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US girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
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[Weekender] 'Blood doesn't make family, love does'
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Austin to attend trilateral talks with South Korean, Japanese counterparts in Singapore: Pentagon
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Battle of petitions is latest in Hybe-Ador dispute
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Test finds kids' accessories from AliExpress, Shein to be tainted with toxic chemicals
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[KH Explains] US crackdown on Chinese connected vehicles unsettles Korea
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[AFRICA FORUM] Korea-Africa forum explores pathways to prosperity
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NewJeans' new album sells over 800,000 on release day
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70% of part-timers positive toward robots at businesses
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S. Korea completes development of L-SAM defense system
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Possible nuclear fission detected at Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Co. detected signs of possible nuclear fission at its crippled Fukushima atomic power plant in northern Japan, raising the risk of more radiation leaks. The company, known as Tepco, began spraying boric acid on the No. 2 reactor at 2:48 a.m. Japan time to prevent accidental chain reactions. Tepco said it may have found xenon, which is associated with nuclear fission, while examining gases taken from the reactor, according to an e-mailed statement today. “Melted fuel in the N
Nov. 2, 2011
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Plane carrying 231 lands on belly in Poland, none hurt
WARSAW (AP) ― A Boeing airliner from the U.S. carrying 231 people was forced to land on its belly Tuesday in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open, triggering sparks and small fires. No one was hurt, but some passengers sobbed as they prayed for a safe landing.Capt. Tadeusz Wrona, who handled the descent so smoothly that many on board thought the Boeing 767 landed on its wheels, was instantly hailed a hero in Poland and online, where within hours he was the focus of several Facebook fan p
Nov. 2, 2011
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange loses extradition appeal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer sex crime allegations. In a judgment Wednesday, Judges John Thomas and Duncan Ousely said that Assange, who was in court to hear the verdict, should be sent to Sweden to be questioned over the al
Nov. 2, 2011
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Freak weather likely to get way more wild
Experts say extreme weather will increase; possibly linked to global warmingWASHINGTON (AP) ― For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: More floods, more heat waves, more droughts and greater costs to deal with them.A draft summary of an international scientific report obtained by the Associated Press says the extremes caused by global warming could eventually grow so severe that some locations become “increasingly mar
Nov. 2, 2011
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Viking 'sunstone' more than a myth
Ancient tales of Norse mariners using mysterious sunstones to navigate the ocean when clouds obscured the Sun and stars are more than just legend, according to a study published Wednesday.Over 1,000 years ago, before the invention of the compass, Vikings ventured thousands of kilometres from home to
Nov. 2, 2011
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Women far behind men in economic participation
NEW YORK (AP) _ The world has make great progress in eliminating inequality between men and women in health and education, but not in economic participation and political empowerment, according to a survey of 135 nations released Tuesday.The annual survey by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum sho
Nov. 2, 2011
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Australian government introduces mining tax bills
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Australia's government has introduced legislation to impose a 30 percent tax on the burgeoning profits of iron ore and coal mining companies that are feeding Chinese demand.The legislation introduced to Parliament on Wednesday is not certain to pass since key independent l
Nov. 2, 2011
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For wounded Marines, a 'lollipop' to ease pain
US Marines badly wounded in Afghanistan may get a "lollipop" with a powerful pain killer from now on instead of the traditional shot of morphine, a Marine Corps spokesman said Tuesday.The new treatment offers an alternative to the morphine needle "you see in the World War II movies," with medics jab
Nov. 2, 2011
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‘Russians were a new breed of spy’
FBI releases surveillance video on world-famous female spy and her associatesWASHINGTON (AP) -- Anna Chapman wasn’t just a member of one of the largest rings of Russian sleeper agents ever rolled up by the FBI, officials say. The 29-year-old former real estate agent, who became a lingerie model and corporate spokeswoman back in Moscow, represented a new breed of Russian spies adapted to the post-Cold War world.Chapman and fellow ring member Mikhail Semenko, another young deep-cover agent who wo
Nov. 1, 2011
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Ancient rules give prince veto rights on planned British laws
LONDON (AP) ― Prince Charles will keep his little-known veto over some planned laws, a power that dates back to the Middle Ages, after the British government said Monday it was not going to rewrite ancient constitutional rules.New evidence that the heir to the throne has been playing an active political role has touched a nerve among anti-monarchists, but Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said it did not plan reforms.Parliamentary records show that Prince Charles has been consulted over at l
Nov. 1, 2011
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Palestine joins UNESCO, U.S. cuts funds
Giant leap toward statehood, but relationship with Israel worsens; U.N. body to lose a fifth of its budgetPARIS (AP) ― Palestine won its greatest international endorsement yet, full membership in UNESCO, but the move will cost the agency one-fifth of its funding and some fear it will send Mideast peace efforts off a cliff.In an unusually dramatic session Monday at the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, there were cheers for “yes” votes and grumbles for
Nov. 1, 2011
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New signs of Syria-Pakistan nuke tie
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan‘s atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could be used to make nuclear arms.The buildings in northwest Syria closely match the design of a uranium enrichment plant provided to Libya when Moammar Gadhafi was trying to build nuclear weapons under Khan’s guidance, officials told The Associated Press.The U.N.‘s
Nov. 1, 2011
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Swedish rally driver not fast enough for son's birth
STOCKHOLM, Oct 31, 2011 (AFP) - Swedish rally driver Per-Gunner Andersson is known for his speed behind the wheel but he wasn't fast enough this weekend when his wife had to give birth in their car on the way to hospital."It was a little strange," Andersson, 31, told the online edition of tabloid Ex
Nov. 1, 2011
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[Photo] Halloween celebration
A child plays with pumpkins offered for sale at a roadside stall for Halloween near Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Halloween is a new tradition taking root in Poland, a predominantly Catholic nation where Nov. 1 is a national holiday of All Saint's Day and is dedicated to visiting family gra
Nov. 1, 2011
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Spying on spies: Chapman shops, contacts 'handler'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unaware the FBI has her under surveillance, Russian spy Anna Chapman buys leggings and tries on hats at a Macy's department store. A few months later, cameras watch her in a New York coffee shop where she meets with someone she thinks is her Russian handler. It is really an underc
Nov. 1, 2011
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Libya names new prime minister
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's interim leadership has chosen an electronics engineer from Tripoli as the country's new prime minister.Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb was chosen Monday by 51 members of the National Transitional Council and will appoint a new Cabinet in coming days. The new government is to
Nov. 1, 2011
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Palestine becomes member of UN cultural body
PARIS (AP) -- Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.U.S. lawmakers had threatened to withhold roughly $80 million in annual funding to UNESCO if it approved Palestinian membership. The United States provides about 22 percent of UNESCO's funding.Huge cheers went up in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization afte
Oct. 31, 2011
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Cain denies report of sexual harassment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign is denying allegations that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.In a statement Sunday to The Associated Press, his campaign disputed a Poli
Oct. 31, 2011
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Iran to question president on fraud
TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s parliament is set to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over an economic scandal and his polices after the required number of lawmakers signed a petition Sunday, the latest salvo in a long battle between the president and his rivals.Ahmadinejad would be the first president to be hauled before the Iranian parliament, a serious blow to his standing in the conflict involving the president, lawmakers and Iran’s powerful clerics.At least 73 lawmakers signed the
Oct. 31, 2011
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Kyrgyz premier cruises to presidency in disputed poll
BISHKEK (AFP) ― Kyrgyzstan’s moderate prime minister emerged Monday as the next president of the violence-scarred nation after a decisive election victory, but his vanquished rivals claimed the ballot was rigged.Almazbek Atambayev, a close ally of outgoing President Roza Otunbayeva who took power after a 2010 uprising ousted the regime of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, won 63 percent of the vote in Sunday’s polls, the central election commission said.The crushing victory over his two nationalist rivals ― wh
Oct. 31, 2011