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N. Korea's rocket fueling imminent
North Korea is expected to begin fueling a long-range rocket soon, the final step toward its launch set for as early as this week, a South Korean official said Monday."North Korea has only fueling remaining after completing the installation of three stages of boosters on a launch pad," the official said on condition of anonymity. "Fueling is expected to begin soon, considering it usually takes two
North Korea April 9, 2012
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Police chief to resign
Police chief Cho Hyun-oh offered to step down Monday, days after police drew fire for responding poorly to a rape victim's emergency phone call, leaving her to be killed by her rapist.Cho, commissioner of the National Police Agency (NPA), issued an apology at his office in Seoul, saying he will take responsibility for the tragic incident."I express my condolences to the victim's family and ask for
Social Affairs April 9, 2012
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Ex-con wins national scholar prize
Walter Fortson after prison went to Rutgers University using a program for ex-offenders -- and now has been selected as a 2012 Truman Scholar. (MCT)Fortson was arrested in May 2007 for possession of crack cocaine, marijuana and two handguns. A student at Temple University at the time with a 3.5 grade point average, Fortson turned to selling drugs to make money, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported."
People April 9, 2012
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Turkmen president wins on racing track
Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader has proven he doesn't only win elections easily, coming first in a car race he wasn't even supposed to take part in. Turkmenistan`s President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov sits in a Volkicar after winning a car race in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News)President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov drove to the racing track in a Bugatti sports car Saturday mo
World News April 9, 2012
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Australian actor Matthew Newton arrested in Miami
Authorities say Australian actor Matthew Newton has been released from a Miami jail following a weekend arrest.A Miami-Dade County jail official says the 35-year-old Newton was arrested Friday evening on charges of resisting police and trespassing on property after a warning. He was released Saturday evening on $2,000 bond.Newton has had legal troubles before.In 2010, Australian ``Transformers'' a
Television April 9, 2012
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'Three Cups of Tea' author to repay charity $1 mn
A US author nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work building schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan has agreed to repay $1 million to his charity after a probe into financial misdealings.Greg Mortenson (http://www.gregmortenson.com/)Greg Mortenson, who wrote the best-selling "Three Cups of Tea" account about his work, has also agreed to resign from his charity's board for "financial transgress
People April 6, 2012
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Opposition party urges N. Korea to call off rocket launch
The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) urged North Korea on Friday to immediately halt its planned long-range rocket launch, as the communist nation is believed to be making final preparations.The North is expected to put the Unha-3 rocket on a launch pad as early as Friday or Saturday, according to news reports citing government sources. Pyongyang says it will fire off the rocket betwe
North Korea April 6, 2012
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Sex offenders booted from videogame playgrounds
New York State's top prosecutor on Thursday announced that thousands of sex offenders have been kicked out of online playgrounds popular with young videogame lovers.Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that 3,580 accounts belonging to people compelled by law to register with authorities for sex crime convictions were booted from online videogame platforms in an operation dubbed "Game Over.""We
Social Affairs April 6, 2012
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Player scores 113 points in Lebanese league game
Mohammad El Akkari has joined the elite century club after scoring 113 points in a Lebanese league game.The guard led Moutahed to a 173-141 victory over Bejjeh in a Division A league game on Tuesday.The website of basketball's world governing body said El Akkari is the first player to score more than 100 points in an official league game in any of its Asian national federations.Two players achieve
More Sports April 6, 2012
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25 years for Russian arms dealer in NY terror case
A defiant Russian arms dealer dubbed the Merchant of Death for his history of arming violent dictators and regimes was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison, far short of the life term prosecutors sought for his conviction on terrorism charges that grew from a U.S. sting operation.Viktor Bout's sentence was the mandatory minimum he faced, though federal sentencing guidelines had called for life
World News April 6, 2012
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$4.76 sketch turns out to be a Warhol
A British man who bought a handful of sketches at a Las Vegas rummage sale for $4.76 said one of them turned out to be an Andy Warhol worth $2.06 million. Andy Warhol`s "Marylin" -- This photo is not directly related to the story. (AFP-Yonhap News)Andy Fields of Tiverton, England, said he bought a few pieces of art from the sale in 2010 and later learned one of the pieces was an original sketch be
Culture April 6, 2012
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Abducted Pakistani teen starved to death in Greece: police
A Pakistani youth was starved to death in Greece after being held to ransom by kidnappers for more than two months, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported on Thursday, citing police sources. (MCT)The 17-year-old had been found dead by relatives in January on a street bench in west Athens following a tip-off from the kidnappers who had helped bring him to Greece in the first place.Police said t
World News April 6, 2012
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Radioactive fluid leaks at French nuclear reactor
Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.A reactor at the power plant in Penly on the English Channel near the port of Dieppe shut down automatically after two small fires broke out Thursday, the plant's operator EDF said.Firefighters easily extinguished the blazes but a c
World News April 6, 2012
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Japan to approve annual diplomacy report renewing claim to Dokdo
Japan's cabinet plans to approve an annual foreign policy report Friday that renews Tokyo's territorial claim to Seoul's easternmost islets of Dokdo, a diplomatic source said Thursday. In a move certain to deepen diplomatic tension with South Korea, the Diplomatic Blue Book 2012 will reiterate claims that Dokdo is Japanese territory historically and under international law, the source said on cond
Foreign Affairs April 5, 2012
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S. Korean game addict accused of killing baby
A South Korean woman has been detained for killing her baby who was born while she was playing online games, police said Thursday.They said the 26-year-old gave birth while at an Internet cafe in Seoul on March 25. She allegedly put the infant in a plastic bag, sealed it and dumped it in a nearby parking lot.The woman had visited Internet cafes almost daily, police said."She was playing games unti
Social Affairs April 5, 2012
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