HELSINKI, Dec 21, 2011 (AFP) - Finland has launched a probe after 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles were found in a ship bound for the Chinese port city of Shanghai, police said."An investigation found 69 Patriot missiles, explosive material and propelling charges," a police statement said.The miss

World News Dec. 22, 2011

AMSTERDAM (AP) _ A Dutch broadcaster _ renowned for testing the limits of good taste and the law _ says it will air a segment in which two presenters engage in cannibalism by eating a small chunk of one another's fried flesh.A BNN spokesman said Tuesday the men had each had a small piece of tissue s

World News Dec. 21, 2011

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leah Garrapy produced so much breast milk for her baby Ella that she stuffed freezers with leftovers. She posted online that she's sell the surplus for $2 an ounce."I was running out of space,"said Garrapy, 25, who lives near Boynton Beach, Florida. "If I can sell some and mak

Podcast Dec. 21, 2011

PARIS, Dec 21, 2011 (AFP) - Fame boosts the risk of early death for rock stars but the claim that the peril is greatest at the age of 27 is false, according to a study published on Tuesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).The theory of the "27 Club" spread earlier this year when Amy Winehouse jo

Performance Dec. 21, 2011

North Korea Dec. 21, 2011

A European Union design Apple Inc. (AAPL) used to win a sales ban on Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1 tablets may be of limited value after new evidence was introduced in an appeal of the decision, a German court said. Samsung introduced as evidence a U.S. utility patent using a type of flat sc

Technology Dec. 21, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top memory chipmaker, is also becoming a major supplier of laptop computers, more than quadrupling its global market share in just four years, market observers said Tuesday.The company's global market share rose from 1.4 percent in 2007

Technology Dec. 20, 2011

BEIJING, Dec 19, 2011 (AFP) - China on Monday offered its "deep condolences" on the death of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a foreign ministry spokesman said."We are shocked to learn that DPRK top leader comrade Kim Jong Il passed away and we hereby express our deep condolences on his demise a

North Korea Dec. 19, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The North Korean military and people have pledged to follow the leadership of the late leader's heir apparent Kim Jong-un to carry on the legacy of the communist state, its state media said Monday, amid growing uncertainty over the power transition.The North's state media

North Korea Dec. 19, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has made no decision on whether to express condolences on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, a senior official at the foreign ministry said Monday. President Lee Myung-bak was holding an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeti

North Korea Dec. 19, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul government set up an emergency economic monitoring center Monday to help minimize possible impact from growing regional uncertainties stemming from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death.The move came hours after the North's state media reported that Kim died Sa

North Korea Dec. 19, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak called on South Koreans on Monday to remain calm and focus on their usual business without being shaken by the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, his office said.The statement came after Lee held an emergency meeting of the National Security Council."The government wil

North Korea Dec. 19, 2011

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed Monday to work closely together to cope with the aftermath of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, an official said.In a telephone call around 2 p.m., the two leaders agreed that the two allies will keep a close wat

North Korea Dec. 19, 2011