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China probes child trafficking, adoption link
BEIJING (AFP) - China has launched a probe into the abduction of children allegedly born in violation of population control policies then trafficked by officials into adoptions worldwide, an official said Tuesday.The investigation comes after Caixin magazine reported this week that family planning officials in central China's Hunan province had abducted children and sold them into adoption to the
May 10, 2011
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Canadian survives seven weeks lost in U.S. wilderness
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Canadian tourist reported missing since mid-March has been found alive in a remote wilderness area of the western United States and is recovering, police told AFP on Saturday.Couple Albert Chretien and wife Rita are shown in this undated Royal Canadian Mounted Police handout photo. The coupe went missing en route to Las Vegas more than a month ago. Rita Chretien was found aliv
May 9, 2011
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Badminton short skirt rule could be scrapped
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A new rule that orders female badminton players to wear short skirts could be scrapped after objections from China, Indonesia and Scandanavian countries, a Malaysian official said Saturday. Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na of Korea return a shot against Japan's Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kaiiwa in their women's doubles badminton match during the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Superseries 20
More Sports May 9, 2011
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Lee says North's nukes an obstacle to unification
BERLIN (Yonhap News) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Sunday that Korea should seek unification with North Korea at any cost, stressing the need to end Pyongyang's nuclear programs that he said are an obstacle to unification.Lee made the remark in Berlin, the symbolic city of German unification, on the first leg of a three-nation European tour, saying that unification with the North could come at a
Politics May 9, 2011
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Apple brand value overtakes Google for top spot
Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, iPad and iMac, overtook search-engine giant Google Inc. to become the world’s most valuable brand, WPP Plc said in a report.Apple’s brand value climbed 84 percent in the past year to $153.3 billion, WPP’s Millward Brown unit said. Google’s brand lost 2 percent to $111.5 billion, ending four years atop the rankings, while International Business Machines Corp. climbe
Technology May 9, 2011
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Obama: bin Laden had support network
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden benefitted from ``some sort of support network'' inside Pakistan, President Barack Obama said in a Sunday broadcast interview, but he added it is not clear whether government officials knew the terrorist leader was living inside their country when U.S. commandos killed him in a raid last weekend.``We don't know whether there might have been some people inside of
World News May 9, 2011
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Trial request for Berlusconi friends in sex case
ROME (AFP) - Prosecutors on Friday requested a trial for three of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's friends on pimping charges linked to the Italian leader's own trial for having sex with an underage prostitute.The request "was sent today to the judge" on the prostitution charges, the main prosecutor's office in Milan said in a statement.The charges relate to alleged crimes committed between 2009
World News May 8, 2011
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Pacquiao wins lopsided decision over Mosley
LAS VEGAS (AP)—Manny Pacquiao caught Shane Mosley early, then chased him the rest of the night. Not much more he could do against an aging fighter who seemed only to want to survive.Pacquiao won a lopsided 12-round decision Saturday night, retaining his version of the welterweight title in a fight that was roundly booed over the late rounds because Mosley refused to trade punches. He won every rou
More Sports May 8, 2011
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Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound
World News May 8, 2011
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Kung fu helps cabin crew deal with troublesome passengers
Cabin crews from Hong Kong Airlines practise Wing Chun, a concept-based Chinese martial art or Kung Fu, during a lesson in Hong Kong Saturday, April 30, 2011. A Hong Kong airline makes all its cabin crews to take Wing Chun lessons as helping them to build the team spirit and to learn self-defense. (AP-Yonhap News)Hong Kong Airlines cabin crew are attending kung fu lessons to help them handle drunk
May 5, 2011
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Girl caged by parents found eating own skin
U.S. police rescued a disabled six-year-old who was kept in a cage by her parents for months and almost starved to death. The girl, who has Down syndrome, was eating the flaky skin of her forehead when she was found by Virginia police, Mail Online reported. Her parents were also accused of burying another child of their own. They face charges of first degree murder.Brian and Shannon Gore, the pare
Social Affairs May 5, 2011
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Judo gold medalist under probe for assualt
Police are investigating a former Olympic judo gold medalist who allegedly assaulted a female massage parlor owner under the influence of alcohol.The man, who is now a Yongin University professor, was booked without detention. The professor visited the massage shop near his school in Yongin, south of Seoul, at 11 p.m. on April 26. He started to take his clothes off. When the owner in her 30s, trie
Social Affairs May 5, 2011
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National Assembly ratifies Korea-EU FTA
The National Assembly ratified the Korea-EU free trade agreement on Wednesday night, in a vote boycotted by the main opposition Democratic Party. “We decided not to attend the plenary session and go home,” said DP floor leader Park Jie-won after a series of meetings of its lawmakers held just before the session opened. “The decision was taken to express our opposition to the votebeing held today.”
Politics May 4, 2011
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Man dies in Easter ‘crucifixion’
A taxi driver said to have had fanatical religious beliefs was found dead Sunday on a wooden cross in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province, police said.In an apparent emulation of the crucifixion of Jesus, his hands and feet were found nailed to a cross in an abandoned quarry mine. The 58-year-old man surnamed Kim wore something similar to a crown of thorns on his head. He was wearing only underpa
Social Affairs May 4, 2011
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Jang tops Japan’s Oricon on debut week
Korean actor and singer Jang Geun-suk topped Japan’s Oricon chart in his debut week. His single “Let Me Cry” sold 119,000 copies within a week of its April 27 release. He became the first foreign singer in Japan to rank No. 1 in the major weekly pop chart upon debut.In 2005, Korea’s Ryu Si-won reached No. 2 within a week.Jang’s record was also the first for a male singer since Masahiko Kondo toppe
May 4, 2011
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