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Heart disease is No. 1 killer, can sneak up on women: report

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Heart disease can sneak up on women in ways that standard cardiac tests can miss.It’s part of a puzzling gender gap: Women tend to have different heart attack symptoms than men. They’re more likely to die in the year after a first heart attack.In fact, more than 40 percent of women still don’t realize that heart disease is the No. 1 female killer. One in 30 women’s deaths in 2007

Technology July 7, 2011

Heart disease is No. 1 killer, can sneak up on women: report

Piloxing: ‘Sleek, sexy, powerful!’

ST. LOUIS ― The women inside the Webster Groves, Missouri, studio looked as though they were channeling Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Baryshnikov and any of a dozen Hollywood starlets who have long lean torsos (think Gwyneth Paltrow).They stood, feet apart, abdomens sucked in, punching the air with their right fists. Their left hands were raised to their left ear in a protective manner as instructor Krist

More Sports July 7, 2011

Ministry considers imposing tax on junk foods, alcohol

The government is considering levying health promotion tax on alcohol and junk food in a bid to cut snowballing medical costs for treating chronic illnesses. A Ministry of Health and Welfare committee on Wednesday considered the new tax as a way to extend the country’s disability-adjusted healthy life expectancy to 75 years by 2020. According to the World Health Organization’s definition, the DAHL

Social Affairs July 6, 2011

Korea launches new volunteer corps

Members of “Korea Hands” and guests cheer at the launch ceremony of the state-led volunteer group at Yonsei University in Seoul on Tuesday. (Ahn Hoon/The Korea Herald)Korea Hands youth, elderly members committed to varied charity workA total of 500 “young people” and 200 elderly citizens in Gyeonggi and South Jeolla provinces devoted themselves to charity work for their local communities on Tuesd

Social Affairs July 5, 2011

Chief prosecutor offers to resign over investigation right feud

Prosecutor General Kim Joon-gyu on Monday expressed his willingness to step down from his position in protest against political circles’ attempt to weaken his organization’s status. If his offer to resign is accepted, Kim will be the highest ranking and the sixth prosecutor to quit over the recent passage of a bill empowering police officers by sharing investigation rights currently exclusive to t

Social Affairs July 4, 2011

Chief prosecutor offers to resign over investigation right feud

40% of business heirs studied abroad: report

Four out of every 10 conglomerate heirs have been educated abroad, a local institute revealed Monday. The younger they were, the more likely they were to have been to high schools, universities and higher educational institutes overseas, said Chaebol.com, a website dedicated to researching large corporations. According to its report of 146 direct members and cousins of the owners of the 30 largest

Social Affairs July 4, 2011

Child, man shot dead outside Philly; 3 hurt

GILBERTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting in a rural area outside Philadelphia has left two people dead and three others injured, and a manhunt is under way for the shooter.Police were sent to Douglass Township in Montgomery County late Saturday after reports of a shooting.First Assistant District Attorney Kevin R. Steele confirmed with The Associated Press on Sunday that a child and an

World News July 3, 2011

Thai election results show ousted PM's party ahead

BANGKOK (AP) — The proxy party of exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appeared poised for victory Sunday in fractious Thailand's elections, preliminary results from the Election Commission showed. If confirmed, the outcome would mark an extraordinary political comeback for Thaksin and his allies five tumultuous years after his overthrow in a military coup.With 56 percent of the vote counted,

World News July 3, 2011

Heavy rain to continue throughout week

A week of heavy rain will hit the Korean Peninsula with more than 100 milliliters of precipitation expected daily. People should take extra care to ensure their safety, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Sunday while announcing the weekly weather forecast. According to the agency, the rain front currently bringing 120 milliliters of precipitation a day will continue until Monday morning

Social Affairs July 3, 2011

28 killed in Syria Friday: rights group

NICOSIA (AFP) - Syrian security forces killed 28 civilians as more than half a million people rallied on Friday for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, a human rights group said. Many victims were protesters demanding the overthrow of the president but 16 were killed in the northwestern province of Idlib where the army has swept into villages to quash dissent, the National Organisation for

World News July 2, 2011

17 children dead in Philippine flash flood

MANILA (AFP) - At least 17 children and infants were among 30 people killed after a towering flash flood hit one of the Philippines' largest provincial centers, the government said Saturday. The victims were swept away after the Pangi river in the southern city of Davao burst its banks on the night of June 28, said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. At one point durin

World News July 2, 2011

Chinese tourists arrive in N. Korea amid inter-Korean tour dispute

A Chinese tourism delegation has arrived in North Korea, Pyongyang's state media said Saturday, amid the North's efforts to revitalize a stalled tour program to a scenic mountain that once served as its key cash cow. The trip comes weeks after the North announced a law designed to develop Mount Kumgang as a special zone for international tours. It marked the first time Chinese have traveled

Social Affairs July 2, 2011

Kookmin Bank's ATM network paralyzed for unknown reason

Some automated teller machine (ATM) services of Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, were paralyzed for around three hours on Saturday morning, bank officials said, rekindling concerns over banking security in the untry. Customers had difficulties depositing and withdrawing money through ATMs across the nation between 7:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., according to the officials. Kookmin Bank

Social Affairs July 2, 2011

11 Afghans killed by roadside bomb: official

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Eleven members of an Afghan family were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their minibus in southern Afghanistan Saturday, a local official said. "Eleven civilians were killed after an IED (improvised explosive device) hit their vehicle today at 7:50 a.m.," Mohammad Jaan Rasulyar, deputy provincial governor of Zabul told AFP. "They were en route to Ghazni pr

World News July 2, 2011

Obama chooses new counterterror chief

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice for his next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House announced Friday.Olsen, if confirmed by the Senate, would direct the National Counterterrorism Center, an agency born in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on America

World News July 2, 2011

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