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Iran’s president found dead at helicopter crash site
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Seoul rolls out W250b package in bid to lure foreign talent
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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Hermes celebrates craftsmanship
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After 6-year hiatus, Kia to return to Paris Motor Show in Europe push
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Govt. calls for junior doctors who left worksites to return to hospitals by Monday
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Up to 135 feared dead in Pakistan avalanche
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Up to 135 people, mostly soldiers, were feared dead Sunday after an avalanche buried a Pakistan army camp in mountainous Kashmir, in an area known as the world's highest battleground.The avalanche early Saturday engulfed the camp near the Siachen glacier, an inhospitable area that nevertheless became the site of fierce fighting between nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India.No s
April 8, 2012
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Radioactive fluid leaks at French reactor
Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.A reactor at the power plant in Penly on the English Channel near the port of Dieppe shut down automatically after two small fires broke out Thursday, the plant’s operator EDF said.Firefighters easily extinguished the blazes but a cooling pump was damaged, in turn causing a joint to leak radioactive water into collection tanks loc
April 6, 2012
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Spain becomes focus as fears return
Investors worry that Spain could join the ranks of Greece, Portugal and Ireland in asking for a bailout MADRID (AP) ― Rising concerns over Spain’s economy and its ability to handle its debts sent its cost of borrowing higher Thursday, sparking fears that Europe’s debt crisis is flaring up again after a brief respite.Spain has become the focus of investors concerns with many worried about the ability of the government to push through a big austerity program at a time when its economy is headin
April 6, 2012
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Coast Guard fires on Japanese ghost ship
The U.S. Coast Guard unleashed cannon fire Thursday at a Japanese vessel set adrift by last year's tsunami, stopping the ship's long, lonely voyage across the Pacific Ocean.A Coast Guard cutter fired on the abandoned 164-foot (50-meter) Ryou-Un Maru in the waters of the Gulf of Alaska and more than 150 miles (240 kilometers) from land, spokesman Paul Webb said. In this image obtained from the US C
April 6, 2012
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25 years for Russian arms dealer in NY terror case
A defiant Russian arms dealer dubbed the Merchant of Death for his history of arming violent dictators and regimes was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison, far short of the life term prosecutors sought for his conviction on terrorism charges that grew from a U.S. sting operation.Viktor Bout's sentence was the mandatory minimum he faced, though federal sentencing guidelines had called for life
April 6, 2012
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Abducted Pakistani teen starved to death in Greece: police
A Pakistani youth was starved to death in Greece after being held to ransom by kidnappers for more than two months, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported on Thursday, citing police sources. (MCT)The 17-year-old had been found dead by relatives in January on a street bench in west Athens following a tip-off from the kidnappers who had helped bring him to Greece in the first place.Police said t
April 6, 2012
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Radioactive fluid leaks at French nuclear reactor
Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.A reactor at the power plant in Penly on the English Channel near the port of Dieppe shut down automatically after two small fires broke out Thursday, the plant's operator EDF said.Firefighters easily extinguished the blazes but a c
April 6, 2012
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Is this the end of the gold rush?
NEW YORK (AP) ― The price of gold, which has climbed for years like a blood pressure reading for anxious investors, plunged Wednesday to its lowest level in three months. Gold fell almost $58 to $1,614 per ounce. It has declined 15 percent since September, when it hit a peak of $1,907. It had more than doubled since the financial crisis three years earlier. Surprisingly, the fall came on an ugly day in the stock market ― the Dow Jones industrial average lost 125 points. Last year, a day like Wed
April 5, 2012
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Egypt: Constitution panel on track despite boycott
CAIRO (AP) ― The head of Egypt’s constitutional assembly said Wednesday the committee will forge ahead with its work despite appeals from liberals, Christians and others who walked out in protest against the Islamist domination of the panel.The walkouts are angry that the Islamist majority parliament appointed a panel that they say is not representative of minorities and other political factions. More than 20 panel members who withdrew, including a representative of Al-Azhar, the prestigious Sun
April 5, 2012
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Pakistani militant leader thumbs nose at U.S. bounty
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) ― One of Pakistan’s most notorious extremists taunted the United States during a defiant news conference close to the country’s military headquarters Wednesday, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him.Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the 61-year-old founder of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, has been accused of orchestrating the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six American citizens. He operates openly in Pakistan, gi
April 5, 2012
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With three-primary win, Romney turns on Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Mitt Romney went on the attack Wednesday against U.S. President Barack Obama, a day after taking command of the race to be the Republican contender in November elections with a triple primary win.In a speech to newspaper editors here, Romney blamed Obama for failing to turn around the U.S. economy quickly enough and took a page from his own critics by accusing the Democratic president of hiding his true intentions from voters.Romney said he was troubled by the president’s rece
April 5, 2012
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Dundee veterans of Korean War receive long overdue recognition
DUNDEE, Scotland (Yonhap News) ― Their names represent foggy reminders of what became Britain’s “Forgotten War,” fought in a country little known or understood in the United Kingdom at the time. Today, they are freshly carved into the city of Dundee’s annals of history, presented together to the public for the first time in the city in recognition of their sacrifice more than 60 years ago on the Korean Peninsula, one of the final acts and legacy of the local Korean War Veterans’ Association.As a
April 5, 2012
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Teller told robber to come back tomorrow
The FBI said an attempted bank robber in Chicago was foiled by a teller who told her the bank was closed and she should come back the following day. (MCT)The criminal complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court said Olga Perdomo walked into the Albany Bank and Trust on West Lawrence Avenue around 5 p.m. on March 29 and handed a teller a note demanding "all of your money, no cops, no dye pack,"
April 5, 2012
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Israel unveils tenders for new settler homes
Israel‘s government on Wednesday published tenders for 1,121 new settler homes as it faced settler anger over its decision to evict Israeli families from a disputed home in the Palestinian city of Hebron.Documents published on the Israeli housing ministry website showed the government had issued tenders for 872 new homes in Har Homa, a contentious settlement neighborhood in the southern part of Arab east Jerusalem.Another 180 are to be built in Givat Zeev, just to the north of Jerusalem in the W
April 5, 2012
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U.S. sets stage for trial of 9/11 mastermind, four others
U.S. officials cleared the way Wednesday for a long-delayed trial of the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four alleged plotters, unveiling charges that carry a possible death sentence.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his accused conspirators have been held for years at the U.S.-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while a legal and political battle has played out over how and where to prosecute them.“The charges allege that the five accused are responsible for the planning and executi
April 5, 2012
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Yahoo cuts 2,000 employees
New CEO lays off workers in bid to turn around beleaguered Internet companySAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Yahoo’s turnaround attempt is going to be messy. In his first three months on the job, CEO Scott Thompson has imposed the largest layoffs in the company’s 17-year history, reshaped the board of directors, picked a potentially disruptive fight with a major shareholder and sued Facebook for patent infringement. He says there’s even more upheaval to come. Thompson delivered a painful jolt Wednesday with
April 5, 2012
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America's 'smallest town' up for sale
An outpost billed as America's smallest town is up for sale this week, complete with its own schoolhouse and gas station, with bidding starting at an enticing $100,000. (MCT)For a sum which would barely buy a one-room apartment in most places -- and a lot less in big cities -- the purchaser of Buford, Wyoming would get over 10 acres of land including a three-bedroom home, a garage, and a cellphone
April 5, 2012
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Southeast Asian leaders call for restraint on Korean Peninsula
PHNOM PENH (AFP) ― Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday called for restraint on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea prepares for a rocket launch that has alarmed countries in the region.“We urged all parties concerned to exercise self-restraint and not to undertake any steps which could lead to the escalation of tensions in the Korean Peninsula,” Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders said in a joint statement.The leaders at the end of their annual summit in the Cambodian capital Phnom P
April 4, 2012
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Southeast Asian leaders: Lift Myanmar sanctions
PHNOM PENH (AP) -- Southeast Asian leaders called Wednesday for Western countries, including the European Union, to lift punitive sanctions imposed on Myanmar now that the once-pariah nation has embraced democratic reforms.The leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations made the call after concluding an annual summit in the Cambodian capital. Myanmar was represented at the gathering by President Thein Sein, who received a flurry of praise for the recent reforms in his poor So
April 4, 2012
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India inducts new Russian-made nuclear submarine
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- India is to return to the elite group of countries with a nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday when it inducts a new vessel leased from Russia.Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony is to formally commission the INS Chakra II at its base in Visakhapatnam, a navy shipyard on the country’s south east coast in the state of Andhra Pradesh.The 8,140-ton submarine, capable of firing a range of torpedoes as well as nuclear-tipped Granat cruise missiles, was offered by Moscow to India
April 4, 2012