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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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Korea set to finalize medical school expansion plans
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Seoul City to open 'hotel' on river bridge
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Greece in reach of coalition deal to revise bailout
ATHENS (AFP) -- Greece on Wednesday was close to forming a coalition that will try to revise an unpopular EU-IMF bailout deal and pull the country out of a harrowing recession that has doomed its recovery efforts.After two months of political deadlock, the struggling eurozone member is under intense international pressure to get back on track with reforms promised for a bailout that has kept the economy on life support for the past two years.The International Monetary Fund is already pressing to
June 20, 2012
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CIA releases declassified Sept. 11 documents
Budgetary woes in the CIA unit that tracked Osama bin Laden prior to the deadly 2001 strikes against the U.S. led analysts to believe that catching the al-Qaida leader was unlikely, according to government records published Tuesday.Many of the newly released documents are cited in the Sept. Commission report, published in 2004. The documents, dated between 1992 and 2004 are heavily blacked out and
June 20, 2012
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Dog brings master loaves of bread
An Australian man says his golden retriever has been bringing him presents in the past few days -- 12 loaves of bread and two packages of muffins.Michael Shaw said he would like to know where the dog, Gillie, has been getting the baked goods, The Daily Telegraph of Sydney reported. Shaw lives in Theresa Park in a rural area southwest of Sydney and the nearest store is at least a 10-minute drive.Wh
June 20, 2012
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At least 40 killed as bus overturns in Haiti river
The government of Haiti says at least 40 people have drowned when a bus overturned in a rain-swollen river east of the southern city of Jeremie.A statement issued by the office of President Michel Martelly says about 60 people were on the bus when the driver attempted to cross the Glace River. Local Civil Protection officials have recovered the bodies of 40 people and are still searching the area. The statement said nine people were either rescued from the submerged bus or managed to swim to saf
June 20, 2012
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WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks Ecuador asylum
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday walked into Ecuador's embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.The former computer hacker, who last week exhausted all his legal options in Britain to fight extradition, was holed up at the embassy in central London while Quito examined the request, officials said.Brita
June 20, 2012
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Egypt Mubarak on life support amid crisis
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after the 84-year-old ousted leader suffered a stroke in prison Tuesday, officials said, deepening the country's uncertainty just as a potentially explosive fight opened over who will succeed him, with both candidates claiming to have won last weekend's presidential election.The developments, which saw Mubarak moved out of prison to a mili
June 20, 2012
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Dragon baby boom in Big Apple
Chinese women flock to New York to have babies with U.S. citizenshipThe sky begins to brighten as Nancy Chen makes her way to JFK airport to pick up a mother-to-be who has made the long flight from China for a temporary stay in New York ― to give birth. Chen, who owns the New York Maternity Center, has been in the birthing business for five years. But the past few months have proved to be her busiest time ever, as the number of pregnant women from China seeking her services soars. The maternity
June 19, 2012
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Romanian P.M. may have plagiarized his Ph.D.: Nature
The science journal Nature reported claims on Monday that Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta had plagiarised large parts of his 2003 Ph.D. thesis which he denied, hinting at a political plot against him.In a news article, Nature said it had seen documents compiled by an anonymous whistle-blower indicating that more than half of Ponta’s 432-page law thesis on the International Criminal Court, written in Romanian, “consists of duplicated text.”“Moreover, the thesis was republished with very min
June 19, 2012
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Nobel winner for medicine Knowles dies
ST. LOUIS (AP) ― William S. Knowles, a longtime chemist who shared the Nobel Prize for discoveries that led to a treatment for Parkinson’s disease and various other medicines, has died, his daughter said Monday. He was 95.Knowles died June 13. His daughter, Lesley McIntire, said he died of complications from ALS.Knowles retired in 1986 after 44 years working for St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. But it was 15 years later that he and two other scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work that
June 19, 2012
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Saudi defense minister named crown prince
RIYADH (AP) ― Saudi Arabia kept power within the surviving, aging sons of the kingdom’s founding patriarch Monday by naming Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz as the new heir to the throne in a country both battling and embracing the upheavals across the Middle East.The choice was expected, but the speed of the royal decree was not ― just a day after the burial of the late crown prince, Prince Nayef, who died last week in Geneva and was in the No. 2 position only since November. Princ
June 19, 2012
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Anti-Shiite suicide bombing kills 22 in Iraq
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) ― A suicide bomber killed 22 people at a Shiite gathering in central Iraq on Monday, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks against the Shiite majority that has left dozens dead.The bomber targeted mourners in central Baquba, north of Baghdad, a police colonel said, adding that among the casualties were an army first lieutenant, four police officers and seven other security forces members.Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim at Baquba General Hospital confirmed the facility had rec
June 19, 2012
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Iran, world powers seek to break nuclear deadlock
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Iran and world powers on Tuesday dug in for a second day of attritional talks in Moscow aimed at breaking an increasingly risky deadlock in the decade-long crisis over the Iranian nuclear program.With the United States and Israel refusing to rule out military action and Tehran facing severe economic sanctions, the price of failure in the Russian capital could be high but there was no sign of progress on the first day.Negotiators from the six world powers asked Iran to scale back
June 19, 2012
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Vatican’s number two slams ‘attempt to split Church’
VATICAN CITY (AFP) ― The Vatican’s number two, the reported target of a power struggle in the Church, alleged divisive forces at work on Monday as the Holy See said 23 people had been questioned in a leaks scandal.In a rare outburst, the Secretary of State appeared to lash out at those who, according to religious observers, have been orchestrating the scandal in an attempt to oust him, and slammed media for “Dan Brown-style” reporting.Tarcisio Bertone told the Famiglia Cristiana magazine that th
June 19, 2012
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Suu Kyi returns to Britain after 24 years
LONDON (AFP) ― Aung San Suu Kyi begins a bittersweet return to Britain Tuesday, during which she will be showered with honors and have an emotional family reunion after nearly a quarter of a century in Myanmar.The democracy icon was arriving in Britain overnight from Ireland, where she took to the stage at a gala concert with U2 singer Bono to receive a prize from rights group Amnesty International.She was later given the freedom of the city of Dublin at a special ceremony and crowds joined in s
June 19, 2012
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Obama, Putin call for halt to Syria conflict
DAMASCUS (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called Monday for an “immediate” end to the Syria conflict as 94 deaths were reported in a worsening artillery pounding of cities.The call by the rival powers was made as Russia reportedly prepared to send two warships with marines to its naval base in Syria where U.N. monitors have suspended their patrols because of escalating violence.“In order to stop the bloodshed in Syria, we call for an immediate cessation o
June 19, 2012
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Suspect in body parts case returns to Canada
MIRABEL, Quebec (AP) ― A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student arrived in Canada on Monday via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month.Luka Magnotta did not fight his extradition. He is suspected of killing Jun Lin and sending body parts to Canadian political parties and schools. The head is still missing. Police said they would ask Magnotta where it is.Investigators say Magnotta posted a video online showing him having sex with the dis
June 19, 2012
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Using distress signal due to fatigue
Two pilots aboard an Air Berlin flight issued a distress signal ahead of landing out of extreme fatigue last month, according to reports. The signal is usually a sign for an emergency that might involve a possible casualty or hijacking, but normally is only sent when a pilot cannot guarantee a safe landing.The airplane in question, which was approaching Munich Airport in Germany, issued to airport officials what is called a “pan pan call,” or a distress signal used in a state of urgency. The Air
June 19, 2012
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Rodney King, key figure in L.A. riots, dies at 47
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, was found at the bottom of his swimming pool early Sunday and later pronounced dead. He was 47. King’s fiancee called police at 5:25 a.m. to report that she found him in the pool at their home in Rialto, California, police Lt. Dean Hardin said. Officers arrived to find King in the deep end of the pool and pu
June 18, 2012
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36 dead in Nigeria church attacks
KADUNA, Nigeria (AFP) ― Multiple suicide attacks on churches in northern Nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least 36 people on Sunday, officials said.Bomb blasts struck three churches in the northern Kaduna state in the space of an hour, the latest in a string of Sunday attacks that has threatened to ignite wider sectarian strife across the divided country.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bloodshed but the attacks were likely to b
June 18, 2012
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U.N. demands evacuation of Syrian civilians in Homs
BEIRUT (AP) ― The head of the U.N. observers’ mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones. Maj. Gen. Robert Mood said the observers had been trying for the past week to bring out families and wounded trapped in Homs by heavily shelling of rebel-held areas. The offensive is part of a broader push by President Bashar Assad’s forces to regain rebel-he
June 18, 2012