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Ex-presidential official’s leaked phone call rattles conservative bloc
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Man escapes DUI charges by downing bottle of soju while pulled over
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Pay debate plagues foreign nanny pilot
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K-pop star lip-syncing controversy flares up again
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35% of S. Koreans view unification 'unnecessary'
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Slew of top K-pop stars ready to return from military
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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[Reporter’s Notebook] Was Netflix film opening BIFF really a bad thing?
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N. Korean leader's sister derides Seoul's Hyunmoo-5 missile as 'useless'
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Controversial cult leader’s sentence reduced to 17 years
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G20 fails to heal rift on Syria at Russia talks
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) ― World leaders at the G20 summit on Friday failed to bridge their bitter divisions over U.S. plans for military action against the Syrian regime, as Washington slammed Moscow for holding the U.N. Security Council “hostage” over the crisis.Despite not being on the original agenda of the summit hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Saint Petersburg, the leaders discussed the Syria crisis into the early hours of the morning over dinner amid the splendor of a for
Sept. 6, 2013
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Egypt interior minister survives bomb, warns of ‘terrorism’
CAIRO (AFP) ― Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived a bomb attack Thursday, emerging unscathed to warn the country faced a “wave of terrorism” amid a sweeping police crackdown on Islamists.Security officials said a car bomb struck the minister’s convoy around 10:30 a.m. near his home in the Nasr City area, in the first such attack in Cairo in years.The bombing, which came as security forces pressed a clampdown on loyalists of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, sparked fears of a resurg
Sept. 6, 2013
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Woman charged with stalking U.S. actor John Cusack
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A 45-year-old woman was charged Thursday with stalking U.S. actor John Cusack, whom she allegedly pestered with text, Twitter and other messages for the last three years, prosecutors said.Elizabeth Diane Pahlke pleaded not guilty to stalking Cusack between October 2010 and Tuesday this week, when she was arrested near the star’s home near Malibu, an hour northwest of Los Angeles.Pahlke allegedly followed the 47-year-old actor ― whose credits include “Being John Malkovich,” “H
Sept. 6, 2013
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Lawyer: George Zimmerman’s wife filing for divorce
ORLANDO (AP) ― George Zimmerman’s wife filed for divorce Thursday, less than two months after her husband was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin and a week after she pleaded guilty to perjury in his case.Shellie Zimmerman made the decision because of “disappointment,” her attorney, Kelly Sims, wrote Thursday in a short email to The Associated Press. The 26-year-old Zimmerman told ABC’s “Good Morning America” last week that she was having serious doubts about remaining married.The interview ca
Sept. 6, 2013
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Jolie, Martin, Lansbury to get honorary Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― And the honorary Academy Awards go to ... Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and Italian costume designer Piero Tosi.The film academy announced Thursday that Jolie will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while Martin, Lansbury and Tosi will get Oscars recognizing their career achievements.Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said the Governors Awards “pay tribute to individuals who’ve made indelible contributions in their respective fields.” The Academy
Sept. 6, 2013
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Leaders of China, Japan hold 'brief talk' at G20
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke briefly with his Japanese counterpart at the Group of 20 summit in Russia, in the first contact between the two leaders amid yearlong tensions over disputed islands, state media reported Friday. China had earlier ruled out the possibility of a meeting between the two on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg summit. China has put relations with Japan in the deep freeze since last September when Tokyo nationalized a group of islands claimed by China. However, the o
Sept. 6, 2013
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Obama, in Europe, still pursuing Syria support
President Barack Obama is using his last day in Europe to renew his quest for foreign support for a U.S. military strike in Syria. But three days after he left Washington, it's unclear whether the global coalition the president has been seeking is any closer to becoming a reality.China's a firm no. The European Union is skeptical about whether any military action can be effective. Even Pope Francis weighed in, urging leaders gathered here to abandon what he called a “futile mission.”Still, Obama
Sept. 6, 2013
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Fukushima tank leak may have mixed with groundwater: TEPCO
Highly radioactive water leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant may have seeped into groundwater flowing towards the Pacific Ocean, the plant's operator said Thursday.It is the first time that Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has revealed that leaks from the tank -- situated behind the plant reactor -- could also be polluting the groundwater beneath the plant. TEPCO has previously admitted that radiation has seeped from the plant's reactors into the groundwater
Sept. 5, 2013
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U.S. Senate panel backs force in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama’s request for speedy congressional backing of a military strike in Syria advanced in the Senate on Wednesday, hours after the president left open the possibility he would order retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval. A resolution backing the use of force against President Bashar Assad’s government cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a 10-7 vote after it was stiffened at the last minute to incl
Sept. 5, 2013
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U.S. weighs Egypt aid suspension
WASHINGTON (AP) ―President Barack Obama’s top national security aides have recommended that the U.S. suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt in response to the Egyptian military’s ouster of the country’s first democratically elected leader, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Such a step would be a dramatic shift for an administration that has declined to label Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s July 3 ouster a coup and has argued that it is in U.S. natio
Sept. 5, 2013
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China’s ‘Brother Watch’ gets 14-year prison sentence
BEIJING (AP) ― A Chinese provincial official whose grinning at the scene of a deadly bus crash sparked an outcry and, eventually, led to corruption charges was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison. Yang Dacai was head of the Shanxi province work safety administration when photographs of him smiling at the crash scene circulated online. Outraged citizens condemned his apparent callousness and, noting the luxury wristwatch he wore in the picture, dug up more photos of him wearing pricey timepi
Sept. 5, 2013
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Chilean judges apologize for Pinochet-era inaction
SANTIAGO (AFP) ― Chile’s judges issued a long-awaited apology Wednesday to relatives of those who sought missing loved ones under the regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet only to have courts shrug them off. “To those who were victims of state abuse ... the time has come to ask for the forgiveness of victims ... and of Chilean society,” said the Chilean Judges’ Association in a statement almost 40 years after the Sept. 11, 1973, coup that toppled elected socialist Salvador Allende.Pinochet then to
Sept. 5, 2013
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German president visits site of French WWII massacre
ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, France (AP) ― With hugs and hand-holding in a solemn tribute to those killed, the presidents of Germany and France on Wednesday visited a ghost town left behind after the largest massacre in Nazi-occupied France nearly seven decades ago. The trip by German president Joachim Gauck, accompanied by France’s Francois Hollande, to the southwestern French town of Oradour-sur-Glane was the first by a serving German leader. The town is today a phantom village, with burned-out cars and
Sept. 5, 2013
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Vatican envoy to Dominican Republic under child abuse probe
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) ― Authorities in the Dominican Republic will look into allegations of child sex abuse against the papal envoy to the Caribbean country following his abrupt removal from his post by the Vatican, the attorney general said Wednesday. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito was careful to note that his office is aware only of rumors about the papal nuncio, Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, and has not received any accusations.A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirme
Sept. 5, 2013
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Gunmen abduct 2 teachers in southern Philippines
The Philippine military says gunmen have abducted two teachers belonging to a Catholic charity group that helps poor children in a volatile province in the country's south.Col. Carlito Galvez says army special forces have been deployed to locate Frederick Banot and Cherden Masong, who were abducted late Wednesday from their house in a remote town in the island province of Basilan and taken away by speedboat.Regional army spokesman Capt. Jefferson Somera said Thursday that it was not immediately
Sept. 5, 2013
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U.S. Senate panel votes to authorize force in Syria
President Barack Obama's request for speedy congressional backing of a military strike in Syria advanced in the Senate, hours after the president left open the possibility he would order retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval.A resolution backing the use of force against President Bashar Assad's government cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a 10-7 vote Wednesday after it was stiffened at the last minute to include a pledge of suppor
Sept. 5, 2013
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‘Chinese official drowned in antigraft probe’
BEIJING (AFP) ― A Chinese official was allegedly drowned by investigators who stripped him naked and held him down in a bathtub as they attempted to extort a confession to corruption, state-run media reported Wednesday.Yu Qiyi was held down by graft investigators in a tub full of “icy water” several times after his questioning failed to produce satisfactory answers, the Beijing Times said, citing a court filing by prosecutors.They only stopped when Yu, 42, the chief engineer of a state-owned com
Sept. 4, 2013
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Egypt jails 52 Brotherhood members
CAIRO (AFP) ― An Egypt military court Tuesday gave a life sentence to a Muslim Brotherhood member and sentenced 51 more to jail for attacking soldiers in Suez following Mohammed Morsi’s July ouster.The sentences come as army helicopters killed eight militants and wounded 15 in intensive air strikes in the restive Sinai Peninsula where it has battled a semi-insurgency since Morsi was deposed on July 3.The ousted Islamist president’s supporters had called for nationwide protests on Tuesday against
Sept. 4, 2013
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Japan’s military seeks big boost in defense budget
TOKYO (AP) ― Japan needs to boost its military spending to counter the potential threat from China’s increasingly powerful armed forces and North Korea’s long-range missiles, its defense minister said Tuesday. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Japan cannot afford to be complacent over what he said are significant security issues in the region. His ministry announced last week it is seeking a 3 percent increase in defense spending for the coming year, the biggest increase it has requested in
Sept. 4, 2013
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Syria hiding weapons, moving troops
BEIRUT (AP) ― As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas. Politically, President Bashar Assad has gone on the offensive, warning in a rare interview with Western media that any military action against Syria could spark a regional war. If the U.S. undertakes missile strikes, Assad’s reaction could have a major effect on the trajectory of Syria’s
Sept. 4, 2013