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World’s millionaires rose by 8.3% last year, Merrill Lynch says

Global millionaires’ ranks rose by 8.3 percent last year as the Asia-Pacific region overtook Europe for the first time, according to a report by Capgemini SA and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. The number of individuals with at least $1 million of investable assets increased to 10.9 million after markets rebounded following the financial crisis, according to the 15th annual World Wealth Re

June 23, 2011

Magnitude-6.7 quake hits Japan

In this Saturday, March 19, 2011 file picture, evacuees from Futaba, a town near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, arrive at their new evacuation shelter at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, near Tokyo. (AP-Yonhap News)NEW YORK (AP) – A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rattled northeast Japan on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.It was the

World News June 23, 2011

Pakistan militants force girl to wear suicide vest

World News June 22, 2011

Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief

U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon (AP-Yonhap News)UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously to give Ban Ki-moon a second term as secretary-general Tuesday, praising him for strengthening the world body's role and visibility in difficult circumstances.The 192-member assembly applauded loudly as it adopted a resolution giving the 67-year-old South Korean diplomat another fiv

Foreign Affairs June 22, 2011

Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief

N. Korea increases imports of anti-riot gear from China

BEIJING, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently created a special police task force and bought large amounts of anti-riot gear from China in an apparent attempt to cope with any possible riots in the North, a source said Tuesday.The communist North purchased tear gas, helmets and shields through Chinese merchants in China's northeastern city of Shenyang in recent months, the source said.The

North Korea June 21, 2011

Thousands in Portland take to bikes for naked ride

World News June 20, 2011

India releases oldest prisoner, aged 108

India's oldest inmate Brij Bihari Pandey was released at 108.LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - Prison authorities in India have released the country's oldest inmate, 108-year-old Brij Bihari Pandey, who was convicted of a murder he committed at the age of 84, officials said Saturday.Pandey, a Hindu priest, was freed on Friday by a court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on humanitarian grounds as prison

Foreign Affairs June 20, 2011

India releases oldest prisoner, aged 108

Nearly 150 hurt in Vancouver riot following loss

Canucks fans jump onto a destroyed car during a riot in Vancouver, Canada, June 15, 2011. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)Riot police look on as two police cars burn during a riot in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia Wednesday, June 15, 2011 following the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in game 7 of the Stanley Cup hockey final.(AP-Yonhap News)VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ Almost 150 p

World News June 17, 2011

Nearly 150 hurt in Vancouver riot following loss

Number of mobile phone users in N. Korea tops 500,000: operator

The number of mobile phone users in North Korea has topped 500,000, according to a cell phone service provider's data disclosed Friday, in a sign of growing mobile penetration in the isolated country.Egypt's Orascom Telecom has been providing mobile services in North Korea since 2008 through Koryolink, a joint venture set up with the North.The number of subscribers in the North jumped to more than

International June 17, 2011

Scientists ID mysterious flash in distant galaxy

This artist's image provided by the University of Warwick shows a star being distorted by its close passage to a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Astronomers think they have solved the mystery of an extraordinary flash spied in a faraway galaxy, saying it came from a massive black hole that devoured a star after it wandered too close.The awesom

Technology June 17, 2011

Scientists ID mysterious flash in distant galaxy

Lunar eclipse turns moon blood red

SYDNEY, June 16, 2011 (AFP) - The longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade turned the moon blood red on Thursday, yielding a rare visual treat for stargazers across a large swathe of the planet from Australia to Europe.The first eclipse of the year -- when the Earth casts its shadow over the moon -- was seen in parts of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.Often the moon turns brown in an eclipse

June 16, 2011

Hollywood's Natalie Portman gives birth to a boy

Natalie Portman poses backstage with the Oscar for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Black Swan" at the 83rd Academy Awards. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES, June 15, 2011 (AFP) - Actress Natalie Portman, who in February won an Oscar for her lead performance in the ballet-themed thriller "Black Swan," has capped off her banner year with the birth of a son, US media reported Wednesd

Film June 16, 2011

Hollywood's Natalie Portman gives birth to a boy

U.S. desires to avoid 'mistakes' in talks with N. Korea

WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- The United States is prepared to talk with North Korea, but a basic principle is to avoid the "mistakes" made in previous negotiations with the communist nation, an outgoing top State Department official said.In an interview published Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told Foreign Policy, a U.S.-based magazine, that Washington has no surprising new policy o

North Korea June 15, 2011

German two-year-old dies from E. coli

BERLIN (AFP) – A two-year-old boy Tuesday became the first child to die in an outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli in Germany that authorities say is abating, taking the death toll to at least 37.The child died in hospital in Hanover overnight after becoming infected with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), authorities in the northern state of Lower Saxony said.He had been in intensive care for

World News June 15, 2011

S. Korea's jobless rate stands at 3.2 pct in May

South Korea's jobless rate remained unchanged in May from a year earlier, but it fell sharply from the previous month as the private sector increased employment amid an economic recovery, a government report showed Wednesday.The jobless rate was 3.2 percent last month, unchanged from the same month a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea. However, it was down from 3.7 percent i

June 15, 2011

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