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Senior North Korean leader meets Chinese president
The powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday morning, after Beijing earlier in the week agreed to help Pyongyang revamp two trade zones near the Chinese border.The high-level talks are a sign that Beijing and Pyongyang are strengthening ties after Kim took over following his father's death last year. State media have said
North Korea Aug. 17, 2012
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S. Korea reaffirms it will not go to int'l court over Dokdo
South Korea will reject a reported proposal by Japan to take the issue of Dokdo, Seoul's easternmost islets claimed by Tokyo as its territory, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), reaffirming its stance that Dokdo is "clearly a Korean territory historically, geographically and under international law," officials said Friday. Japan has considered asking the ICJ to resolve the issue of Dokdo
Politics Aug. 17, 2012
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N. Korea could produce dozens more nukes: study
North Korea could build an arsenal of up to 48 nuclear weapons, several times more than it has now, if the communist state were able to step up its program unchecked, a US think tank said Thursday.North Korea's nuclear program is shrouded in secrecy, but the Institute for Science and International Security used limited available information to chart out different scenarios for Pyongyang's progress
North Korea Aug. 17, 2012
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Shitterton called worst-named British town
Shitterton, a hamlet in Dorset, has been voted the most unfortunate name in Britain, findmypast.co.uk announced Wednesday.In fact, Dorset -- a county better known for its beautiful coast, the old city of Dorchester and the countryside described by novelist Thomas Hardy -- had three places in the top 10, making it the loser among counties, the Dorset Echo reported. Scratchy Bottom was in the No. 2
World News Aug. 16, 2012
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Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies
Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Aug. 3, 2012. (AP-Yonhap News)The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band are mobilizing this week in at least two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Ru
Performance Aug. 16, 2012
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Unification Church sends letter asking prayers for founder's recovery
Unification Church has sent copies of a letter from its leader to followers around the world confirming news on the grave illness of its founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon and asking them to pray for his recovery, the church said Thursday.Moon, 92, is being treated in an intensive-care unit at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in southern Seoul for pneumonia, according to hospital officials.In the letter, Rev. H
Social Affairs Aug. 16, 2012
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Why incompetent people are often promoted
(123rf)The lure of social status promotes overconfidence and helps explain why there is such an abundance of delusional confidence, U.S. and Spanish researchers say.The study, scheduled to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, sheds light on why incompetent people are so often promoted over their more competent peers.Study co-authors Cameron Anderson, Don Moore and Jess
Technology Aug. 16, 2012
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Ruling party expels scandal-ridden member
The ruling Saenuri Party said Thursday that it has expelled its former lawmaker Hyun Ki-hwan for being allegedly implicated in a money-for-nomination scandal ahead of April's parliamentary election.The decision reached by the party's nine-member Supreme Council comes after the central ethics committee rejected an appeal request made by Hyun on Tuesday. The move is also aimed at reducing the fallou
Politics Aug. 16, 2012
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West Nile virus kills 17 in Texas, sickens hundreds
(123rf)The southwestern US state of Texas is battling an outbreak of the West Nile virus, with 17 deaths blamed on the mosquito-borne disease, authorities said Wednesday.Throughout the state 465 people have been sickened since the start of the year, putting it on track to have the most cases since the disease first emerged a decade ago, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.The county
Technology Aug. 16, 2012
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Police: NJ man locked girlfriend in room for years
(MCT)Police searching an apartment for drugs found a woman they believe was kept padlocked in a bedroom for long periods of time over the last several years — perhaps as long as a decade.State police said members of their street gang unit discovered the 44-year-old woman on Thursday as they searched the Paterson home of 42-year-old Michael Mendez, believed to be a member of the Latin Kings street
World News Aug. 14, 2012
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Evidence for story of Samson and the lion?
(123rf)Israeli archaeologists say a recently unearthed seal may add substance to the biblical story of Samson and the lion.A seal measuring about a half-inch in diameter, which depicts a human figure next to a lion, was discovered at the archaeological site of Beth Shemesh, located between the biblical cities of Zorah and Eshtaol where the Bible's book of Judges says Samson was born, flourished an
Culture Aug. 14, 2012
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Leading labor group withdraws support for progressive party
South Korea's progressive umbrella union on Tuesday announced it will withdraw support for the minor Unified Progressive Party (UPP), citing failure of the party to push forward meaningful reforms.The decision by the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) made in an 11 hour-long marathon discussion session, comes after the UPP failed last month to pass a motion expelling Reps. Lee Seok-ki and
Politics Aug. 14, 2012
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Police shoot, kill man near NYC Times Square
(123rf)Police shot and killed a man they say lunged at them with a knife in a confrontation that began in Times Square and drew officers and spectators on a chase that ended with shots fired near one of New York's most heavily touristed areas.The encounter played out Saturday around 3 p.m., when officers approached a 51-year-old man they say appeared to be smoking marijuana near West 44th Street a
World News Aug. 14, 2012
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Egypt's president seizes powers back from military
Egytpian President Mohamed Morsi (AFP-Yonhap News)Egypt's Islamist president ordered the retirement of the defense minister and chief of staff on Sunday and made the boldest move so far to seize back powers that the military stripped from his office right before he took over. Mohammed Morsi has been locked in a power struggle with the military since he took office on June 30. But after militants k
World News Aug. 13, 2012
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London celebrates athletic feats with music as Olympic Games ends
(Yonhap News)The 2012 London Olympics drew to a close Sunday with a ceremony celebrating great athletic achievements over the past 17 days with some of the finest in British music.The Olympic Flame was extinguished, and London handed over the Olympic Flag to Rio de Janeiro, the host of the next Summer Games in 2016, as the British capital wrapped up an eventful Olympics where records were broken a
Olympic Games Aug. 13, 2012
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