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No drop in Chernobyl cancer risk: US study
WASHINGTON, (AFP) - The risk of thyroid cancer among people who were exposed as children to the nuclear fallout at Chernobyl has not declined nearly 25 years after the disaster, said a study released Thursday in the United States.The National Institutes of Health-led study examined more than 12,500 people who were under 18 at the time of the Chernobyl accident on April 26, 1986, and who lived near
World News March 18, 2011
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Actress Lee Si-young chasing two rabbits in acting, boxing
(Yonhap News)Lee Si-young, a South Korean actress, isn't just a pretty face. She can now call herself a boxing champion. Lee took the national women's amateur boxing championship in the 48-kilogram division Thursday. At 28 years of age, she was the oldest competitor at the event, which was open to boxers from 17 to34 years old.After dominating Sung So-mi, a high school freshman, in the final, Lee
More Sports March 18, 2011
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Cambodia sets age limit for foreign husbands
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Male foreigners over the age of 50 have been outlawed from marrying Cambodian women in the country under new rulesdesigned to crack down on sham marriages and human trafficking, the government said Wednesday.Foreigners who earn less than $2,550 per month are also barred from wedding local women, foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong told AFP, but the restrictions do not apply to
March 17, 2011
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Elite Japan nuclear workers race to stop meltdown
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) _ They risk explosions, fire and an invisible enemy _ radiation that could kill quickly or decades later_ as they race to avert disaster inside a dark, overheated nuclear plant.The 180 emergency workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi complex are emerging as public heroes in the wake of a disaster spawned by an earthquake and a tsunami. Japan's Self-Defense Forces's he
Latest News March 17, 2011
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4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya
NEW YORK (AP) _ Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday, and the newspaper held out hope that they were alive and in the custody of the Libyan government.Editors last heard from the journalists on Tuesday as they were covering the retreat of rebels from the town of Ajdabiya, and Libyan officials told the newspaper they were trying to locate th
World News March 17, 2011
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S. Korea welcomes accord with France on transfer of 'Oegyujanggak' royal books
South Korea on Thursday welcomed an agreement with France to transfer centuries-old Korean royal books from Paris to Seoul between March and May beginning with the first shipment later this month.Officials from the national museums of the two countries signed the agreement in Paris on Wednesday to transport 297 volumes of the "Oegyujanggak" to Seoul in four shipments from March 28, according to th
Books March 17, 2011
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S. Korea delays repatriation of N. Koreans, citing technical glitch
South Korea said Thursday it will delay the repatriation of 27 North Koreans who had been set to cross the Yellow Sea border later in the day without four others who have defected here, citing a malfunction in the fishing boatthat was to carry them back home.The Unification Ministry said in a message to reporters that the South Korean Red Cross notified its North Korean counterpart of the delay th
North Korea March 17, 2011
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Five missing S. Koreans rescued in Japan
Five South Korean residents and travelers who went missing after a massive earthquake hit Japan's northeast region were rescued on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said. Members of a British search and rescue team begin their search for trapped people as snow falls in Kamaishi, Japan, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Two search and rescue teams from the U.S. and a team from the U.K. with combined numbers
Social Affairs March 17, 2011
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London marks countdown with launch of ticket sales
LONDON (AP) _ London is preparing to mark the 500-day countdown to the 2012 Olympics with the launch of ticket sales for the first home games since 1948.With Tuesday marking exactly 500 days to go until the opening ceremony on July 27, 2012, organizers will open applications for the 6.6 million tickets on offer.The 2012 London Olympic Games logo (AP-Yonhap News)Demand is expected to be high for th
More Sports March 16, 2011
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N. Korea agrees to partial repatriation of its nationals in S. Korea
North Korea agreed Tuesday to the repatriation of only 27 of its 31 nationals held in South Korea after their wooden boat drifted to the South last month, withdrawing its earlier demand that all of them, including four who have expressed their wish to defect, be returned, officials said.The agreement, expressed through the Red Cross channel of the two countries, ends the deadlock that has lasted s
Latest News March 15, 2011
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(URGENT) Tokyo stocks dive 10.55% on nuclear fears
TOKYO, March 15, 2011 (AFP) - Tokyo shares closed down 10.55 percent onTuesday as panicking investors dumped stocks after the government said risingradiation levels at a stricken nuclear plant posed a threat to health.
Latest News March 15, 2011
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(URGENT) Japan stocks plunge 11 percent
TOKYO, March 15, 2011 (AFP) - Tokyo shares plunged 11.03 percent as Japan's nuclear crisis escalated on Tuesday, after radiation levels near aquake-stricken nuclear plant surged following explosions and a fire.The Nikkei index lost 1,061.35 points to 8,559.14.
Latest News March 15, 2011
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Fire extinguished at crippled Japan nuclear plant
SOMA, Japan (AP) _ Japan's nuclear safety agency says a fire in a reactor at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan has been extinguished.The fire broke out Tuesday at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in one of the hardest-hit provinces in last week's massive earthquake and tsunami.Meanwhile, radiation was spewing from the Dai-ichi plant in a dramatic escalation
Latest News March 15, 2011
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N. Korea not opposed to discussing uranium enrichment in six-party talks
North Korea told a visiting top Russian diplomat that it does not oppose discussing its uranium enrichment activity in the stalled six-party talks once they resume, a report said Tuesday.North Korea also told Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin that Pyongyang was ready to rejoin the talks "without any preconditions" and hopes to work under an "action-for-action principle," the offici
Politics March 15, 2011
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Online sites top newspapers for Americans: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) - More Americans are getting their news from the Internet than from print newspapers for the first time as audience figures for cable news programs fall, according to a report released on Monday.The State of the News Media 2011 report by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism said that in another first, online advertising revenue topped that of print newspapers last year.Fo
Technology March 15, 2011
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