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‘Gimflation’ in S. Korea as dried seaweed prices grow on rising global demand
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S. Korea's gender pay gap worst in OECD
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Yoon to resume diplomatic activity via 3-way summit with Japan, China
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SM, YG Entertainment’s K-pop groups benefit from troubles at Hybe
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South Korea unveils W26tr support program for chip industry
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S. Korea to hold rotating presidency of UN Security Council next month
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Yoon rejects Lee's proposal for pension reform talks
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Student nabbed for biking naked 'due to stress'
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Police arrest mastermind behind last year's palace vandalism
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Chonnam international student found dead
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Israel braces for unrest ahead of ‘disaster’ day
Palestinian prisoners reached a deal with Israel to end a mass hunger strike in exchange for better conditionsJERUSALEM (AFP) ― Israel is bracing for possible unrest on Tuesday, when Palestinians commemorate the exodus of hundreds of thousands of their kin following the foundation of the Jewish state in 1948.Nakba Day, marked annually on May 15, is normally marked by protest, and often by clashes with Israelis in the Palestinian territories.“We are coordinating with the military and border polic
May 15, 2012
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Hollande sworn in as French president amid euro turmoil
PARIS (AFP) -- Socialist leader Francois Hollande was sworn in as president of France on Tuesday at a solemn ceremony overshadowed by the catastrophic debt crisis threatening to unravel the eurozone.After brief ceremonies in Paris, the 57-year-old career politician was to dash to Berlin to confront Chancellor Angela Merkel over their very different visions as to how to save the single currency bloc.“Power will be exercised at the summit of the state with dignity and simplicity,” Hollande declare
May 15, 2012
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Heavy snow surprises Bosnians after a hot weekend
SARAJEVO (AP) ― Sunbathing one day, snowstorm the next: Bosnians are getting whiplash from the latest crazy weather to hit the Balkans. Weeks after Bosnians had stashed away their winter clothes and their memories of last winter’s unbearably heavy snow, residents had to drag out the shovels Monday after waking up to a blanket of snow in the middle of an otherwise unusually hot May. Some 50 remote villages in a mountainous area near the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo lost power due to the snow. The
May 15, 2012
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Three astronauts blast off for ISS on Russian rocket
AIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) ― Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz-FG rocket from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and American Joseph Acaba started their journey in the Russian Soyuz TMA-04M capsule under crystal clear skies from the Kazakh steppe to the space station, an AFP correspondent said.Their capsule was delivered into orbit as planned and all the crew were feeling good, mission co
May 15, 2012
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Obama on gay marriage: Right thing to do
NEW YORK (AP) ― President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it “expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody.”“That doesn’t weaken families. That strengthens families,” he told gay and lesbian supporters and others at a fundraiser hosted by singer Ricky Martin and the LGBT Leadership Council. “It’s the right thing to do.”The remarks were his first to such an audience since he announced
May 15, 2012
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Teen arrested after homework left at crime scene
An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene.Police in Orem, Utah, say they tracked a USB drive found at the burglarized home to Dallas Naljahih. They say the computer hard drive contained his homework and was in a backpack abandoned in the backyard.A 75-year-old man and his wife reported their home had been burglarized early Sat
May 15, 2012
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Urine kills fish
Swimmers’ urine is killing the fish stocks in a German lake, according to a spokesperson from the local fishing association.The organization said phosphate in human urine is causing problems in Eichbaum Lake near Hamburg, Germany.Each swimmer is releasing an estimated pint of urine each time they urinate, which poisons the fish stocks. So far 500 dead fish have been found and the deaths look likely to continue. But some are blaming ice-skaters for the deaths, saying skaters are waking up the fis
May 15, 2012
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Bride, in wedding gown, stabbed to death
A woman in suburban Chicago was found stabbed to death in her bathtub, in the gown she wore at her wedding, officials said.Estrella Carrera, 26, was found in her home in Burbank, southwest of Chicago, Sunday afternoon, police said. She had apparently suffered stab wounds and was discovered in her unfilled bathtub, wearing her wedding gown, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.Carrera was last seen
May 15, 2012
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Yemeni forces press assault on al-Qaida bastion
ADEN (AFP) ― Yemeni forces on Sunday pressed an assault to recapture the al-Qaida-held southern city of Zinjibar, as U.S. drones intensified raids against the jihadists in other parts of the violence-wracked country.The battles against the militants were being carried out with “U.S. logistical support,” a military official said, as state news agency Saba reported that John Brennan, U.S. President Barack Obama’s top counter-terrorism aide, held talks in Sanaa Sunday with Yemeni President Abdrabuh
May 14, 2012
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Close to deal to end Palestianian hunger strike
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Egyptian and Palestinian officials said Sunday they were close to reaching a deal with Israel that would end a mass hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli jails.Some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners are on strike, most for a month, but three have refused food for more than 70 days. They launched the strike to press their demands for better conditions and an end to detention without trial.An Egyptian-drafted proposal calls for Israel to move prisoners currently held in solitary conf
May 14, 2012
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Syrian forces raid village; violence bleeds into Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian forces killed at least five people when they raided a Sunni farming village on Sunday, torching homes and looting shops in what activists said is a sign of worsening relations among the country’s religious groups.Tensions stemming from the 14-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad also touched off clashes across the border in Lebanon as the revolt threatened to morph into a broader conflict.The relentless violence further undermines a U.N.-backed peace plan that i
May 14, 2012
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49 bodies found in north Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) ― Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico’s two dominant drug cartels.Local and federal authorities discovered the bodies before dawn lying in a pool of blood at the entrance to the desert town of San Juan, on a highway leading from the metropolis of Monterrey to the border city of Reynosa. A w
May 14, 2012
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Merkel suffers major setback in German state vote
BERLIN (AFP) ― Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party suffered a severe defeat Sunday in a pivotal German state vote likely to award her main rivals a major boost in their bid to soften her austerity drive in Europe.Around 16 months before national elections, the snap poll in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous with 18 million people, is closely watched as a taste of things to come at federal level.While Germans nationally back Merkel and her tough stance on European belt tigh
May 14, 2012
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Greek coalition in serious doubt
ATHENS (AP) ― Talks to form a governing coalition in crisis-struck Greece are planned Monday but the chances of success have been diminished after one leftist party pulled out of the talks, leading the country one step closer to new elections ― and bringing its continued membership in the euro into serious doubt.Last-ditch efforts by President Karolos Papoulias to broker a deal between wrangling party leaders ended with no deal in sight late Sunday, a week after national elections produced a dea
May 14, 2012
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Bangladeshi Hindu women call for marriage reform
For 20 long years, Kanon Bala Das was married to a man who suddenly disclaimed her and her two children to marry another woman. As there are no laws for the Hindus to register or have any official document during marriage, Kanon, who was married off as per Hindu traditions, can neither prove her marriage and file for a divorce nor take any legal help. Her children face questions regarding their identities especially when they need to fill in forms to sit for exams. Because of the stigma surround
May 14, 2012
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Can Sony really bounce back?
Sony Corp. has announced a new management plan including about 10,000 job cuts and reinforcement of its strengths in the electronic sector with TVs, games and cell phones, but there is no assurance it can bounce back from the company’s worst deficit ever. The new focus is a major shift from Sony’s past strategy, with the TV sector as the main profit-earning pillar. The company aims to rejuvenate the TV business by drastically reducing its number of models.Sony is expected to report a 520 billion
May 14, 2012
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Plane with 21 crashes in Nepal; 8 survive
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A plane carrying 21 people crashed Monday while trying to land in Nepal's northern Himalayas, killing at least nine, authorities said. Eight survivors in critical condition were flown by helicopter to a hospital. The plane hit a mountain while it was turning around to land at Jomsom Airport, said Laxmi Raj Sharma, chief government administrator in the area. The wrecked
May 14, 2012
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Egypt funeral turns happy after dead man awakes
The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead.Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern province of Luxor, after he suffered a heart attack while working.His family says grieving relatives took him home and, according to Islamic tradition, washed
May 14, 2012
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Father and son drown in boating accident
A father and 3-year-old son drowned after their boat capsized on the River Avon in Barford, England, while two other children survived, officials said.The man, identified by locals as Julian Mynott, had taken his son Freddie and daughter Florence and another boy out in a rowing boat Saturday when it capsized on a weir just after 5:30 p.m., The Daily Telegraph reported.Florence and the other boy we
May 14, 2012
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49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway
Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico's two dominant drug cartels.Local and federal authorities discovered the bodies before dawn lying in a pool of blood at the entrance to the desert town of San Juan, on a highway
May 14, 2012