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Dog nurses abandoned kitten

(AP)A Minnesota woman said her 4-year-old Pekingese adopted a newborn kitten found by her grandson and began producing milk for the tiny feline.Pat Weber of Jordan said her teenage grandson found the days-old kitten, which had yet to open its eyes, on the floor of their pole barn, where it had apparently been abandoned by its mother, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Tuesday."He brought her in

World News Sept. 26, 2012

Former P.M. Abe wins Japan opposition party vote

Japan's main opposition party chose former premier Shinzo Abe as its new leader Wednesday, a victory likely to see him reinstated as prime minister in general elections expected this year.The hawkish conservative, who was Japan's youngest ever prime minister during his year-long stint, comfortably beat his rival in a run off for the job of president of the Liberal Democratic Party.In a speech afte

World News Sept. 26, 2012

"말춤 춰 보라!"는 백인관객에 분노폭발 한 타이거 JK , 막말 퍼부어

이거 JK가 지난 22일, ‘크리에이터스 프로젝트’ 공연 도중 백인 관객들에게 인종차별적인 발언을 퍼부은 것에 대해 트위터를 통해 사과의 뜻을 표명했다.그는 트위터를 통해 “다시 한번 (인종차별 발언에 피해를 입은) 선량한 분들에게 사과합니다”라고 말하면서 자신이 이날 한 행동은 정당화될 수 없다고 말했다.타이거 JK가 트위터에 올린 글에 따르면 이날 백인관객 중 일부가 계속해서 그에게 싸이의 ‘강남스타일’에 나오는 말춤을 추어보라고 요구했다고 한다.그는 이에 분노해 “난 당신들을 웃기려고 여기 온 것이 아니다. 춤 추려고 온 것도 아니다”라고 했다고 한다. 타이거 JK는 이후 백인들을 향해 자신이 “미쳐 날뛰었다 (went crazy)”고 적었다. 또한 그는 백인 관객들에게 욕설을 퍼부으며 CNN과 헐리

Podcast Sept. 26, 2012

158.2-carat diamond unearthed in Russia

(UPI)A Russian diamond mining company said it has unearthed a rare 158.2-carat diamond worth more than $1.5 million.Alrosa, Russia's largest diamond mining company, said the gem was discovered this month at factory No. 16 of the Nyurbinsk mine in the Republic of Yakutia, northeastern Russia, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday."In the estimate of Alrosa's specialists, this diamond may be sold for over $1

Arts & Design Sept. 26, 2012

Obama snubs N. Korea in U.N. speech, focuses on Middle East

U.S. President Barack Obama made no mention of North Korea when he addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.It is the first time that Obama did not raise the North Korea issue in his U.N. speech since taking office in 2009.Indeed, North Korea, armed with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, was once a frequent topic in major speeches on foreign affairs by U.S. presidents.But Obama skipped

North Korea Sept. 26, 2012

여친의 '매춘' 과거 알고 광분한 남자 결국...

페루에서 한 여성이 TV 퀴즈쇼에서 자신의 과거를 고백했다가 남자친구에게 살해당하는 사건이 일어났다.현지 언론 보도에 따르면 브라이언 로메로 레이바는 자신의 여자친구 루스 탈리아 사야즈 (19) 씨를 살해하고 지난 주말, 에콰도르로 도주하려던 도중 체포되었다 한다. 레이바는 퀴즈쇼를 통해 자신의 여자친구가 과거 나이트클럽에서 일한 적이 있으며 매춘경험도 있다는 것을 알게 된 후 분노해 이와 같은 일을 저질렀다.문제의 퀴즈쇼는 현재 페루에서 엄청난 인기를 끌고 있는 토요 프로그램 ‘엘 발로 드 라 베르다드 (진실의 가치)’로서 출연자들은 개인적인 질문에 대한 답변을 하는 대가로 거액을 받게 된다. 21가지 질문에 모두 답한 출연자는 5만 솔 (한화 약 2천1백만원)을 받을 수 있다.이 프로그램에 지난 7월에

Podcast Sept. 25, 2012

Gov't to buy land for controversial presidential retirement home

The government said Tuesday it will buy a plot of land where President Lee Myung-bak once sought to build his retirement home, raising suspicions it might be intended to offset losses for the land's co-owner who is the president's son.According to the finance ministry, the government decided to purchase the 463-square-meter plot in Naegok-dong on the southern edge of Seoul at the previous acquisit

Politics Sept. 25, 2012

Did rock-swapping bring life to Earth?

(123rf)Microorganisms embedded in fragments of distant planets that crashed to Earth might have been seeds of life on our planet, U.S. and European researchers say.Scientists from Princeton University, the University of Arizona and the Centro de Astrobiologia in Spain, writing in the journal Astrobiology, said there is a possibility that life came to Earth -- or spread from Earth to other planets

Technology Sept. 25, 2012

Ex-professor gets life for shooting rampage

(123rf)Amy Bishop, who shot six members of the University of Alabama faculty in 2010, killing three, was sentenced Monday to life without parole.A jury found Bishop guilty of one count of capital murder just hours after her trial began, WAFF-TV, Huntsville, reported.The jury of eight men and six women, including two alternates, was sworn in after a brief selection process in an accelerated trial e

World News Sept. 25, 2012

Ex-professor gets life for shooting rampage

Korea ready to raise history issue at U.N. assembly: minister

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan on Monday stressed the importance of promoting "correct history" at the United Nations.Kim said he discussed history issues in a bilateral meeting here with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi. The ministers are visiting New York to attend the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly."We agreed with the need to publicize history, I mean correct history

Foreign Affairs Sept. 25, 2012

Consumer sentiment stays below par for 2nd month in Sept.

South Korean consumers' confidence stayed below par for the second straight month in September as the protracted eurozone debt crisis heightened economic uncertainties, the central bank said Tuesday.The consumer sentiment index -- a gauge of consumers' overall economic outlook, living conditions and future spending -- came in at 99 for September, unchanged from the previous month, according to a s

Sept. 25, 2012

Pentagon: S. Korea has many options to help U.S. missile defense

A senior Pentagon official said Monday that South Korea has "a lot of ways" to help the U.S. missile defense system in Northeast Asia."Yes, there are a lot of ways one can contribute," Kathleen Hicks, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, said at a forum. "We do have dialogue with the (South) Koreans about how to contribute to missile defense."She was responding to Yonhap News Ag

Defense Sept. 25, 2012

Kumho Tire reaches tentative wage deal with union

Kumho Tire Co. reached a tentative wage deal with its union early Tuesday after overnight marathon negotiations, the company said.Under the agreement, South Korea's second-biggest tire maker will give workers 2.5 million won (US$2,200) and 50 percent of their monthly wages as lump-sum incentive payments.The labor union will vote on the tentative agreement on Thursday.The tentative deal came more t

Industry Sept. 25, 2012

Ahmadinejad shrugs off military strike threat

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shrugged off threats of a military strike on his country's nuclear facilities, showing defiance ahead of his final appearance at the UN General Assembly this week.In previous years, the Iranian leader has regularly sparked United Nations walkouts over his comments on Israel, and Israel's UN ambassador again marched out when Ahmadinejad appeared at a meeting on

World News Sept. 25, 2012

S. Korea refutes Japanese PM's remarks on wartime sexual slavery

Japan should resolve a long-standing grievance regarding Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves during World War II through a sincere apology and compensation, a senior Seoul official said Monday, refuting published remarks on the matter by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.The issue of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of tens of thousands of Korean women for its front-line soldiers is

Foreign Affairs Sept. 24, 2012

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