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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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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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Hermes celebrates craftsmanship
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Thousands march in Mali to support junta
BAMAKO (AP) ― Several thousand people took to the streets of Mali’s capital in support of last week’s coup and to protest against the possible use of force by Mali’s neighbors who are putting a peacekeeping unit on standby in case the country’s military junta refuses to stand down.The coup has been divisive in Mali because many were fed up with President Amadou Toumani Toure’s failure to contain a rebellion by Tuareg fighters in the nation’s north. The wives and mothers of soldiers killed in the
March 29, 2012
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School fights stigma as it rebuilds after tsunami
SENDAI, Japan (Yonhap News) ― For the past 12 months, students at Tohoku Chosen, a local elementary and high school, have been taking classes taught in a cafeteria and dormitories. The school’s main five-story building vanished after an earthquake and the ensuing tsunami wiped out much of Japan’s northeast in March last year. The land where the school once stood is still barren, blanketed by snow, and there is no knowing when things will return to normal. Like many others, Tohoku Chosen is seeki
March 29, 2012
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U.K. students turn human billboards to pay off debts
LONDON (AFP) ― In their scruffy jeans and trainers, Ross Harper and Ed Moyse look just like any other British 22-year-olds ― except for the words “Buy My Face” and “Sold” emblazoned brightly on their faces.Standing in the middle of London’s shopping mecca Oxford Circus, the two Cambridge University graduates attract more than a few curious glances from the hoards of passers-by.“How much?” a young man calls out from a gaggle of Spanish tourists, to which Harper, a former neuroscience student, rep
March 29, 2012
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Gingrich scales back presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― With a traditional path to the Republican nomination all but impossible, White House hopeful Newt Gingrich is cutting his schedule, shedding staff and eyeing a possible convention showdown, his campaign said Wednesday.“Our campaign is focused on winning a big choice convention this August in Tampa and is making necessary adjustments to leadership and personnel to execute our strategy,” Gingrich’s communications director Joe DeSantis told AFP.But the former House speaker hardly
March 29, 2012
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U.S. judge set to decide on Strauss-Kahn sex case
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The fate of a New York maid’s lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn rested in the hands of a U.S. judge Wednesday after the French politician’s lawyers claimed he had diplomatic immunity.Judge Douglas McKeon said he would rule quickly following a 90-minute hearing in a Bronx courthouse where a Strauss-Kahn attorney argued that the disgraced former head of the IMF had “the same kind of diplomatic immunity that other high-ranking officials and diplomats enjoy.”
March 29, 2012
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Arab summit appears divided over approach to Syria
BAGHDAD (AP) ― Arab leaders gathering here Thursday will call for Syria to implement a cease-fire, but there’s little faith that President Bashar Assad will do anything to halt his crackdown on the year-old uprising.That could set the stage for Gulf Arab nations, eager to see Assad’s downfall, to take stronger action on their own.Arab governments are divided over how strongly to intervene to stop the bloodshed in Syria, and their divisions illustrate how the conflict has become a proxy in the re
March 29, 2012
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Syria forces in assaults despite peace pledge
Activists say army goes on shelling opposition townsDAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syrian forces on Wednesday attacked rebel bastions as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to “immediately” implement a U.N.-Arab League peace plan he reportedly accepted.The United States accused the Syrian leader of failing to fulfill a pledge to respect the plan.“Assad has not taken the necessary steps to implement” the peace plan crafted by former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan, State Departme
March 29, 2012
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Congregants wear hoodies, remember slain teen
Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed, many preachers and worshippers echoed calls for justice Sunday in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager in Florida last month. This series of handout frame grabs from video, provided by
March 29, 2012
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US suspends plans for food aid to NKorea: Pentagon official
The United States has suspended plans to send food aid to North Korea because it has broken a promise to halt missile launches and cannot be trusted to give the help to those who need it, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.The United States had previously warned that any launch would jeopardize food
March 29, 2012
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Pakistan army chief to meet senior U.S. commanders
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's army chief will hold his first meeting with senior U.S. commanders Wednesday to discuss American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at two Afghan border posts last year.The attack, which the U.S. has said was an accident and Pakistan claimed was deliberate, sev
March 28, 2012
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U.S. could fly spy drones from Australian territory
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australia said Wednesday it may allow the United States to use its territory to operate long-range spy drones, as part of an increased U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific that has rankled China.Washington and Canberra could also reportedly station US aircraft carriers and nuclear-power
March 28, 2012
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Prominent Pakistani acid victim commits suicide
Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living.The 33-year-old former dancing girl -- who was allegedly attacked by her then-husband,
March 28, 2012
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Supreme Court takes up key health care provision
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The U.S. Supreme Court’s more conservative justices sharply questioned a core provision of President Barack Obama’s historic health care reforms Tuesday, raising doubts about the fate of the requirement that all Americans must buy insurance coverage or face a penalty.The court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the law ― expected in June, during the heat of the presidential re-election campaign ― will affect the lives of nearly every American and stands to deepen already wide
March 28, 2012
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Obama concedes strains between U.S. and Pakistan
SEOUL (AP) ― Conceding strained ties, President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Pakistan’s review of its relationship with the United States, saying it was important for the two countries to get their partnership right.Obama spoke alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani before the two men held private talks. The meeting came amid heightened tensions between their countries following a series of incidents that have marred trust.“There have been times ― I think we should be frank ―
March 28, 2012
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Medvedev tells Romney to ‘use head’
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Mitt Romney on Tuesday to use his head and stop reverting to Hollywood stereotypes after the U.S. presidential hopeful branded Moscow as Washington’s top foe.“I recommend that all U.S. presidential candidates, including the candidate you mention (Romney), do at least two things,” Medvedev told Russian reporters on the sidelines of a nuclear security conference in Seoul.“That they use their head and consult their reason when they formulate the
March 28, 2012
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Egypt secularists pull out of constituent assembly
Liberal and leftist parties have pulled out of a panel drafting Egypt‘s new constitution, they announced on Tuesday, accusing Islamists of monopolizing the process to deliver its post-revolution charter.The withdrawals from the panel will call its legitimacy into question, pushing the struggle between Islamists and secularists over the issue to crisis point.“We announce our rejection of the way the constituent assembly was formed,” Ahmed Said, the head of the liberal Free Egyptians party, told r
March 28, 2012
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Mofaz ousts Livni as head of Israel’s opposition Kadima party
TEL AVIV (AFP) ― Israel’s main opposition Kadima party on Tuesday elected Shaul Mofaz as their new leader in place of Tzipi Livni, preliminary results showed early Wednesday.According to an initial sampling of 127 of the 197 ballot boxes, Mofaz had secured some 65 percent of the vote, compared with Livni’s 35 percent, Israel’s main television and radio stations reported.Turnout among the party’s 95,000 voters, who began casting their ballots at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, was 45 percent.Pundits had p
March 28, 2012
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Annan: Syria accepts peace plan, U.S. skeptical
Syrian National Council: Annan plan must mean Assad goesDAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syria has accepted a proposal crafted by Kofi Annan designed to end the bloodshed in the country, the envoy’s spokesman said Tuesday, as opposition factions agreed to join forces against the regime.U.N.-Arab League envoy Annan, speaking from Beijing, cautioned that the key to peace was implementing his six-point plan, as monitors reported at least another 31 people killed in Syria on Tuesday.That brought the total to almost
March 28, 2012
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China: Dalai Lama behind self-immolation protests
China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama and his associates of planning the self-immolation by a Tibetan exile in India days before China’s president visits, repeating past assertions blaming the spiritual leader for dozens of such protests.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei offered no evidence linking the Tibetan spiritual leader to the exile who lit himself on fire and ran shouting through a demonstration in New Delhi on Monday.He said the Dalai Lama and his associates have been instig
March 28, 2012
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20,000 await Dooms Day in French village
An estimated 20,000 cult believers made their way to the French village of Bugarach to await aliens they say will come from inside a mountain to rescue them when apocalypse strikes. (MCT image) The ‘pilgrims’ o
March 28, 2012