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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Strong aftershock kills 4, cuts power in northern Japan
SENDAI, Japan (AFP) ― A powerful aftershock rocked Japan’s tsunami disaster zone, killing at least four and triggering new concerns over nuclear power plants in a region still grappling with an atomic emergency.Electricity was cut across a huge area of northern Japan, forcing cooling systems at three nuclear plants to switch to emergency power and plunging more than 3.3 million households into dar
April 8, 2011
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12 children killed in Brazil school shooting
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) _ A gunman roamed the halls of an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and killed 12 children, lining them up against a wall and shooting them in the head at point-blank range as he shouted, ``I'm going to kill you all!'' It was the worst school shooting in Brazil _ and would have been deadlier if the gunman had not been shot in the legs by a police officer, wh
April 8, 2011
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Immigrant boat capsizes off Italy; 250 missing
ROME (AP) ― A boat carrying as many as 300 migrants from Libya capsized in rough seas off the Italian coast early Wednesday, leaving 250 people unaccounted for. Survivors told of desperately trying to reach rescue boats as those unable to swim screamed in the darkness and pulled one another under the water.If the number of dead is confirmed, it would prove the deadliest crossing to Italy in recent
April 7, 2011
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Preventing blasts focus at Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO (AP) ― After notching a rare victory by stopping highly radioactive water from flowing into the Pacific, workers at Japan’s flooded nuclear power complex turned to their next task Thursday: injecting nitrogen to prevent more hydrogen explosions.Nuclear officials said Wednesday there was no immediate threat of explosions like the three that rocked the Fukushima Daiichi plant not long after a
April 7, 2011
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Gadhafi asks Obama to end airstrikes
Letter to U.S. president also wishes him luck with his re-election bidWASHINGTON (AP) ― Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called “an unjust war.” He also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.“You are a man who has enough courage to annul a wrong and mistaken action,” Gadhafi wrote in a rambling, three-p
April 7, 2011
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Couple survives (natural) disaster honeymoon
(MCT)STOCKHOLM (AP) - Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?When Stefan and Erika Svanstrom of Stockholm set out on their 4-month-long honeymoon with their baby girl on Dec. 6, they say they got more than they bargained for: Immediately they were stranded in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms, he said.But that was just the beginning.After that
April 7, 2011
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Japan stops highly radioactive leak into Pacific
TOKYO (AP) ― Workers stopped a highly radioactive leak into the Pacific from Japan’s flooded nuclear complex Wednesday, but with the plant far from stabilized, engineers prepared an injection of nitrogen to deter any new hydrogen explosions. Nitrogen can prevent highly combustible hydrogen from exploding ― as it did three times at the compound in the early days of the crisis, set in motion March 1
April 6, 2011
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High winds, rain hit U.S. South, at least 8 killed
JACKSON, Georgia (AP) ― An enormous tree limb that crashed through a Georgia family’s bedroom killed a father and the young son he was holding in his arms Tuesday as a fast-moving storm system pounded the South with tornadoes, hail and spectacular lightning.At least eight people were killed around the region, including several who died on roads made treacherous by downed trees and power lines.Para
April 6, 2011
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Obama kicks off re-election campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) ― No longer the fresh voice of change, President Barack Obama embarked on a bid for re-election Monday by asking a divided, anxious electorate to let him finish the job he won in 2008. He’s getting an early start against a Republican field that’s still undefined, but he’s saddled with an ailing economy that still isn’t working for millions of voters.Obama began with an effort to re
April 5, 2011
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Three bodies found on New York beach
Police search in the brush by the side of the road on Cedar Beach, near Babylon, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.(AP)NEW YORK (AFP) - Three bodies have been found on a beach in Long Island, east of New York City, authorities said Monday, bringing to eight the number of corpses found in the same area since December.Local media hyped the idea of a serial killer, but police said they had no suspect at t
April 5, 2011
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Obama announces 2012 re-election bid
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama Monday formally announced his 2012 re-election bid, saying the country needed "to protect the progress" it had made. "Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign," Obama said in a statement. He explained that as his administration and supporters across the country "fight to protect the progress we've made -- and make more -- we als
April 4, 2011
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Gadhafi envoy in Europe to seek end to crisis
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― An envoy of Moammar Gadhafi told Greece’s prime minister Sunday that the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country’s crisis two weeks after his government’s attacks to put down a rebellion drew international airstrikes, Greek officials said.Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi, a former Libyan prime minister who has served as a Gadhafi envoy during the crisis, will travel next to Tu
April 4, 2011
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From farm to fridge ― truth about livestock
The following article was contributed by UNESCO on meat production and consumption in Asia. ― Ed. Tens of billions of pigs, chickens, turkeys and cattle are eaten globally every year, and about 2 billion people worldwide live on a meat-based diet. Asia’s population and economic growth has been charted as the fastest annual growth of any region in the world in energy demand. Even though the demand
April 4, 2011
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Japanese town mulls whether to rebuild
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) ― The only thing left of Minamisanriku City Hall are its two front steps.Nearby, a pink octopus lies dead in a pool of sea water, its tentacles wrapped around a crumpled sheet of corrugated aluminum that may have been a roof, a gate, a wall. Beside it, a broken tarmac road runs as far as the eye can see through fields of demolished houses and debris.As post-tsunami Japan
April 4, 2011
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As India rises, northeast state wracked by chaos
IMPHAL, India (AP) ― In his years as a police officer in the badlands of Manipur, Khaidem Muhi had survived an attack on his post and an ambush on a convoy he was guarding. He had been overpowered by insurgents and had his weapon stolen so many times he was hit with a 12-year suspension.Back on the job last month, the 50-year-old was guarding the home of a government official under threat from ins
April 4, 2011
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Quran protests spread to Afghan east
U.S. Gen. Petraeus decries burning Quran as ‘extremely disrespectful’JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) ― Demonstrators battled police in southern Afghanistan’s main city on Sunday and took to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor’s burning of the Quran.An officer was shot dead in a second day of clashes in the city
April 4, 2011
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Beckhams 'very excited' about attending royal wedding
British football superstar David Beckham and his former Spice Girl wife Victoria are "very excited" about attending the royal wedding later this month, she said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Prince William will marry long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton on April 29 at Westminster Abbey in Britain's biggest royal wedding for 30 years."I think we're both going to be there and we're very, very
April 4, 2011
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Good mood may lead to bad memory
Being in a positive mood may affect our memory, but in a negative way. A recent study has found that forgetfulness has something to do with positive emotions. Elizabeth Martin, a doctoral student of psychology in the College of Arts and Science of the University of Missouri in the United States, has found that being in a positive mood decreases our working memory capacity, according to news report
April 4, 2011
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Obama to launch re-election bid
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama is about to make one of Washington’s worst kept secrets official: He wants a second term.Democratic officials familiar with the president’s plans said Saturday that Obama intends to file papers as early as this coming week with the Federal Election Commission to launch his 2012 re-election campaign. He also will announce his candidacy to supporters by email
April 3, 2011
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Zimbabwe mass grave becomes political propaganda
A body is brought to the surface at Monkey William Mine about 200 km from Harare. Hundreds of skeletons found at one of the mine shafts have brought a macabre thrust to election campaigning in Zimbabwe, but the putrefying stench of some corpses still with skin, hair and dripping body fluids has raised doubts over claims white colonial era troops committed the massacres more than thirty years ago.
April 3, 2011