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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Hankook Tire takes over control of Hanon Systems
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[Herald Interview] ‘Time to Be Strong’ follows retired K-pop idols’ self-discovery
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Samsung chief returns from Europe after meeting with Pope, business leaders
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New Yorkers bring fish farms to urban jungle
NEW YORK (AFP) ― So you recycle, drive a small car, and try to eat organic. But what about running an eco-sustainable fish farm combined with a naturally fertilized vegetable patch in your kitchen?Christopher Toole and Anya Pozdeeva, two former New York bankers who founded the Society for Aquaponic Values and Education (SAVE), are there to help.“We call it ‘beyond organic,’” Pozdeeva, 39, said.Aquaponics is a technique with ancient roots for breeding tank fish, recycling their effluent-filled wa
April 29, 2012
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Two Cuban actors to seek U.S. asylum
MIAMI (AFP) -- Two Cuban cast members of an award-winning film who disappeared en route to New York for a film festival have emerged in Miami and will apply for political asylum in the United States.“In Cuba, we were talking about it, to stay,” actor Javier Nunez Florian told the Miami-based, Spanish-language channel America TeVe in an interview that aired late Friday, appearing alongside actress Anailin de la Rua.On a stopover in Miami on their flight Wednesday from Havana to New York for the T
April 29, 2012
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Britain’s William and Kate mark anniversary
LONDON (AFP) ― Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine celebrate their first wedding anniversary Sunday, marking the milestone in private after two billion TV viewers watched them wed in 2011.A spokesman for St James’s Palace said they would enjoy the day “privately”, having spent the weekend “with friends who have a celebration”.British newspapers lined up to praise the pair who have been credited with reviving public interest in the monarchy. “Kate the Great wins us over,” the Sunday T
April 29, 2012
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Chen Guangcheng: China‘s blind ‘barefoot‘ lawyer
BEIJING (AFP) -- Blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who has escaped from house arrest, gained worldwide acclaim for exposing abuses under China‘s draconian family planning policy.Blinded after an illness in his infancy, Chen, 40, grew up in China’s eastern province of Shandong on classical Chinese tales of courageous heroes who fought wicked officials to help powerless ordinary people.The stories, passed on to him by his father, inspired Chen to help others and to embark on his civil rights crusade
April 29, 2012
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After bin Laden, al-Qaida ‘essentially gone’: officials
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Nearly a year after a U.S. raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core al-Qaida network in Pakistan is “essentially gone” but its affiliates remain a threat, U.S. intelligence officials said.Bin Laden’s death further weakened al-Qaida and it was unlikely the group could stage another strike on the scale of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a counterterrorism official told reporters. “It’s really hard to imagine al-Qaida core gathering together the resources, the training, the talent, t
April 29, 2012
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Saudi Arabia closes embassy in Egypt
RIYADH (AP) ― Saudi Arabia closed its Cairo embassy Saturday and recalled its ambassador following protests over a detained Egyptian human rights lawyer in a sharp escalation of tension between two regional powerhouses already on shaky terms due to uprisings in the Arab world.The unexpected Saudi diplomatic break came following days of protests by hundreds of Egyptians outside the Saudi Embassy in Cairo and consulates in other cities to demand the release of Ahmed el-Gezawi. Relatives and human
April 29, 2012
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Syria derides U.N. chief as peace plan in crisis
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syria derided U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon as biased and called his comments “outrageous” Saturday after he blamed the regime for widespread cease-fire violations ― the latest sign of trouble for an international peace plan many expect to fail.In new fighting Saturday, activists said regime forces battled army defectors near President Bashar Assad’s summer palace in a coastal village and shelled a Damascus suburb in pursuit of gunmen. State media said government troops foiled an attempt
April 29, 2012
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#MalaysiaHuge rally raises question on Malaysia poll timing
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions Sunday about whether the long-ruling coalition government will delay calling elections in the face of such a strong show of force by the opposition.Police used tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday against some 50,000 people and arrested more than 450 at the demonstration. Officials said three demonstrators and 20 police were injured, and all those arrested were released by Sunday.The rally w
April 29, 2012
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27 injured in 4 blasts in Ukraine city
KIEV (AP) ― Four explosions rocked an eastern Ukrainian city on Friday, injuring 27 people. Authorities say it was a terrorist attack but an opposition lawmaker claims it could be a government plot to divert attention from the imprisonment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.Top law enforcement officials rushed to Dnipropetrovsk, 400 kilometers southeast of Kiev, to investigate but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The violence undermined Ukraine’s security just weeks before it c
April 29, 2012
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Los Angeles marks 20th anniversary of riots
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Los Angeles marks the 20th anniversary of the city’s riots Sunday, climaxing weeks of public hand-wringing about the deadly 1992 unrest sparked by the on-camera police beating of a black motorist.A series of events is scheduled, including speeches by civil rights activist the Reverend Al Sharpton and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and a community “speakout” at the epicenter of the six-day riots in gritty South L.A.Local radio and other media have hosted wall-to-wall debates
April 29, 2012
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‘Gadhafi agreed to fund Sarkozy campaign’
PARIS (AFP) ― Moamer Gadhafi’s regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported Saturday, publishing what it said was documentary evidence.The 2006 document in Arabic, which website Mediapart said was signed by Gadhafi’s foreign intelligence chief Mussa Kussa, referred to an “agreement in principle to support the campaign for the candidate for the presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, for a sum equivalent
April 29, 2012
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Bitter Polish dentist pulls out all of her ex-boyfriend’s teeth
When 45-year-old Marek Olszewski booked an appointment with his dentist ex-girlfriend Anna Mackowiak, he thought she would put aside the fact that he dumped her and treat him like any other patient.He was gravely mistaken.Mackowiak now faces up to 3 years in jail for pulling out every single one of Olszewski’s teeth, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.The vengeful 34-year-old dentist put Olszewski to sleep with a heavy dose of anesthetics and thoroughly emptied his mouth. She then strapped Olszewski
April 29, 2012
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William and Kate mark first anniversary
Britain's Prince William (L) and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (R) arrive to attend the UK premiere of the film "African Cats" in London on April 25, 2012. Their attendance at the premiere of African Cats was their first public engagement since Prince William arrived back from his deployment in the Falklands. The royal couple will mark the first anniversary of their marriage on April 29, 2012. (
April 29, 2012
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Group: Blind Chinese activist under US protection
A blind legal activist who escaped house arrest in his Chinese village is under the protection of American officials, activists said Saturday, creating a diplomatic dilemma for the U.S. and China days ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.Chen Guangcheng, who has exposed forced abortions and sterilizations in villages as a result of China's one-child policy, fled from his g
April 29, 2012
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Marathon runner stops to propose
A man running the London Marathon stopped only 800 meters from the finish line and dropped to one knee to propose to his girlfriend.Ben McCreadie, 28, of Newport, Wales, was running the 42-kilometer race Sunday and stopped just short of the finish line to kneel in front of his girlfriend, Laura Rendell, 30, who was in the crowd to cheer for him, and ask her to marry him, The Sun reported Thursday.
April 29, 2012
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U.S. double-murder suspect found dead in hideout
US law enforcement blew the roof off a mountain hideout in Washington state on Saturday and inside found the body of a man suspected of killing his wife and teenage daughter, officials said.Peter Keller, who had been missing since Sunday when the bullet-ridden bodies of Lynnettee Rocha Keller, 41, and their 19-year-old daughter Kaylene Keller were discovered at the family home, apparently died of
April 29, 2012
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Jobless figures up as French election nears
PARIS (AP) -- France's bleak economic outlook has returned to the forefront of the country's presidential campaign after new figures Friday showed the number of job seekers rose for the 11th consecutive month in March. Francois Hollande -- the Socialist front-runner in the May 6 runoff election -- was quick to seize on the new data from the Labor Ministry showing the number of job seekers ros
April 27, 2012
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27 injured in 4 blasts in eastern Ukraine city
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Four blasts within minutes rocked the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk Friday, injuring at least 27 people, including nine children, in what prosecutors believed was a terrorist attack, officials said. Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Yershova said the first blast occurred at a tramway stop in the center of Dnipropetrovsk, injuring 13 pe
April 27, 2012
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Explosion rocks Syrian capital as protesters mass
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 20, state TV said. Thousands of Syrians protested elsewhere to denounce persistent violence by President Bashar Assad's regime. The explosion was the latest in a wave of blasts in Syrian cities in recent months, despite a diplomatic pus
April 27, 2012
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9,000 U.S. Marines to leave Okinawa
WASHINGTON (AP) ― About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday. The move is part of a broader arrangement designed to tamp down tensions in the U.S.-Japan defense alliance stemming in part from opposition in Okinawa to what many view as a burdensome U.S. military presence. It also reflects a desire by the Obama administrati
April 27, 2012