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Discord spreads within main opposition party over gov't reorganization bill
Discord began to spread within the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) Friday as it faced growing pressure to pass a controversial bill seen as blocking the new government's launch.The bill, which calls for a reorganization of the government's structural layout, has been stuck in parliament since the end of January due to disagreement between the DUP and the ruling Saenuri Party.The deadlock has led new President Park Geun-hye to hold off on formally appointing chiefs of ministries tha
Politics March 8, 2013
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Texas couple accused of trafficking teen
A Fort Worth, Texas, couple are facing charges for allegedly prostituting a 15-year-old girl, police said.Deundrea R. Miller, 27, and Brittanie S. Brattain, 21, of Saginaw, allegedly recruited the teen, called "Jewel" in a federal criminal complaint against them, and forced her into prostitution from September until January, when the teen ran away, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported.The suspects allegedly met Jewel in September, took suggestive pictures of her and placed advertisement
World News March 8, 2013
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Bieber recovering after fainting at London concert
Justin Bieber is recovering after fainting backstage at a concert in London.A spokeswoman for Bieber said late Thursday that the 19-year-old pop star was given oxygen and took a 20-minute reprieve after fainting backstage at London's O2 Arena.Bieber posted a shirtless photo of himself in a hospital bed late Thursday with the caption: “Gettin better listening to Janis Joplin.” Before that on Twitter he thanked “everyone pulling me thru tonight.”“Best fans in the world,” he wrote. “Figuring out wh
Performance March 8, 2013
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Rivera plans to retire after 2013
The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.The New York Yankees reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after this season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no official statement. A news conference was called for Saturday at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Florida.The 43-year-old closer is Major League Baseball's saves leader with 608.
Baseball March 8, 2013
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U.N. sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures. In the wake of fresh U.N. sanctions leveled at North Korea on Thursday for its latest nuclear test, the question is: Will this time be different?Since 2006, North Korea ha
World News March 8, 2013
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Steady U.S. job gains likely continued in February
U.S. job growth probably continued at a modest but steady pace last month, buoyed by consumer spending and strength in the housing and auto industries.Economists forecast that employers added 152,000 jobs in February, according to a survey by FactSet, about the same as in January. The unemployment rate likely dipped to 7.8 percent from 7.9 percent.The Labor Department is scheduled to release the jobs report at 1330 GMT Friday.More hiring is needed to swiftly reduce the unemployment rate, which h
World Business March 8, 2013
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北 “남북 불가침 합의 폐기, 판문점 직통전화 단절”
북한이 8일 유엔 안보리의 새 제재와 한미합동군사연습에 반발, 남북간 맺은 불가침 합의를 전면 폐기하고 남북직통전화 등 판문점 연락통로를 단절한다고 선언했다. 평양의 조국평화통일위원회는 이날 발표한 성명에서 ‘키 리졸브’와 ‘독수리’ 한미합동군사연습을 “우리에 대한 침략행위로 북남 사이의 불가침에 관한 합의를 전면적으로 뒤집어 엎는 파괴행위”라고 규정하고 “조선정전협정이 완전히 백지화되는 3월 11일 그 시각부터 북남 사이의 불가침에 관한 합의들도 전면 무효화될 것을 공식 선언한다”고 밝혔다. 이날 노동당 기관지 노동신문은 인민군 장령(장성) 강표영이 전날 평양 김일성광장에서 열린 평양시 군민대회에 참석, 군 장병 대표연설에서 “조국통일대전의 출발진지를 차지한 인민군 장병들은 방아쇠에 손을 걸고 명령만을 기다리고 있으며 이미 타격목표를 확정한 대륙간탄도미사일들을 비롯한 각종 미사일들은 경량화, 소형화되고 다종화된 핵탄두들을 장착하고 대기상태에 있다“고 말했다.강표영은 한국의 중장급인
한국어판 March 8, 2013
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Man with mental illness arrested in Insa-dong arson
A 52-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of setting fire to a restaurant in Seoul's cultural district of Insa-dong last month, police said Friday.The suspect, only identified by his surname Ahn, is accused of torching the closed restaurant in the dense area of downtown central Seoul on Feb. 17, that ripped through a total of 11 buildings, they said. The blaze caused hundreds of tourists and residents in nearby neighborhoods to be evacuated.Ahn, with a record of mental illness, was found
Social Affairs March 8, 2013
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Park vows to deal strongly with N. Korean provocations
South Korean President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to deal strongly with North Korean provocations as tensions on the divided peninsula have risen sharply with the communist nation making harsh war threats day after day."Our current security situation is very grave. North Korea pressed ahead with a nuclear test and long-range missile development, and is threatening to nullify the Armistice Agreement," Park said during a joint commissioning ceremony for graduating military cadets at the Gyeryongda
North Korea March 8, 2013
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Mexico arrests 7th suspect, a teen, in Acapulco rape
A teenager was arrested for the rape of six Spanish tourists last month in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, the Guerrero state attorney said Thursday.The latest arrest in the grisly crime puts the final suspect in the case behind bars, said the southwestern state's attorney general Martha Elva Garzon.She declined to give the suspect's name or age, but said he was being held at a special center for teenagers in Chilpancingo, the state capital.In addition to rape, he may be charged with theft
World News March 8, 2013
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'Cannibal cop' trial goes to jury
A federal court jury in New York began deliberation Thursday after hearing closing arguments in the trial of accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle.Valle, a former New York City police officer, sobbed in court Thursday as his lawyer, public defender Julia Gatto, told jurors he had a penchant for "disturbing porn" and his alleged plot to kidnap, cook and eat women was a product of "sick thoughts" and "ugly fantasies" that should not land him in prison, the New York Post reported.Gatto argued that
People March 8, 2013
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Lawyer: Teen's dad is Jordan, not woman's ex
A lawyer for a woman who says Michael Jordan fathered her teenage son is attacking the basketball hall of famer's allegation that her ex-husband has been established as boy's dad.Pamela Smith last month sued Jordan and asked that he take a paternity test and pay child support. Jordan has said he's not the father and filed motion to have her lawsuit dismissed.A lawyer for Jordan said in a court filing last week that Smith's divorce filings established her ex-husband as the teen's father. The resp
More Sports March 8, 2013
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Unidentified life pulled from frozen lake
Water samples from an ancient lake buried under ice near the South Pole contain a type of life not found anywhere else on Earth, Russian researchers say.Bacteria found in probes of water from sub-glacial Lake Vostok do not match any of the 40-plus known subkingdoms of bacteria, Sergei Bulat of the Laboratory of Eukaryote Genetics at the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute said.“After excluding all known contaminants ... we discovered bacterial DNA that does not match any known species liste
Technology March 8, 2013
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After delay, Senate confirms Brennan for CIA
The Senate confirmed John Brennan to be CIA director Thursday after the Obama administration bowed to demands from Republicans blocking the nomination and stated explicitly there are limits on the president's power to use drones against U.S. terror suspects on American soil.The vote was 63-34 and came just hours after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, held the floor past midnight in an old-style filibuster of the nomination to extract an answer from t
World News March 8, 2013
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U.N. approves new sanctions against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, and a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States.The sanctions drafted by North Korea's closest ally, China, and the United States send a powerful message that the international community condemns Pyongyang's ballistic missile and nuclear tests _ and repeated violations of Security Council resolutions. “Adoption of the resolution itself is n
North Korea March 8, 2013
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