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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI
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Samsung replaces semiconductor chief amid heightened AI race
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Dog days are over? Popular dog trainer embroiled in workplace bullying dispute
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[Exclusive] LACMA admits it needs further research on donated Korean paintings
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Russia likely offering N. Korea technology aid to expand threats to US, others: Pentagon official
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[Up close in Yeouido] Trump hinting at US troop removal in South Korea ‘election-time talk’
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[H.eco Forum] H.eco Forum calls for transition to clean, carbon-free energy
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[Graphic News] Medical tourists visiting Korea reach record high
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Goldman rules the world: trader sparks outrage
LONDON (AFP) ― A financial trader in London caused a storm of outrage by suggesting that world leaders cannot do anything to prevent a global market collapse, saying that investment bank Goldman Sachs ruled the world.Alessio Rastani’s comments on BBC television on Monday have gone viral, viewed by m
World BusinessSept. 28, 2011
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Japan panel eyes 7,400 job cuts at TEPCO
TOKYO (AFP) ― A Japanese government panel overseeing the restructuring of TEPCO is to demand the company slash 7,400 jobs to help pay for the clean up at Fukushima nuclear plant, a report said Wednesday.The panel is also considering calling for the resignation of the beleaguered company’s management
World BusinessSept. 28, 2011
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Chinese man arrested for allegedly killing 9
BEIJING (AP) _ A Chinese man who allegedly killed his wife and eight other people in a fit of jealous rage has been arrested.State media say 32-year-old fruit seller Qin Changcheng allegedly went on the rampage Monday in the northern city of Baotou. Those killed also included his uncle, aunt and the
World NewsSept. 28, 2011
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Ex-porn star aims to clean up Italian politics
ROME (AFP) - Italy's flamboyant ex-porn star and former politician Cicciolina plans to set up a new political party as the antithesis to her country's corrupt politics, according to excerpts from an interview published Tuesday."We want to set up an optimistic party of the future. Enough with these p
Sept. 28, 2011
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Longtime fugitive US hijacker caught in Portugal
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) -- A 1970s militant who escaped from a murder sentence in New Jersey and carried out one of the most brazen hijackings in U.S. history was captured in Portugal after more than 40 years as a fugitive, authorities said Tuesday. After decades of stagnancy, there was a sudden bre
World NewsSept. 28, 2011
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Saudi woman sentenced to 10 lashes for driving car
CAIRO (AP) -- A Saudi woman was sentenced Tuesday to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom's prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the ultraconservative Muslim nation.Normally, police just stop fe
World NewsSept. 28, 2011
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Please raise my taxes, ex-Google exec tells Obama
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AFP) ― A rich former Google executive pleaded with Barack Obama to raise his taxes Monday, boosting the U.S. leader’s push to get well off Americans to bankroll his $447 billion jobs plan.Obama stormed through the American west on a three-day tour devoted to hammering Repu
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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Typhoon floods Manila; thousands evacuated, 7 dead
MANILA (AP) ― Massive flooding hit the Philippine capital on Tuesday as typhoon winds and rains isolated the historic old city where residents waded in waist-deep waters, dodging tree branches and debris. At least seven people were killed.Authorities ordered more than 100,000 people across the count
World NewsSept. 27, 2011
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Berkshire Hathaway to buy back shares
OMAHA, Nebada (AP) -- Warren Buffett is sending a clear signal that he believes Berkshire Hathaway’s stock is undervalued by announcing a plan to repurchase stock for the first time since taking over the firm in 1965.Berkshire said Monday that the company Buffett leads will repurchase its Class A an
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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‘Gadhafi a growing terrorist threat’
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― Moammar Gadhafi is a growing international terrorist threat while he remains free, the Libyan interim prime minister told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.“Gadhafi’s battalions continue to kill innocent civilians in different regions of our country,” Mahmoud Jibril, number
World NewsSept. 27, 2011
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Greece has never discussed wider debt ...haircut: Official
ATHENS (AFP) ― Greece “has never discussed” the option of reducing its vast debt by 50 percent, a scope far wider than a rescue plan agreed with the EU in the summer, the government’s spokesman said on Monday.“This discussion has never been held at government level,” Elias Mossialos told a media bri
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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Australian army to remove gender barrier
CANBERRA (AP) ― Australia will remove all gender barriers in its military over the next five years, opening up positions that had previously been considered too dangerous for women, including front-line combat roles, a minister said on Tuesday.Australia will follow Canada and New Zealand in allowing
World NewsSept. 27, 2011
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China tax department's yacht sparks outcry
BEIJING (AFP) - Officials in eastern China have triggered public outrage by claiming that a $425,000 yacht bought with government money was intended for collecting taxes.Images of the 32-metre (100-foot) yacht appeared on social media sites in China, sparking a furious reaction from bloggers who cal
Sept. 27, 2011
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WHO: Iran, South Asia worst for city air pollution
GENEVA (AP) ― Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan and the capital of Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the U.S. and Canada are among the best, according to the first global survey by the World Health Organization.The southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz walked away
World NewsSept. 27, 2011
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Germany downplays hopes of fast new crisis course
BERLIN (AP) ― German officials on Monday downplayed prospects of any quick and dramatic change of course in the eurozone debt crisis, days before a parliamentary vote on beefing up the continent’s rescue fund.Weekend meetings of global financial leaders in Washington raised hopes of a change in stra
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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Berkshire Hathaway to buy back shares
OMAHA, Nebada (AP) -- Warren Buffett is sending a clear signal that he believes Berkshire Hathaway’s stock is undervalued by announcing a plan to repurchase stock for the first time since taking over the firm in 1965.Berkshire said Monday that the company Buffett leads will repurchase its Class A an
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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U.S. home-buying season the worst in 50 years
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The home-buying season was a bust.March through August are typically the peak buying months. But this time, Americans bought fewer new homes in that stretch than in any other six-month period since record-keeping began a half-century ago.And sales of previously occupied homes didn’
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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Syrian minister blames west for crackdown
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Syrian foreign minister, ignoring the mounting death toll from the bloody government crackdown on dissent, told the United Nations on Monday that external critics were to blame for the violence and for causing delays in President Bashar Assad’s plans for democratic reforms
World NewsSept. 27, 2011
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Apple trims orders for iPad parts: JPMorgan
Apple Inc. is cutting orders to vendors in the supply chain for its iPad tablet computer, a move that may result in slower sales for companies including Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. said in a report. Several supply-chain vendors indicated in the past two weeks that Apple lowe
World BusinessSept. 27, 2011
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Republican candidates seek Trump stamp of approval
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump has become a must-stop for Republican presidential candidates looking for advice or hoping to bask in the celebrity real estate mogul's star power.All the major Republican presidential hopefuls have sought an audience with Trump, just months after President Barack Obama
World NewsSept. 27, 2011