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30 immigrants dig out of detention in Indonesia

SURABAYA, Indonesia, Jan 18, 2012 (AFP) - Thirty Pakistani and Afghan immigrants tunneled their way out of an Indonesian detention centre using spoons, nails and wooden sticks, an official said Wednesday.The men escaped through the two-metre tunnel in Surabaya city on Monday after digging their way

World News Jan. 19, 2012

30 immigrants dig out of detention in Indonesia

Lack of sleep makes your brain hungry

New research from Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that a specific brain region that contributes to a person's appetite sensation is more activated in response to food images after one night of sleep loss than after one night of normal sleep. Poor sleep habits can therefore affect people's risk of

Technology Jan. 19, 2012

Kim Jong-il said to tell N. Koreans to follow Jong-un before death

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Kim Jong-il, the late North Korean leader, told officials two months before his sudden death in December to respect and follow his youngest son and heir apparent Kim Jong-un, the North's state media reported Wednesday.Kim told officials on Oct. 8 they need to follow Kim Jo

Social Affairs Jan. 18, 2012

Smoke bomb thrown over White House fence

WASHINGTON, Jan 17, 2012 (AFP) - Protestors linked to the "Occupy" movement apparently threw a smoke bomb over the White House fence on Tuesday, capping a day of protests in Washington, the Secret Service said.No arrests were made after demonstrators from the Occupy DC group marched on the White Hou

World News Jan. 18, 2012

Apple files design suit in Germany seeking to ban 10 Samsung smartphones

(Bloomberg)Apple Inc. filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone models, including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II. The suit targeting 10 smartphones was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple design rights Apple in Europe,

Technology Jan. 18, 2012

Apple files design suit in Germany seeking to ban 10 Samsung smartphones

Italy captain denies abandoning ship as toll rises to 11

The captain of the doomed Italian cruise liner denied Tuesday he had abandoned ship, as rescue divers found another five bodies in the wreckage, bringing the death toll to 11.A dramatic port authority recording of a telephone exchange as the disaster unfolded showed that captain Francesco Schettino

World News Jan. 18, 2012

Italy captain denies abandoning ship as toll rises to 11

Footage under scrutiny in Calif. murder-suicide

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Police are combing through video footage of a woman who recorded herself smoking methamphetamine before shooting her two young children, their father, a cousin and herself, seeking clues into a weekend tragedy that unfolded in California's Central Valley.The apparent murd

World News Jan. 18, 2012

Footage under scrutiny in Calif. murder-suicide

Ireland's former richest person declared bankrupt

DUBLIN (AP) _ A famed entrepreneur who was once rated Ireland's richest person was declared bankrupt Monday as a bank pursues him for debts exceeding (euro) 2.1 billion ($2.7 billion).Lawyers for tycoon Sean Quinn withdrew his opposition to a Republic of Ireland bankruptcy order sought by the former

World News Jan. 17, 2012

N. Korea suspected of trying to hack into Seoul university

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is suspected of masterminding last year's attempt to hack into the e-mail accounts of a Seoul university's graduate school alumni, school officials said Tuesday.The Graduate School of Information Security at Korea University said it has conducted a joint invest

Social Affairs Jan. 17, 2012

Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk

WASHINGTON (AP) — Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first "mama" or "dada."Florida scientists di

Technology Jan. 17, 2012

Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk

Samsung Group to invest 47.8 tln won this year

Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate, said Tuesday it plans to spend a record 47.8 trillion won ($41.6 billion) on investment this year despite growing economic uncertainty. A man walks behind a Samsung Electronics Co. logo at the company's flagship store in Seoul, South Korea, on Thurs

Industry Jan. 17, 2012

Samsung Group to invest 47.8 tln won this year

Australia experts call for energy drink warnings

SYDNEY, Jan 16, 2012 (AFP) - Researchers in Australia on Monday called for health warnings on caffeine-loaded energy drinks following a spike in the number of people reporting medical problems after drinking them.Health professionals from the University of Sydney's Medical School and the New South W

Technology Jan. 16, 2012

Australia experts call for energy drink warnings

'Born This Way' -- Madonna ripoff?

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Madonna says fellow U.S. pop singer Lady Gaga ripped off her 1989 hit "Express Yourself" to create what Lady Gaga calls the gay anthem "Born This Way."When Lady Gaga performed the song at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, there were already extensive rumblings concerni

Television Jan. 16, 2012

Perry: Marines in video are 'kids,' not criminals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.Perry's comments put him at o

Podcast Jan. 16, 2012

Oslo court orders new psychiatric evaluation for gunman

OSLO, Jan 13, 2012 (AFP) - An Oslo court on Friday ordered a new psychiatric evaluation of Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July, after an earlier and widely contested test found him criminally insane. "Due to the gravity of this case, the criminal responsibility

World News Jan. 13, 2012

Articles by Cho Chung-un