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Report: Toxic homebrew kills 16 in India

NEW DELHI (AP) _ An official says at least 16 people have died after drinking a toxic home-brewed liquor over the weekend in southern India.Gaurav Uppal, a top district administrator, says another 24 poor villagers are being treated in hospitals in the Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh state. An In

World News Jan. 2, 2012

Report: Toxic homebrew kills 16 in India

Lee vows to open 'window of opportunity' in ties with N. Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that South Korea will open a "window of opportunity" in improving relations with North Korea as the North's new leader Kim Jong-un took over the communist state following the death of his father. "The most important target at this moment

Politics Jan. 2, 2012

Disgraced lawmaker offers to leave GNP over hacking incident

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- A ruling party lawmaker said Monday that he will leave the Grand National Party (GNP) over a cyber attack on the national election watchdog involving one of his aides, though he continued to deny any involvement in the widening scandal.The move came after the party's emerge

Politics Jan. 2, 2012

Viagra may help treat heart failure

BOCHUM, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, may ease heart symptoms because it makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic, U.S. and German researchers say.Dr. Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Institute of Physiology, in cooperation with colleague

Technology Jan. 2, 2012

N. Korea's new leader visits tank division on New Year's Day

SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un visited a tank division on Sunday, the state media said, paying his first apparent inspection visit to the military since the death of his father in a clear indication that he would inherit Kim Jong-il's "military-first" policy. The youn

North Korea Jan. 2, 2012

Four people killed in shipyard explosion

ULSAN, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- An explosion occurred at a shipyard in the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan on Friday, killing four workers, police said.The explosion is believed to have been set off by an oxygen cutting machine and took place at a small-size shipmaker, Sejin Heavy Industries, based

Social Affairs Dec. 30, 2011

Veteran economist named new trade minister

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak named a veteran economist as trade minister on Friday, an official said, as the country's free trade agreement with the United States is set to take effect early next year. In a minor Cabinet reshuffle, Bark Tae-ho, a professor of the Graduate Schoo

Foreign Affairs Dec. 30, 2011

Ex-dissident and minister Kim Geun-tae dies at 64

(Yonhap News)Kim Geun-tae, a renowned pro-democracy activist and politician who laid the cornerstone of South Korean democracy, died of complications from pneumonia and blood poisoning on Friday. He was 64.He served as leader of the former ruling Uri Party and health and welfare minister during the

Politics Dec. 29, 2011

Ex-dissident and minister Kim Geun-tae dies at 64

Photo of Kim Jong-il's funeral was doctored: NYT

North Korea's state news agency has transmitted altered photographs of the funeral procession for the late leader Kim Jong-il held in Pyongyang on Wednesday, New York Times reported.The New York Times and the digital forensics expert Hany Farid of Dartmouth College analyzed a photograph distributed

North Korea Dec. 29, 2011

Photo of Kim Jong-il's funeral was doctored: NYT

Oklahoma baby is 3rd sickened by rare bacteria

ATLANTA (AP) — An Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by a rare type of bacteria sometimes associated with tainted powdered infant formula.The child, from Tulsa County, was infected with Cronobacter sakazakii but fully recovered, health officials said Wednesday. An Illinois c

Technology Dec. 29, 2011

Chimp from 1930s Tarzan films dead at 80

Cheetah, a chimpanzee said to have performed in the "Tarzan" films of the 1930s, has died at the age of 80, according to the Florida sanctuary where he lived."It is with great sadness that the community has lost a dear friend and family member on December 24, 2011," the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in

World News Dec. 29, 2011

Chimp from 1930s Tarzan films dead at 80

Study points to origin of syphilis

ATLANTA, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A study has confirmed syphilis did not exist in Europe before Columbus made his 1492 voyage, and it came back with his crew, researchers say.Anthropologists at Emory University say they re-analyzed European skeletons that some previous researchers said proved syphilis exist

Technology Dec. 28, 2011

Report: Schwarzenegger and Shriver may get back together

Los Angeles (dpa) - Maria Shriver is considering putting herdivorce from former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger onhold, celebrity website TMZ.com reported Monday. Shriver, who is a scion of the Kennedy political clan, filed fordivorce from the action movie star-turned-Republican polit

Television Dec. 27, 2011

Report: Schwarzenegger and Shriver may get back together

French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits

NEW YORK, Dec 26, 2011 (AFP) - Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.Tens of thousands of women worldwide have been fitted with the implants, w

Technology Dec. 27, 2011

French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits

Texas police: Man in Santa suit killed 6 relatives

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Police in a quiet Fort Worth suburb worked Monday to piece together a family history after a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit apparently shot six relatives and himself on Christmas.Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the costum

Podcast Dec. 27, 2011

Texas police: Man in Santa suit killed 6 relatives

Articles by Cho Chung-un