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Controversy rekindled over when to name criminals, suspects
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Seoul transit pass for travelers to be available starting July
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Hybe-Ador CEO conflict gets messier
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Battery makers ramp up efforts to diversify graphite supply chain
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Prosecutors to summon pastor who allegedly gave Dior bag to first lady
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‘Monk’ DJ spreading Buddhism goes global
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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Court's ruling set to shape path of medical school expansion
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Loans of self-employed swell 50% in four years
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Russia test-fires two new nuclear missiles
Dec. 24, 2011
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Tax cut survives: Congress votes holiday approval
President Barack Obama signs the payroll tax cut extension, Friday in the White House Oval Office in Washington. (AP-Yonhap)WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely beating Santa's sleigh, Congress delivered a last-minute holiday tax-cut extension to 160 million American wage-earners on Friday, just when it l
Dec. 24, 2011
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Czechs bid farewell to Vaclav Havel
PRAGUE (AP) -- Czechs and world leaders paid emotional tribute to Vaclav Havel on Friday at a pomp-filled funeral ceremony, ending a week of public grief and nostalgia over the death of the dissident playwright who led the 1989 revolution that toppled four decades of communist rule.Bells tolled
Dec. 23, 2011
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Four jailed for 'exorcism' killing of Australian
DARWIN, Australia (AP) -- Four people convicted in the beating death of a woman during what they said was an exorcism ritual on a remote Australian island have been sentenced to several years in jail.Sarah Bara was beaten to death with sticks last year on Groote Eylandt off the northern Austral
Dec. 23, 2011
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Arab observers in Syria for peace plan
DAMASCUS (AFP) ― An Arab League advance team arrived in Syria on Thursday to launch a hard-won observer mission to oversee a plan to end nine months of bloodshed after the opposition accused regime forces of “massacring” hundreds in two days.Meanwhile, there was no let-up in the killing, with human rights activists reporting at least 21 more people killed and clashes between defectors and regular troops in flashpoints Homs and Idlib.The Arab League team “arrived in the afternoon and then left to
Dec. 23, 2011
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Turkey cuts ties with France over genocide law
French parliament vote sparks Turkish outrage; Ankara recalls envoy, cancels meetingsANKARA (AFP) ― Turkey reacted with fury Thursday to a vote by French lawmakers to outlaw denial of the 1915 Armenian genocide, immediately cutting military ties and warning of “irreparable damage” to relations.“This is politics based on racism, discrimination and xenophobia,” thundered Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ordering home Ankara’s ambassador to Paris and banning political visits between the two NAT
Dec. 23, 2011
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Strong earthquake rattles NZ's Christchurch
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A strong earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee into the streets. There was no tsunami alert issued and the city appeared to have been sp
Dec. 23, 2011
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Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection.The source of the bacteria that caused the infe
Dec. 23, 2011
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Prince Harry says he is returning to Afghanistan
LONDON (AP) ― Britain’s Prince Harry has said he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time ― almost four years after his previous secret mission was cut short when details leaked, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.The 27-year-old Harry, who is third in line to the throne, told guests at a military awards ceremony Monday night that he would likely return next year, The Sun newspaper reported.“I can’t wait to get out there,” Harry was quoted as saying.Harry served as a battlefield
Dec. 22, 2011
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5 Polish troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) ― A roadside bomb shattered an armored vehicle in a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing five Polish soldiers ― the deadliest single attack on Poland’s military in the war-torn country.Polish spokesman Jacek Sonta said in Warsaw that the soldiers were headed to Rawza, in eastern Ghazni province, when their vehicle struck the bomb.The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to journalists. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said
Dec. 22, 2011
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China and Vietnam improve strained ties
HANOI (AFP) ― China’s vice president was ending a visit to Vietnam on Thursday, part of an effort to consolidate ties that deteriorated following recent tensions over the disputed South China Sea.Both sides said Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Hanoi “further consolidates and promotes relations between the two parties, countries and people,” according to the Vietnamese government’s website late Wednesday.The communist neighbors have had a long-standing dispute relating to sovereignty over the Par
Dec. 22, 2011
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Turkey to launch sanctions on France over genocide bill
ANKARA (AFP) ― Ankara will announce sanctions against Paris, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday on the eve of a debate in the French parliament on a law criminalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide by Turkish forces.“Tomorrow probably I will announce what we will do at the first stage and we will announce what kind of sanctions we will have at the second and third stages,” Erdogan said late Wednesday, according to Anatolia news agency.He said the move by French President Nic
Dec. 22, 2011
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Population growth rate in U.S. lowest since 1940s
WASHINGTON (AP) ―The U.S. population grew by 2.8 million, reaching 311.6 million people. That growth of 0.92 percent was the lowest since the mid-1940s, according to data released Wednesday by the Census Bureau.Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions of the South and West.New 2011 estimates by the Census Bureau are the first state numbers since the 20
Dec. 22, 2011
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Finland probes China-bound Patriot missiles
HELSINKI (AFP) ― Finland has launched a probe after 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles were found in a ship bound for the Chinese port city of Shanghai, police said.“An investigation found 69 Patriot missiles, explosive material and propelling charges,” a police statement said.The missiles, produced by U.S. firm Raytheon, were discovered following a customs search on the British-registered Thor Liberty, owned by Danish firm Thorco, at the port of Kotka, about 120 kilometers from Helsinki.Finnish
Dec. 22, 2011
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Finland launches probe into China-bound Patriot missiles
HELSINKI, Dec 21, 2011 (AFP) - Finland has launched a probe after 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles were found in a ship bound for the Chinese port city of Shanghai, police said."An investigation found 69 Patriot missiles, explosive material and propelling charges," a police statement said.The miss
Dec. 22, 2011
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Cocaine curves model caught at Rome airport
Italian airport police eyeing up a busty Spanish model's curves made a startling discovery on Wednesday -- 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) of pure cocaine stashed as implants in her bust and backside.The 33-year-old woman arriving in Rome from Sao Paulo in Brazil was wearing tight-fitting clothes to enha
Dec. 22, 2011
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Bird flu virus reported in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens Wednesday and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus.Health chief York Chow announced the measures late Tuesday after a dead chicken at the city’s main wholesale market and two wild birds tested positive for the virus, which can be fatal to humans.Authorities raised the bird flu alert level to “serious” and suspended live poultry imports while they trace the origi
Dec. 21, 2011
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Egypt women march against army in fury over abuse
CAIRO (AP) ― Around 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt’s ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week.The dramatic protest, which grew as the women marched from Tahrir Square through downtown, was fueled by the widely circulated images of abuses of women. Many of the marchers touted the pho
Dec. 21, 2011
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Two days of Syria violence leave 150 dead
Promise to allow foreign observers was not enough to stop Assad’s iron fistBEIRUT (AP) ― Security forces pursuing anti-government activists and army defectors shot dead at least 47 people in Syria on Tuesday, pushing the toll for two days of violence to nearly 150 even as the regime prepared to allow in foreign monitors under an Arab League plan aimed at stopping the bloodshed.Syrian state television showed pictures of military maneuvers and said they were meant to show its forces are ready to
Dec. 21, 2011
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Thai P.M. first ASEAN leader to meet Suu Kyi
YANGON (AP) ― Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Thailand’s prime minister on Tuesday in her first ever audience with a head of government from the region, her political party said.The meeting was also Suu Kyi’s first with a prime minister since her release from house arrest about a year ago, National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said.Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra attended a two-day summit of regional leaders in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, and than traveled to
Dec. 21, 2011