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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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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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Samsung replaces semiconductor chief amid heightened AI race
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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US soldier to be charged with 17 Afghan murders
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder, assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers as they slept, a U.S. official said.The charges against Bales include 17 counts of murder, six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated ass
March 23, 2012
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French police kill 'al-Qaida' militant as battle ends siege
Police used massive firepower Thursday to end the 32-hour siege of a killer whose murders of Jewish schoolchildren and soldiers traumatized France and briefly halted the presidential election campaign.French polices officers arrive near a building where the chief suspect in an al-Qaida-linked killin
March 22, 2012
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Senegal braces for cliffhanger presidential poll
DAKAR (AFP) ― Senegal votes Sunday in a cliffhanger poll to determine whether 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade secures a contentious third term in a bid that has rattled the stability of the west African state. Having failed to deliver a crushing first-round victory a month ago, Wade faces a stiff challenge from his former prime minister Macky Sall, who has gathered the full weight of the opposition behind his presidential bid.While laden with suspense, this latest pre-election period was ca
March 22, 2012
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Toulouse attacks push terror to heart of election
PARIS (AFP) ― The self-declared al-Qaida fighter holed up in a besieged flat in southern France on Wednesday has forced the issue of Islamist terror to the heart of the French presidential race.Analysts say the drama around the suspected killer of seven people will likely give a boost to far-right candidate Marine Le Pen of the National Front, known for her fierce anti-immigration and anti-Islamist rhetoric.As President Nicolas Sarkozy called for national unity, some of the candidates seeking to
March 22, 2012
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US says 5 nations clear out weapons-grade uranium
The U.S. has helped five nations completely clear out their stocks of highly enriched uranium since President Barack Obama outlined his plans for securing all weapons-usable materials worldwide, officials say, citing it as progress in the administration's efforts to prevent nuclear weapons from gett
March 22, 2012
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Groom gets 6 years for wedding fire
A bridegroom who set fire to the historic English castle where his wedding reception was being held was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.Max Henry Kay, 37, of Liverpool, pleaded guilty to arson in Chester Crown Court. He showed little emotion when the sentence was handed down, the Chester
March 22, 2012
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Australia's most wanted fugitive captured
Australia's most wanted fugitive -- a survival expert and suspected murderer who outwitted police for seven years by living in rugged forest -- was finally captured in a remote cabin on Thursday.Malcolm Naden, whose ability to evade police evoked comparisons to famous 19th century Australian outlaw
March 22, 2012
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Soldiers overthrow government in Mali
Soldiers stormed state television and announced early Thursday that they had seized control of the country, dissolving all of its institutions due to the nation's mishandling of an insurgency in the north.On national television, a group of about 20 soldiers were shown in fatigues crowding around a d
March 22, 2012
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Australian mountaineer Hall dies at 56
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Pioneering Australian climber Lincoln Hall, who miraculously survived after being given up for dead on Mount Everest in 2006, has died from mesothelioma aged 56.Hall, who was a member of the 1984 first Australian Everest expedition, died peacefully in a Sydney hospital on Tuesday, chairman of the Australian Himalayan Foundation Simon Baulderstone told reporters.As well as being a founding director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation, Hall was the author of several books, includ
March 21, 2012
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Iran: Any attacks bring ‘same level’ reply
TEHRAN (AP) ― Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces “on the same level,” Iran’s top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Barack Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message of solidarity.The contrasting approaches highlighted the broad range of political posturing and tactics as the standoff deepens over Tehran’s nuclear program.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking on state TV to mark the Ira
March 21, 2012
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Strong earthquake shakes Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday’s earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states. In Guerrero, officials confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged,
March 21, 2012
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Romney wins Illinois presidential primary
Republican front-runner pads his delegate count with key state victorySCHAUMBURG, Illinois (AP) ― Mitt Romney easily won the Republican presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday night, padding his already-formidable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum with another victory in a key industrial state.Romney, a multimillionaire who has the backing of most of the Republican establishment but struggles with the party’s more conservative wing, is leading the overall race for delegates to choose a can
March 21, 2012
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101-year-old woman sets world paragliding record
A 101-year-old U.S. woman who ushered in her birthday with a tandem paraglide ride last year is soaring into the record books Tuesday.Great-great grandmother Mary Hardison has been officially recognized as the ``Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem'' by Guinness World Records. She supplanted a 100-year
March 21, 2012
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Study says Venice, Italy, still sinking
Gondolas in Venice (123rf image)Water is increasingly encroaching on Venice, Italy, and it's not just the rising sea; researchers say they've confirm the coastal city is still sinking.Although some previous studies have suggested the city had stabilized, U.S. researchers say the historic northern It
March 21, 2012
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Romney wins Republican primary in Illinois: media
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney swept to victory in the Republican primary in Illinois Tuesday, winning by a wide margin, US television networks projected.Fox News and CNN both showed Romney winning the race with 56 percent of the vote, to 27 percent for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Sa
March 21, 2012
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Los Angeles man held in hammer killing of father
A Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his father with a hammer.City News Service says 45-year-old Jun Chang called 911 around noon Sunday and told officers who went to his home that he'd killed his father.Police say it appears he struck his father, Sun Chang, in the head with a
March 21, 2012
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7.4 quake shakes south Mexico, rattles capital
A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central and southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City. A woman comforts her children outside a school at the Roma neig
March 21, 2012
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China’s politician sacking tied to probe
BEIJING (AP) ― One of China’s most powerful politicians interfered in an investigation involving a family member before he was fired last week, news reports said Tuesday, the latest revelation in what has become China’s biggest political scandal in years.Bo Xilai’s removal as Communist Party boss of Chongqing city appears to have brought a screeching stop to the career of one of the country’s most ambitious politicians.The reports on numerous online news sites, including dwnews.com and Boxun.com
March 20, 2012
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Einstein’s original manuscripts to be posted online
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Albert Einstein’s complete archives ― from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research ― are going online for the first time.The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which owns the German Jewish physicist’s papers, is pulling never-before seen items from its climate-controlled safe, photographing them in high resolution and posting them on the Internet ― offering the public a nuanced and fuller portrait of the ma
March 20, 2012
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Romney looks to extend lead with Illinois win
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) ― An increasingly confident Mitt Romney looked for a primary win Tuesday in President Barack Obama’s adopted home state of Illinois, a victory that would put him ever closer to becoming the Republicans’ choice to challenge the president in the general election.Romney was attacking Obama’s economic policies even as the president’s standing in the polls has improved in recent weeks along with signs that the U.S. economy was on course for a sustained recovery. But Obama,
March 20, 2012