BRUSSELS (AFP)— An unidentified flying object photographed high in the Belgian sky that puzzled even NASA scientists turns out to have been a fake made out of foam, the man behind the hoax said Tuesday.Though scientists pored over the picture of a triangular-shaped flying saucer with four lights, allegedly photographed in April 1990 by a young worker, the mystery remained intact until the man's re

Technology July 27, 2011

The Norwegian mass murderer wished to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak along with other global leaders, according to reports.Anders Behring Breivick included President Lee on the list of global leaders that he want to meet in his 1,518 page document entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.”　He mentioned the Pope and Putin, and other global leaders such as Geert Wilders and

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.Instead, Delta Force police officers made the 25-mile (40-kilometer) journey by car _ they have no helicopter _ then had to be rescued by a civilian craft when their boat broke down as it tried to navigate a one-minu

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young man whose last phone conversation with his father broke off with the words, ``Dad, someone is shooting.''All were among the 76 victims of Friday's bombing in downtown Oslo and the island summer-camp shooting spree t

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting that killed 76 people in Norway sees himself as ``some kind of savior'' and is likely insane, his attorney said Tuesday, though the lawyer said he did not know whether he would use an insanity defense.Geir Lippestad told The Associated Press in an interview that his client, Anders Behring Breivik, is unaware of the impact of the atta

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The father of a victim of the Norway massacre said Tuesday his son was full of love for people and for the outdoors _ and the young man's last words to him were ``Dad, someone is shooting.''Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief

World News July 27, 2011

CHUNCHEON, South Korea (Yonhap) -- Heavy torrential rains pounded the nation's central regions, causing a landslide in a mountain resort east of Seoul that killed nine and destroyed four buildings, emergency rescue workers said as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning.The landslide, which occurred just after midnight near the Soyang River Dam about 100 kilometers east of Seoul, destroyed a pension and th

Social Affairs July 27, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) _ To some, Park Ji-sung seemed to be nothing more than a human marketing ploy when he arrived at Manchester United in 2005.Fans figured the English Premier League team simply wanted to raise its profile and sell more merchandise in Asia, and adding a South Korean player seemed to be the easiest path for the world's most popular club to reach an even broader audience.So much for that:

Soccer July 26, 2011

A British man irritated by noise from a late night party allegedly stabbed a female guest to death and injured a male attendee.Heather Dyer, 22 years old, was declared dead at the scene on Saturday 2:30 a.m. (local time) after being stabbed in the chest twice. The other victim is currently in hospital in a serious condition.The murderer, whose name has not been released, was furious about the nois

July 26, 2011

Some Australian construction companies based in Sydney have been accused of maltreatment of immigrant workers, labor unionists said.The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) of Australia claimed they are taking advantage of foreign workers by hiring them through illegitimate procedures while paying wages below minimum level.CFMEU estimated that of 13,000 temporary foreign workers

Industry July 26, 2011

A female Korean student died in Ghana while apparently trying to escape from potential abduction, according to Korean government on Monday. The 21-year-old victim, a student from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, was on a trip with other four classmates for a school project to research the slave trade.The team had landed on Kotoka International Airport in the capital Accra on Sunday H

Social Affairs July 26, 2011

CAPE TOWN, July 24, 2011 (AFP) - A 50-year-old South African man thought to be dead woke up in a chilly morgue on Sunday and shouted to be let out, scaring off two attendants who thought he was a ghost, local media reported."His family thought he had died," health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo told the Sapa news agency."The family called a private undertaker who took what they thought was a dead body to

Podcast July 25, 2011