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Driver in deadly Seoul car crash argues sudden acceleration in police questioning
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Assembly passes special probe bill on Marine’s death
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Value-up Program optimism brings Kospi to two-year high
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Among Seoul’s conservatives, calls for going nuclear grow
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Son Ye-jin is not worried about aging
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Samsung projects 15-fold surge in Q2 profit
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Man turns self in over offensive comment about car crash victims
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Is Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk really ignoring NewJeans?
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[Exclusive] US troops in S. Korea could be reduced, but not withdrawn, Trump allies tell Seoul lawmaker
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Just 1 in 4 Korean teens 'content with life'
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Pakistani forces seize 100 tons of bomb-making chemicals
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) ― Paramilitary forces Tuesday seized more than 100 tons of bomb-making chemicals from a truck and a compound in southwest Pakistan and detained 10 suspects, officials said.They also found wires, detonators and mixers to turn the chemicals into bombs, paramilitary Colonel Maqbool Ahmed said.“We have arrested 10 people during the raid at the compound and the truck and seized 100.5 tons of explosive material with detonators,” Ahmed said.Suspects told investigators that potass
Aug. 21, 2013
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650 dead in 'chemical' bombing near Damascus: opposition
BEIRUT (AFP) -- More than 650 people were killed when the Syrian army bombarded Damascus suburbs with chemical weapons Wednesday, the opposition said, branding it a "massacre" and calling for international intervention.The claim, which could not be independently verified, was vehemently denied by the Syrian regime, saying it was intended to hinder the mission of U.N. chemical weapons inspectors now in the country."Over 650 confirmed dead result of deadly chemical weapon attack in Syria," the op
Aug. 21, 2013
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Doctor details Boston Marathon bombing suspect’s injuries
BOSTON (AP) ― Newly released court documents describe the injuries to the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, including multiple gunshot wounds to his face. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s injuries were described by Dr. Stephen Ray Odom three days after Tsarnaev was captured hiding in a boat in a backyard in the Boston suburb. A transcript of the testimony was unsealed Monday. Odom, a trauma surgeon who treated Tsarnaev, said the most severe injury was from a bullet that appeared to enter through the
Aug. 21, 2013
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Mexico re-jails alleged female cartel operator
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Purported drug cartel operator Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the “Queen of the Pacific,” was returned to Mexico from the U.S. on Tuesday and quickly taken to prison to face money-laundering charges. Avila Beltran, known for her good looks and saucy attitude when she was arrested in 2007, looked haggard and had gray streaks in her once-black hair in a photograph published by local media when she was taken off a plane at the Mexico City airport. She wasn’t seen again, and the A
Aug. 21, 2013
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Czech lawmakers dissolve parliament
PRAGUE (AFP) ― Czech lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament on Tuesday, triggering early elections that could put an end to months of political turmoil over a spy and bribery scandal.A total of 140 lawmakers backed the proposal tabled by three major parties which needed a majority of 120 votes in the 200-seat parliament to succeed.The Czech Republic has been mired in political crisis since former Prime Minister Petr Necas stepped down over the bribery scandal in June involving his top aide and l
Aug. 21, 2013
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Afghan massacre survivor takes stand, curses gunman
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) ― An Afghan farmer shot during a massacre in Kandahar Province last year took the witness stand Tuesday against the U.S. soldier who attacked his village, cursing him before breaking down and pleading with the prosecutor not to ask him any more questions. Haji Mohammad Naim appeared Tuesday in the courtroom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle, where a sentencing hearing began for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in the slayings of 16 civilians killed dur
Aug. 21, 2013
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Egyptian ambassador says his country will install new gov't in several months
As the heavy death toll from the violent political uprising in Egypt has raised global concern, the country's interim government is now working toward holding elections for a new parliament and administration within the next several months, the Egyptian ambassador to South Korea said Wednesday.About 1,000 Egyptian protesters have been reported killed so far in the interim government's crackdown on violence-wielding supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi, ousted by the military in early Jul
Aug. 21, 2013
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600kg Saudi man forklifted to hospital
RIYADH (AFP) ― A Saudi man weighing 610 kilograms was forklifted to hospital on Monday for medical treatment at the expense of the monarch to reduce his weight. Khaled Mohsin Shairi was flown from his southwestern hometown of Jizan to Riyadh on a specially equipped plane, SPA state news agency reported.It posted a picture of overweight Shairi being lifted on a forklift out of the plane on arrival in the capital. Acting on orders of King Abdullah, the health ministry had to acquire a specially ma
Aug. 21, 2013
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Syrian opposition claims 'poisonous gas' attack
Two Syrian pro-opposition groups are claiming that government forces carried out a ``poisonous gas'' attack near the capital Damascus, leaving dozens of people dead.The two groups quote activists as saying that regime forces fired ``rockets with poisonous gas heads'' in the attack on Wednesday.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the shelling was intense and hit the eastern suburbs of Zamalka, Arbeen and Ein Tarma. It says ``tens of people'' were killed. The Local Coordinat
Aug. 21, 2013
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Japan upgrades Fukushima leak to level three 'serious incident'
Japan's nuclear regulator upgraded a radioactive water leak at the crippled Fukushima plant to a level three "serious incident" Wednesday, its highest warning in two years, as the operator scrambled to contain the impact on the environment.The re-evaluation came a day after operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said some 300 tons of radioactive water was believed to have leaked from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It is the worst such leak since the crisis began in M
Aug. 21, 2013
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U.S. weighs pros, cons of cutting some aid to Egypt
The Obama administration, undertaking a major review of U.S. relations with Egypt, edged closer to a decision Tuesday about curtailing some of America's $1.5 billion in annual aid after the Egyptian military's crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.Top administration officials met at the White House to review the possibility of cutting military or economic aid to Egypt, a longtime U.S. ally and the most populous nation in the Arab world. Some cuts are forthcoming, according t
Aug. 21, 2013
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Court suspends detention of CJ chairman for three months
A local court accepted a request Tuesday by the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group to temporarily release him from jail for hospital treatment.The Seoul Central District Court decided to suspend implementing the confinement of Lee Jay-hyun for three months from Tuesday, taking into consideration the recovery time from kidney transplant surgery.But Lee‘s place of stay will be limited to his home and the Seoul National University Hospital, where he will go under operation on
Aug. 20, 2013
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Syrian army routs rebels from Assad’s home province
DAMASCUS (AFP) ― President Bashar al-Assad‘s troops drove rebel fighters out of his Latakia home province on Monday as U.N. inspectors began probing the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict.As the U.N. team left their Damascus hotel for an undisclosed destination, Jordan said it was receiving U.S. technical assistance to prepare for any possible chemical warfare in neighboring Syria.On the diplomatic front, top Russian and U.S. officials are to meet in The Hague next week to di
Aug. 20, 2013
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Al-Qaida ‘targeting European rail network’: German media
BERLIN (AFP) ― Al-Qaida is plotting attacks on Europe‘s high-speed rail network, German newspaper Bild reported on Monday, citing intelligence sources.The extremist group could plant explosives on trains and tunnels or sabotage tracks and electrical cabling, said Bild, Europe’s most widely read daily.While Germany said its threat level had not changed and Austria said no additional security measures had been taken, a Czech rail official said authorities there had implemented new, unspecified sec
Aug. 20, 2013
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Authorities arrest Muslim Brotherhood head in Egypt
CAIRO (AFP) ― Egyptian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they stepped up a campaign to crush the party of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.The arrest stoked fears of an escalation in the already tense situation in Egypt, where nearly 900 people have died in days of clashes nationwide between security forces and Islamist supporters of Morsi.In the latest bloodshed, militants killed 25 policemen in the restive Sinai Peninsula, just hours after
Aug. 20, 2013
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Guardian: U.K. intelligence destroyed Snowden data
LONDON (AP) ― British agents oversaw the destruction of an unspecified number of the Guardian newspaper’s hard drives in an apparent bid to keep the fruit of Edward Snowden’s leaks safe from Chinese spies, the paper’s editor said Monday.Alan Rusbridger made the claim in an opinion piece published on the Guardian’s website, saying that a pair of staffers from British eavesdropping agency GCHQ monitored the process in what he called “one of the more bizarre moments in the Guardian’s long history.”
Aug. 20, 2013
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Toxic puddles discovered at Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO (AFP) ― Puddles with extremely high radiation levels have been found near water storage tanks at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Tuesday, as it moved to contain the latest of several toxic water threats.The radiation level, measured around 50 centimeters above the toxic water surface, was about 100 millisieverts per hour, Tokyo Electric Power said.Scientists consider that level of radiation as harmful to human health.An estimated 300 tons of water is believed to
Aug. 20, 2013
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Obamas welcome new dog ‘Sunny’ to White House
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― President Barack Obama and his family welcomed a playful new addition to the White House on Monday ― a dog called Sunny.The black Portuguese Water Dog joins the first family’s other four-legged friend of the same breed, Bo.“Sunny is the perfect little sister for Bo ― full of energy and very affectionate ― and the First Family picked her name because it fit her cheerful personality,” said a post on the White House blog.Bo joined the Obamas shortly after they moved into the Whit
Aug. 20, 2013
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Egypt: Court raises possibility of a free Mubarak
A court ruling Monday raised the possibility of jailed ex-president Hosni Mubarak walking free soon, a move that would fuel the unrest roiling the country after the autocratic leader's successor was removed in a military coup.Underscoring the growing anger over Mohammed Morsi's ouster, suspected Islamic militants ambushed two minibuses carrying off-duty policemen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, forcing the men to lie on the sand and shooting 25 of them dead. “They were marked in advance by the attac
Aug. 20, 2013
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Shekau: Boko Haram chief who again 'may be dead'
Abubakar Muhammad Shekau, who Nigeria's military said may have been killed, has led Boko Haram through three years of a brutal insurgency, reportedly masterminding gruesome attacks that left hundreds dead.The military said there was evidence Shekau might have been mortally wounded in a gunbattle between July 25 and August 3 in the northeast, but the security forces were still seeking confirmation.Little is known about the shadowy insurgent commander, even if he has appeared in a series of video
Aug. 20, 2013