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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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Mali coup leader stays put, despite sanctions
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ― The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said Tuesday that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali’s ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward.With Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo refusing to step down, surrounding nations have imposed severe financial sanctions on Mali, including the closing of the country’s borders and the freezing of its account at the regional c
April 4, 2012
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Violent storm leaves four dead in Japan
TOKYO (AFP) -- A huge storm killed at least four people in Japan, police said Wednesday, as violent wind and rain battered the nation and disrupted transport for a second day.The storm has moved east and is now covering all of the north of Japan’s main island of Honshu and much of the northernmost island of Hokkaido, buffeting the region with strong winds caused by what meteorologists say is a severe low-pressure system.On Sado island, on Honshu’s northwest, gusts of up to 156 kilometers per hou
April 4, 2012
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Romney makes clean sweep of three primaries
Front-runner urges Republicans to now focus on fight against President ObamaMILWAUKEE (AP) ― Mitt Romney tightened his grip on the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, sweeping three primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., and urged his party to shift focus to the general election showdown with President Barack Obama. The victories enabled Romney to pad his already considerable delegate lead over chief Republican rival Rick Santorum, who flashed defiance in the face o
April 4, 2012
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Wife, daughter guilty of killing bookie
A missing English bookmaker's wife was convicted Tuesday of killing him more than a decade ago with help from the couple's daughter.Shirley Banfield, 64, and Lynette Banfield, 40, were both sentenced to life in prison, The Guardian reported. Shirley Banfield must serve at least 18 years and her daughter 16.Don Banfield, 64, vanished in 2001. He had just signed a contract for the sale of his house
April 4, 2012
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Philippines urges united ASEAN stand on South China Sea
ASEAN should forge a common position on a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea before talking with China, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday.Aquino told fellow leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that the fundamentals of the proposed code should be “internal” to the regional bloc’s members, according to a statement from the Philippine foreign ministry.“It is important that we maintain ASEAN centrality,” Aquino said at the annual
April 4, 2012
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James Murdoch steps down as BSkyB chief
LONDON (AP) ― Once his father’s heir apparent, James Murdoch has stepped down as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting, surrendering one of the biggest jobs in the Murdoch media empire in a bid to distance the broadcaster from a deepening phone hacking scandal.James Murdoch’s credibility and competence have come under severe questioning because of the phone hacking crisis and alleged bribery by British newspapers while he was in charge, and he faces further questioning in the scandal.“I am aware
April 4, 2012
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Powerful tornadoes strike Texas
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― At least two tornadoes ripped across northern Texas on Tuesday, flipping huge trucks like toys, tearing off roofs and grounding flights but apparently causing only minor casualties.One twister touched down in a parking lot full of tractor-trailers ― large trucks that move shipping-container sized cargos ― and television images showed several large vehicles twisting and flying dozens of feet up into the air.“It was raining and hailing like I said ... and then all of a sudden, t
April 4, 2012
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U.S. gunman shot victims execution-style: police
OAKLAND, California (AFP) ― A Korean-American former student accused of killing seven people at a private Christian college in California lined up his victims and shot them execution-style, police said Tuesday.The 43-year-old planned the killings after being expelled from the college near San Francisco, was “upset” at staff and other students and had displayed “no remorse,” a senior officer said.Police were holding the suspect in the fatal shootings that took place Monday at Oikos University in
April 4, 2012
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Typhoon-strength storm kills two in Japan, brings chaos
A typhoon-strength storm brought travel chaos to Japan on Tuesday, as violent winds and rain killed at least two people and left tens of thousands of people stranded.Gusts of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles) per hour have been recorded in western Japan, with coastal areas likely seeing even stronger winds, Japan's weather agency said.At least 163 people suffered injuries across the country, knocked
April 4, 2012
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Romney wins Wisconsin in primary hat-trick: media
Republican Mitt Romney notched a huge presidential primary triple win Tuesday, strengthening an already compelling case that he is the presumptive nominee in the battle for the White House. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (AFP-Yonhap News)Romney thumped his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland and the US capital Washington, and was expected to win a tighter but more important r
April 4, 2012
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Woman, 80, lands plane on low fuel; husband dies
An 80-year-old woman with little flying experience knew her husband had died after he fell unconscious at the controls of a small plane, yet she remained calm as she landed the aircraft at a northeastern Wisconsin airport, her son said Tuesday.In a phone interview with The Associated Press, James Collins said he’s also a pilot and he helped his mother Helen Collins via radio as the Cessna twin-eng
April 4, 2012
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Romney wins Maryland Republican primary: US media
Mitt Romney won Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Maryland, US media projected, as he hoped for a clean sweep in three contests aiming to consolidate his frontrunner status.CNN, MSNBC and Fox television channels all called the vote for Romney just as the Maryland polls closed. Results from the US capital Washington and Wisconsin were not yet known as Romney bids for his party's nod to t
April 4, 2012
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In group lottery wins splitting the spoils tough
Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can't help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and promising to evenly split the spoils. Seems like a good idea until lightning strikes and the group wins.Then the future involves not only luxury, but also lawsuits. Numerous group winners have been sued by people claimin
April 4, 2012
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Man kills 7 at U.S. Christian college
OAKLAND, California (AP) ― A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said. Police Chief Howard Jordan said One L. Goh surrendered about an hour after the shooting at Oikos University, which serves the Korean community. Jordan initially reported that authorities recovered the weapon used during th
April 3, 2012
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Small plane crashes into shopping center
DELAND, Florida (AP) ― A small plane crashed into a central Florida shopping center Monday evening, authorities said, and reports indicated at least five people had been injured.Several people at the shopping center called emergency services around 7:20 p.m. to report the crash, sheriffs said. The callers described seeing the plane sputter, then hit the building and burst into flames at the shopping center located not far from Deland’s municipal airport.The sheriff’s office reports a pilot and a
April 3, 2012
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Egypt Brotherhood candidate stirs unease
CAIRO (AP) ― The Muslim Brotherhood’s surprise decision to field a presidential candidate is stirring fears that the two biggest powers to emerge from the ouster of Hosni Mubarak ― the Islamists and the military ― are maneuvering to put in place a new rule in Egypt not much different from the old, authoritarian one.If they succeed in divvying up the most important positions in government, the new leadership could be a blow to the hopes for an inclusive democracy that drove last year’s uprising a
April 3, 2012
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School aide fighting Facebook suspension
A Michigan teacher's aide says she was suspended for refusing to allow school administrators access to her Facebook account to examine a picture she posted.Kimberly Hester, an aide at Frank Squires Elementary School in Cassopolis, Mich., found herself in trouble with the Lewis Cass Intermediate School District after posting a picture in April 2011 of a co-worker's pants around her ankles and a pai
April 3, 2012
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Senegal’s new president inherits economic woes
DAKAR (AP) ― Senegal’s former leader took office in 2000 before thousands gathered at a sports stadium. New President Macky Sall, by comparison, held his short inauguration ceremony Monday in a tent on a hotel lawn.As Senegal faces rising unemployment and frustration with government spending, Sall said he wanted to hold his event “in the simplicity that is called for by the situation in the country.’’Sall has promised that his administration will mark a “new era’’ in Senegal, and Monday’s festiv
April 3, 2012
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Hungarian president resigns over plagiarism scandal
BUDAPEST (AFP) ― Hungary’s President Pal Schmitt, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, caved in Monday to mounting pressure to quit after he was stripped of his 1992 doctorate title for plagiarism.“Under the constitution, the president must represent the unity of the Hungarian nation. I have unfortunately become a symbol of division, I feel it is my duty to leave my position,” Schmitt told parliament.“In the interests of Hungary and of national unity, I resign from the post of president,
April 3, 2012
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Sixth-graders find sunken treasure
A group of sixth-graders scooping trash out of a California lake discovered sunken treasure, including rings, coins and brooches.Richard Bailey, executive director of the Lake Merritt Institute, said the students from the St. Paul's Episcopal School in Oakland were pulling trash out of Lake Merritt Thursday when a girl discovered two bags that were too heavy for her pull out with her net, the San
April 3, 2012