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Russian girls urged to take off clothes to support Putin

An online campaign urging women to rip off their clothes in support for Vladimir Putin is spicing up Russia’s tense presidential race. The movement was launched by a group called “Putin’s Army,” which opened its homepage on Russia’s leading social-networking service, vkontakte.ru/armiaputina, over the weekend. A video clip on the site features three young women asking Russian girls to tear off the

World News July 18, 2011

Russian girls urged to take off clothes to support Putin

Beckham baby debuts on Facebook

Television July 18, 2011

S. Korea, Japan to begin consultations on return of looted royal books

South Korea and Japan will start working-level consultations early next month on the return of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean royal archives that Japan took during its 1910-45 colonial rule, foreign ministry officials said Monday. The planned consultations, which will come about nine months after Japan promised to hand them over to South Korea in a goodwill gesture, are aimed at discuss

International July 18, 2011

Falls, eye test may give clues to Alzheimer's

PARIS (AP) -- Scientists in Australia are reporting encouraging early results from a simple eye test they hope will give a noninvasive way to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease.Although it has been tried on just a small number of people and more research is needed, the experimental test has a solid basis: Alzheimer's is known to cause changes in the eyes, not just the brain. Other scientists in t

Technology July 18, 2011

Falls, eye test may give clues to Alzheimer's

Clarke holds nerve to seal British Open triumph

SANDWICH (AFP) -- Darren Clarke held his nerve to clinch victory at the British Open here Sunday, becoming the oldest winner of the championship in 44 years as he ended his long wait for a Major. The popular 42-year-old from Northern Ireland kept his cool in demanding conditions to card a level-par 70, leaving him five under for the tournament and three strokes clear of Americans Phil Mickelson an

Golf July 18, 2011

Clarke holds nerve to seal British Open triumph

Mubarak, long-time pharaoh with recent health problems

CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, whose health was the subject of contradictory reports on Sunday two weeks before he was due to face trial on August 3 for murder and corruption, enjoyed near absolute power for three decades as president before being toppled in February.The health ministry denied a report that he had gone into a "full coma" at the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been

World News July 18, 2011

British police chief quits over phone-hacking scandal

LONDON (AFP) -- Britain's most senior police officer Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday, citing allegations about Scotland Yard's links to Rupert Murdoch's empire amid the phone-hacking scandal."I have this afternoon informed the Palace, the Home Secretary and the Mayor of my intention to resign as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service," Stephenson said in a statement.British police have

World News July 18, 2011

British police chief quits over phone-hacking scandal

China discloses J-10 fighter jet base to S. Korean defense chief

China disclosed a J-10 fighter jet base to the visiting South Korean defense minister last week, a defense official in Seoul said Sunday, a move signaling Beijing's intent to further strengthen bilateral defense and military exchanges.South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin visited a Chinese air force training base in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, on Saturday, the last day of his three-day visit

Defense July 18, 2011

Time for U.S. to decide on N. Korea food aid: expert

Dragging its feet on food aid for North Korea, the United States is sending the wrong signal to the international community that the communist nation is not in urgent need of food handouts, an expert said."Taking no decision is really a decision," Roberta Cohen, human rights specialist at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, said in a recent report.She said that a delay in the U.S. decision

North Korea July 18, 2011

Apple may have violated local laws

Apple Inc. may have violated local laws when it tracked the whereabouts of iPhone users, which if found to be true could spell bigger trouble for the California-based company.Sources close to the situation said tracking and storing information on the location of the users may have infringed on domestic laws on location information. In Korea, it is illegal to collect information about the location

Social Affairs July 15, 2011

Diners who use big forks eat less: study

(AFP) WASHINGTON — Researchers have found a new way to control the amount we eat: use a bigger fork.While numerous studies have focused on portion sizes and their influence on how much we eat, researchers Arul and Himanshu Mishra and Tamara Masters looked at how bite sizes affect quantities ingested.To do this, they conducted field research in a popular Italian restaurant in the southwestern Unite

World News July 15, 2011

Diners who use big forks eat less: study

It's tough at the top for alpha males: study

It's tough at the top for alpha males: studyWASHINGTON (AFP) -- If you're feeling envious of your boss's paycheck, a study out Thursday shows that success comes with high stress, possibly as much as faced by those who have to struggle to find a bite to eat.The results of nine years of research on wild baboons, published in the journal Science, suggest that despite perks like easy access to mates a

Technology July 15, 2011

Korean young guns impress at British Open

SANDWICH (AFP) -- South Korean young guns Noh Seung-yul and Hwang Jung-gon led the Asian charge at the British Open on Thursday, signaling their talent with sub-par rounds at Royal St George's.Asian Tour number one Noh is determined to impress on the biggest stage of all and knows that he is capable of doing so following a one-under-par 69 which upstaged some of the world's biggest names.Korea's J

Golf July 15, 2011

Korean young guns impress at British Open

S. Korea, U.S. start talks on renewing nuclear accord

Senior South Korean and U.S. diplomats began a new round of negotiations here Thursday on Seoul's pursuit of expanding its peaceful nuclear technology.The two-day meeting, the third of its kind, will focus on fine-tuning the wording of a draft agreement presented in the previous round, according to officials.The existing treaty, signed in 1974, expires in March 2014.South Korea is seeking to revis

North Korea July 15, 2011

U.S. Senate sets hearing on Sung Kim's nomination

The U.S. Senate plans to hold a confirmation hearing for Sung Kim, the nominee to become ambassador to South Korea, next week, a related committee announced Thursday.The hearing will be held on Thursday at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, presided over by Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA), the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said. He is chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Aff

International July 15, 2011

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