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Korea Post insurance to cut duration gap

Jan. 1, 2012

HP looks to the ‘cloud’

Technology Jan. 1, 2012

Some Democrats to fight Obama on Korea FTA

Jan. 1, 2012

BOK under pressure to tighten this week

Dec. 26, 2011

Foreign exchange reserves hit new high

Dec. 25, 2011

Lee, Hong say won’t run in April election

Two ruling party lawmakers ― Rep. Lee Sang-deuk, the elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, and Rep. Jungwook Hong ― said Sunday they will not run in next year’s general election.Reps. Lee Sang-deuk and Jungwook HongTheir annoucement came as the ruling party faces a virtual collapse in the wake of an election defeat and a series of scandals that have been bringing down its prospects for next year’s major elections. .Lee, a six-term lawmaker, was apparently put under pressure by last week’s al

Politics Dec. 11, 2011

Lee, Hong say won’t run in April election

Electronic microchips added to hotel towels to ban snatching

Electronic microchips added to hotel towels to ban snatchingAn American linen company has introduced new towels and robes equipped with electronic chips for hotels in order to prevent guests from taking them home.Linen Tracking Technology, a firm based in Miami, launched the new products attached with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags under association with Fluensee, another technology fi

Technology Aug. 1, 2011

Forgiven Iran acid attacker will not be blinded

TEHRAN (AFP) - An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student who was to have been blinded himself on Sunday in retribution was pardoned by his victim, the state-run television website said."With the request of Ameneh Bahrami, the acid attack victim, Majid(Movahedi) who was sentenced for 'qesas' ('eye for an eye'-style justice) was pardoned at the last minute" after she

July 31, 2011

Researchers say humans crowded out Neanderthals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Were the Neanderthals simply crowded out by the ancestors of modern humans?That's the theory of a pair of British researchers, who say early modern humans outnumbered Neanderthals by 10-to-1 in a region of southwestern France they studied.Scientists have long debated the circumstances in which modern people replaced Neanderthals across Europe about 40,000 years ago. Leading resea

Technology July 31, 2011

Earth shares its orbit with tiny asteroid

NEW YORK (AP) -- Like a poodle on a leash, a tiny asteroid runs ahead of Earth on the planet's yearlong strolls around the sun, scientists report.The discovery of this companion, which measures only about 300 meters across, makes Earth the fourth planet in the solar system that's known to share its orbit with an asteroid. This handout image released on July 27, 2011 illustrates the orbit of 2010 T

Technology July 31, 2011

Earth shares its orbit with tiny asteroid

Victims of Umyeon landslides to seek legal action

Residents of mountainside villages hit by multiple landslides from Mount Umyeon may sue local authorities, claiming that their neglect led to the calamity which claimed the lives of 18. Kwak Chang-ho, who represents tenants of Raemian Art Hill Apartment in Bangbae-dong, in Seoul’s southern ward of Seocho, said Sunday that he will work to form an emergency committee of tenants in order to prepare f

Social Affairs July 31, 2011

Cheers to screams as jet from NY crashes in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong.The Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashed through a chain-link fence and broke in half just short of a deep ravine. Yet all 163 people on board survived.Officials were starting to

World News July 31, 2011

Cheers to screams as jet from NY crashes in Guyana

Late attempt at debt-limit deal to avert default

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and Republican congressional leaders made significant progress late Saturday toward a deal to avert a government default threatened for early next week, according to officials familiar with the talks.Under the plan, the nation's debt limit would rise in two steps by about $2.4 trillion and spending would be cut by a slightly larger amount, the officials said. The

World News July 31, 2011

Famous Spanish restaurant El Bulli shuts, for now

ROSES, Spain (AP) -- El Bulli, one of the world's most acclaimed and award-winning eateries, has served its last supper.On the final menu Saturday were 50 dishes with intriguing names like ``Clam Meringue,'' ``Olive Spheres,'' and ``Hot Cold Gin Fizz.'' This March 30, 2011 file photo shows Spanish chef Ferran Adria as he tastes some food in the kitchen of his restaurant elBulli in Roses, Spain. (A

Food July 31, 2011

Famous Spanish restaurant El Bulli shuts, for now

4 killed in explosion as rival workers rumble in China

Four people were killed and 16 others injured during a fight between two groups of workers after one faction detonated explosives in northwestern Gansu Province on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.The blast occurred at around 2:30 p.m. near a railway tunnel at a construction site in the Wudu District of the city of Longnan. Workers from the Wuguan highway construction crew, a section of the Lan

World News July 31, 2011

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