over his coffin in Cairo on Monday (AP-Yonhap News)Activists enraged by army’s apparent attempt to use crisis to extend ruleCAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s ruling military on Monday condemned a surge in deadly violence as an at
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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‘Thinking’ robot unveiled in Japan
TOKYO (AFP) ― Robots that learn from experience and can solve novel problems ― just like humans ― sound like science fiction.But a Japanese researcher is working on making them science fact, with machines that can teach themselves to perform tasks they have not been programmed to do, using objects t
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Judge sets $1 million bond in US fetal abduction
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 33, faces one co
Oct. 11, 2011
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Website: Iranian actress faces jail, lashing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An Iranian opposition website says an Iranian actress has been sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes for appearing in a movie critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies.The Kalameh.com site said Monday that Marzieh Vafamehr’s attorney has appealed
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Woman gives birth after running Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (AP) -- Amber Miller says she felt contractions minutes after crossing the Chicago Marathon finish line.A few hours after completing the 42-kilometer race Sunday, the suburban Chicago woman gave birth to her daughter, June.Amber Miller, of Westchester, Ill., holds her baby at Central DuPage
World NewsOct. 11, 2011
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Americans Sargent, Sims share economics Nobel
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such as interest rates and government spending. Thomas Sargent (right) and Christ
CultureOct. 10, 2011
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GM China sales up 15.3% in September
SHANGHAI (AFP) ― U.S. auto giant General Motors said Monday its sales in China jumped 15.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 240,244 units, despite government moves to phase out incentives for buyers.In the first nine months of the year, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1.89 million
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Japan offers 10,000 foreigners free trips
TOKYO (AFP) ― Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfare to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry, which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday.The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask would-be travelers to submit online applications f
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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GM China sales up 15.3% in September
SHANGHAI (AFP) ― U.S. auto giant General Motors said Monday its sales in China jumped 15.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 240,244 units, despite government moves to phase out incentives for buyers.In the first nine months of the year, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1.89 million
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Japan offers 10,000 foreigners free trips
TOKYO (AFP) ― Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfare to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry, which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday.The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask would-be travelers to submit online applications f
World BusinessOct. 10, 2011
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Chile students reject resuming negotiations
SANTIAGO (AP) ― Chilean student groups that have been protesting more than five months to demand the government improve education have refused the president’s request to resume negotiations and say they won’t go back to class.A confederation of 36 student groups at Chile’s 25 state universities made
World NewsOct. 10, 2011