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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Photo News] Seoul seeks 'best sleeper'
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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Yoon vows to advance freedom, welfare to uphold spirit of 1980 pro-democracy uprising
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Indian woman conceives IVF baby using dead husband’s sperm
An Indian woman in England is pregnant with her dead husband’s child five years after her husband died of blood cancer, Times of India reported Tuesday. Anurita, 40, a civil servant in England had IVF (in vitro fertilization) embryos implanted by using samples of sperm left by her deceased husband at the Bavishi Fertility Institute in Ahmedabad, India last February. Her husband, who was an Italian
March 30, 2011
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Plutonium seeps from Japanese nuclear plant
TOKYO (AP) ― Highly toxic plutonium is seeping from the damaged nuclear power plant in Japan’s tsunami disaster zone into the soil outside, officials said Tuesday, further complicating the delicate operation to stabilize the overheated facility.Plutonium has been detected in small amounts at several spots outside the Fukushima Daiichi power plant for the first time, plant operator Tokyo Electric P
March 29, 2011
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Japan’s farmers battle nuclear scare
NIHONMATSU, Japan (AFP) ― Farmers are facing the bitter aftermath of Japan’s nuclear emergency, which could see crops left to rot over a vast swathe of the country’s agricultural heartland.Growing national and international unease about the spread of radioactivity from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has led to bans on the sale of produce from four prefectures.Farmers working the soil i
March 29, 2011
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Blast at Yemen explosives factory kills 78
SANAA, Yemen (AP) _ Yemen officials say 78 people were killed in a blast at an explosives factory after it was briefly taken over by militants and then looted by civilians.Medical and security officials in the southern Abyan province where the blast took place Monday said many women and children from surrounding villages were killed and wounded in the attack.On Sunday, Islamic fundamentalist milit
March 28, 2011
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Seawater radiation may be spreading in Japan
TOKYO (AP) ― Workers at Japan’s damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil. Mounting obstacles, missteps and confusion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex have stymied emergency workers struggling to cool down the overheating p
March 28, 2011
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Matchmaking sites offer new take on ‘arranged’ marriages in Morocco
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AFP) ― Marriage in Morocco has an increasingly changing face these days as young men and women in search of lifetime partners head for the souk, in this case a “cyber” marriage souk.In a country where many marriages are still arranged, a click of a computer mouse will take the Internaut to Soukzouaj, a free site where thousands of lonely hearted young Moroccans look for their soul mates“This marriage site was created in June 2010,” Yasser Nejjar, founder of soukzouaj.ma, tol
March 28, 2011
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(urgent) Yemen ammo factory blast kills 40
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) - A blast at an ammunition factory killed at least 40 people and wounded 90 others near the south Yemeni town of Jaar on Monday, a day after the plant was looted by Al-Qaeda, a local official said.
March 28, 2011
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Syrian army out in force in violence-hit port city
Assad laying out plan to end state of emergency, but decree requires cabinet approvalLATAKIA, Syria (AP) ―Syria’s army was out in force Sunday in a port city scarred by unrest aimed at symbols of the government, which is struggling to put down an unprecedented nationwide outbreak of protest and dissent.President Bashar Assad’s regime has responded by both fatally shooting protesters, and promising
March 28, 2011
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Merkel’s conservatives lose German state ballot
Anti-nuclear Greens soar after Japan disaster, ending CDU’s six-decade grip on powerBERLIN (AP) ― German chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have suffered a historic defeat in a state ballot after almost six decades in power there, partial results showed Sunday, in an election that amounted to a referendum on the party’s stance on nuclear power.The opposition anti-nuclear Greens doubled their
March 28, 2011
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Japan: Huge radiation spike at nuke was a mistake
TOKYO – Emergency workers struggling to pump contaminated water from Japan's stricken nuclear complex fled from one of the troubled reactors Sunday after reporting a huge increase in radioactivity — a spike that officials later apologetically said was inaccurate.The apology came after employees fled the complex's Unit 2 reactor when a reading showed radiation levels had reached 10 million times hi
March 27, 2011
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Syrian government: 12 killed in seaside city
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The Syrian government says 12 people were killed in violence rocking a seaside Mediterranean city.Syria's state-run news agency said unknown armed elements on Saturday attacked neighborhoods in Latakia, shooting from rooftops and terrorizing people.Ten people, including security forces, residents as well as two members of the shadowy ``armed elements'' died in the violence.S
March 27, 2011
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Libyan rebels sweep west through key oil centers
AL-EGILA, Libya (AP) - Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military.Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late Saturday and rebel forces moved swiftly west, seizing the tiny desert town of Al-Egila _ a collectio
March 27, 2011
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Suspected al-Qaida gunmen kill 7 soldiers
SANAA, Yemen (AP) _ Yemeni security officials say suspected al-Qaida gunmen have killed seven soldiers and wounded seven others in an attack on a military post. The officials said the attack Sunday took place at Ubaida area in the in the central Marib province, an al-Qaida stronghold and one of several areas where the central government has little authority. The officials, speaking on condi
March 27, 2011
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Libyan rebels retake strategic town
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) ― Libyan rebels were pushing their advance on Sunday after recapturing two key towns from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in their first major victories since the launch of Western-led air strikes.The rebels, who were in danger of losing their eastern stronghold city of Benghazi before the strikes were launched on March 19, on Saturday seized back Ajdabiya and Brega, 160 and 240 kil
March 27, 2011
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Radiation spike in sea near Japan nuclear plant
SENDAI, Japan (AFP) - Radiation levels have surged in seawater near a tsunami-stricken nuclear power station in Japan, officials said Saturday, as engineers battled to stabilise the plant in hazardous conditions.Urgent efforts were under way to drain pools of highly radioactive water near the reactors after several workers suffered radiation burns while installing cables as part of efforts to rest
March 27, 2011
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Japan nuclear plant situation 'unpredictable': PM
OSAKA (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the situation at the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant was still "very unpredictable" and thanked those "risking their lives" to handle the crisis. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan's northeast coast two weeks ago knocked out the crucial reactor cooling systems at the plant, located 250 kilometres (155
March 25, 2011
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Targets deep within Libya hit; fewer U.S. jets used
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― French fighter jets hit aircraft and a crossroads military base deep inside Libya as the U.S. reduced its combat role in the international operation that is working to thwart Moammar Gadhafi’s forces by land, sea and air.Explosions could be heard in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, before daybreak Friday, apparently from airstrikes.Libya’s air force has been effectively neutrali
March 25, 2011
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Quake in Myanmar kills more than 60
YANGON (AFP) ― More than 50 people were killed and dozens of buildings destroyed when a strong earthquake struck Myanmar near the Thai border, officials from both countries said Friday.Tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok, almost 800 kilometers from the epicenter, Hanoi and parts of China during the earthquake Thursday, which the U.S. Geological Survey measured at magnitude 6.8.A Myanmar offic
March 25, 2011
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Two dead as strong quake hits Myanmar: officials
YANGON (AFP) - A strong earthquake struck Myanmar near the Thai border on Thursday, killing at least two people, including a child, officials from both countries said, with shaking felt across the region.Terrified residents fled their homes, tall buildings swayed and hospitals and schools were evacuated after tremors spread as far away as Bangkok, almost 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the epicent
March 25, 2011
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Gadhafi forces roll back as rebels try to organize
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― NATO ships began patrolling off Libya’s coast Wednesday as airstrikes, missiles and energized rebels forced Moammar Gadhafi’s tanks to roll back from two key western cities, including one that was the hometown of army officers who tried to overthrow him in 1993. Libya’s opposition took haphazard steps to form a government in the east, as they and the U.S.-led force protectin
March 24, 2011