Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Societyresearch organisation have developed a machine that makes artificialskin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metres

Technology Dec. 26, 2011

Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Society research organisation have developed a machine that makes artificial skin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metr

World News Dec. 26, 2011

Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Societyresearch organisation have developed a machine that makes artificialskin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metres

World News Dec. 26, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Salvation Army kettles brought in more than 4.48 billion won (US$3.9 million) for the annual red kettle campaign this year, an all-time high despite global economic difficulties, the charity said on Monday."We have collected more than 4.48 billion won to date

Culture Dec. 26, 2011

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.Sakineh Moh

Podcast Dec. 26, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Friday they have requested a warrant to arrest the vice chairman of South Korea's No. 3 conglomerate SK Group on suspicions of embezzling a massive amount of group funds. Chey Jae-won, 48, is suspected of embezzling up to 100 billion won (US$87 million) fr

Social Affairs Dec. 23, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court on Friday upheld a 20-year sentence for a medical doctor who killed his pregnant wife during a quarrel, rejecting his appeal to overturn an earlier conviction.Upholding the lower court's ruling in September, the Seoul High Court found the 31-year-ol

Social Affairs Dec. 23, 2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A strong earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee into the streets. There was no tsunami alert issued and the city appeared to have been sp

World News Dec. 23, 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec 22, 2011 (AFP) - A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year on Thursday.Other top achievements of 2011 included a Japanese spacecraft'

Technology Dec. 23, 2011

Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is unlikely to win a ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1N tablet computer, a modified version introduced after sales of the original tablet were blocked, a German court said.The Dusseldorf court that banned sales of the Galaxy 10.1 on Sept. 9 is un

Technology Dec. 23, 2011

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea says a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky began glowing red above sacred Mount Paektu just minutes before leader Kim Jong Il's death.State media say the ice on volcanic Lake Chon at the mountain in the far north cracked with a load roar.And in the city of H

North Korea Dec. 22, 2011

The life sentence for a Somali pirate who hijacked a South Korean freighter and shot its captain early this year was upheld in the Supreme Court Thursday, denying his last appeal.The court upheld the ruling for Mahomed Arai’s, 21, the leader of five pirates captured on the hijacked ship, Samho Jewel

Social Affairs Dec. 22, 2011

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo was selected as the second-most influential figure in the world’s automotive industry by U.S.-based publication Motor Trend.Last year, Chung ranked fifth on the “power list” named by the auto magazine.Over the past few years, Hyundai Motor and its affiliat

Mobility Dec. 22, 2011