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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Gunman in Sikh temple attack was white supremacist
OAK CREEK (AP) ― Before he strode into a Sikh temple with a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition, Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands with names such as Definite Hate and End Apathy.The bald, heavily tattooed bassist was a 40-year-old Army veteran who trained in psychological warfare before he was demoted and discharged more than a decade ago.A day after he killed six worshippers at the suburban Milwaukee temple, fragments of Page’s life emerged in public
World NewsAug. 7, 2012
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Malaysian girl killed in suspected exorcism ritual
Malaysian police say a 3-year-old girl was killed in a suspected exorcism ritual by her parents and other relatives.District police chief Azman Abdul Lah says police raided a house in northern Penang state late Sunday after receiving a distress call from a relative and found a group of eight people lying on top of the girl in a bedroom.He says the girl was lying face down under the human pile, which comprised her parents, grandmother, uncle, aunt, two cousins and their Indonesian maid. He says t
World NewsAug. 7, 2012
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Syrian P.M. joins rebel side in latest blow to Assad
In this undated photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, center, speaks under the portrait of the Syrian President Bashar Assad during a meeting in Damascus, Syria. (AP-Yonhap News)Syria's prime minister defected on Monday, evidence that the widening cracks in President Bashar's Assad's regime have reached the highest echelon
World NewsAug. 7, 2012
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Torrential rains paralyze Philippine capital
Torrential rains pounding the Philippine capital on Tuesday paralyzed traffic as waist-deep floods triggered evacuations of tens of thousands of residents and the government suspended work in offices and schools. Incessant downpour set off by the seasonal monsoon overflowed major dams and rivers in Manila and surrounding nine provinces and put authorities on alert. The death toll from last week's
World NewsAug. 7, 2012
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No need now for rescue aid: Italy bank chief
ROME (AP) ― Italy’s central bank chief says there’s no need “at the moment” to request help from European funds to fight soaring borrowing costs.Ignazio Visco says whether Italy needs to do so in the future depends on whether markets are convinced the country has turned the tide in its financial crisis, stays disciplined on public spending and removes obstacles to growth.Visco, in an interview in Sunday’s La Repubblica daily, predicted 2013 growth would be quite low.Separately, a top Cabinet off
World BusinessAug. 6, 2012
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‘Greece to exit euro by year-end’
BERLIN (AFP) ― Greece should exit the eurozone by year’s end and not receive any more aid, a German regional finance minister has said in a Sunday newspaper interview, further stirring debate on the issue.Markus Soeder, finance minister in southern Bavaria state and a member of the Christian Social Union, the region’s sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU, said the euro itself was “right and important.”“But when a country like Greece on a continuing basis cannot pay back debts, it must
World BusinessAug. 6, 2012
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Official: IMF’s talks with Greece show progress
Greece and its international creditors agreed on the need to strengthen policy efforts to support the economy and comply with its bailout terms after more than a week of meetings in Athens. Representatives from the so-called troika of the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund met with Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras in Athens Sunday at the conclusion of the meetings. The talks will determine whether Greece continues receiving funds from the country’s
World BusinessAug. 6, 2012
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Monti: Crisis threatens EU as a whole
Italian P.M. says crisis causing ‘psychological dissolution’ in EuropeBERLIN (AP) ― Italy’s prime minister has warned that the eurozone’s sprawling debt crisis has created resentment amid the bloc’s nations, which could ultimately trigger a breakup of the wider European Union.Mario Monti told German news magazine Der Spiegel in an interview published Sunday that eurozone tensions over the past few years “bear the traits of a psychological dissolution of Europe,” adding that Europe “must work har
World BusinessAug. 6, 2012
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Iconic Mexican singer dies
CUERNAVACA, Mexico (AFP) ― Iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, known for her mastery of the sad and sultry bolero, died Sunday. She was 93.“Here ends my story that started from nothing,” read one message that appeared on the Costa Rica-born star’s Twitter account moments after her death at a hospital in the southern Mexican city of Cuernavaca.“At around one in the afternoon, a few minutes ago, Chavela died. She went peacefully and did not complain,” said the artist’s close friend Maria Cortina
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Saudi female athlete’s father to sue over insults
RIYADH (AFP) ― The father of the first ever Saudi female to compete at the Olympic Games has vowed to sue those who insulted his daughter for challenging strict traditions that prevented women from participating.The father of Wojdan Shaherkani, who stole the limelight at the London Olympics despite lasting only 82 seconds on the mat before being defeated, told Al-Sharq daily that he wrote to the interior minister with copies of insults made on the Twitter microblogging website.“I have sent an ur
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Search for lost climbers in Himalayas to resume
The search for South Korean mountaineers lost in the Himalayas last fall, including a renowned climber Park Young-seok, is to be resumed, officials said Monday.Officials at the Park Young-seok Exploration and Culture Foundation said that a team of five rescue climbers left for Kathmandu, Nepal, from Incheon Airport on Monday morning to once again carry out the search mission for Park and his two teammates, Shin Dong-min and Kang Ki-seok.The funeral for the three was already held in November last
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Gunmen kill 16 Egypt border guards
CAIRO (AFP) ― Gunmen on Sunday killed 16 guards in Egypt near the border with Israel before stealing two armored vehicles and crossing into the Jewish state where one vehicle was destroyed by a helicopter.An Egyptian medical official said gunmen in Bedouin attire drove up in two vehicles and opened fire on a checkpoint near the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom in Hebrew) border crossing and opened fire.The health ministry said 16 soldiers and border guards were killed, while a security official said
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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115 Kurdish rebels killed in offensive: Turkey
ANKARA (AP) ― Turkey’s security forces have killed as many as 115 Kurdish rebels during a major security offensive over the past two weeks, the country’s interior minister said Sunday.Idris Naim Sahin said the rebels were killed in an airpower backed offensive near the town of Semdinli, in Hakkari province which sits on the border with Iraq. He said the offensive began on July 23.Sahin provided few other details on the ongoing operation but said the security forces were trying to block the rebel
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Syrian forces vow ‘decisive’ showdown for Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian forces threatened Sunday to mount a “decisive battle” for Aleppo even as rebels clawed toward the city’s ancient center under intense bombardment and strafing from warplanes. In the capital Damascus, militiamen appeared to step up guerrilla-like forays in central districts that were once firmly in the regime’s hands.The twin fronts reflected the rising stakes for both sides and a possible significant evolution in rebel strategies. Opposition forces appear to be shifting towa
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Wildfire evacuation orders lifted in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ― Many Oklahomans forced to leave their homes because of raging wildfires were being allowed to return Sunday, despite some fires continuing to burn and emergency shelters remaining open in four communities.A “monster” fire had devoured almost 91 square miles and continued to burn between Mannford and Kellyville in northeastern Oklahoma’s Creek County as light rain and cooler temperatures gave firefighters a brief respite early Sunday, said Oklahoma Forestry Services spokeswom
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Clinton arrives in South Africa for meeting with Mandela
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to meet with South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Monday, the State Department said, hours after her arrival on the latest leg of her Africa tour.The luncheon with the 94-year-old former president will take place in Qunu, a village in the country’s southeast.Clinton, who met schoolgirls and Africa’s second woman president during an unprecedented visit to Malawi Sunday before jetting to South Africa, will be in Johann
World BusinessAug. 6, 2012
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7 dead in Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
Four killed inside, three outside temple, including gunman: police officialOAK CREEK, Wisconsin (AP) ― A gunman opened fire Sunday and killed six people at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee before he was killed in an exchange of gunfire with one of the first officers to respond to the chaotic scene, authorities said.The shootings happened before 10:30 a.m., as several dozen people gathered at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin for Sunday services. Hours of uncertainty followed as police in tactical gear an
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Woman spots her child for sale on Internet
(MCT)A Canadian woman called police when she found an online ad offering her baby for sale based on photos she'd posted on Facebook.The unidentified woman in the central British Columbia town of Fort St. John called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when she spotted the ad in an online buy-and-sell site, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.RCMP Sgt. Steve Perret told the broadcaster the ad ha
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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British explorer sets out on treasure hunt
A British fortune hunter is heading to a Pacific island in search of more than $250 million worth of treasure supposedly buried there by 19th century pirates.Shaun Whitehead is leading an expedition to Cocos Island in hopes of discovering treasure allegedly buried there by a British trader, Capt. William Thompson, in 1820, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday.The British newspaper said as the story goes, Thompson stole gold, silver and jewelry amassed by Spanish authorities in Lima, Peru, that he
World NewsAug. 6, 2012
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Pakistani couple paraded naked by police
A police officer beats Mumtaz Mirbahar (right) and forces him to take off his clothes in this cellphone video footage. (Image from YouTube-BBC)Several police officers in the Pakistani town of Gambat were suspended after parading a couple accused of adultery through the town naked, officials said.The officers were suspended by local authorities after cellphone video footage of the incident stirred
World NewsAug. 6, 2012