ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Greece's outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou said Wednesday that an agreement had been reached with the opposition on the creation of an interim government that will secure the country's new debt deal.The two main parties, Papandreou's Socialists and the opposition conser

World News Nov. 10, 2011

ROME (AP) _ With markets tumbling around the globe, Italy's president promised emphatically Wednesday that Silvio Berlusconi will step down soon as premier and lavished honors on a leading economist, who instantly became Berlusconi's presumed successor.Across the Ionian Sea, the debt crisis in Greec

World News Nov. 10, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- The new U.S. ambassador to South Korea was set to arrive in Seoul on Thursday to take up his post, a U.S. embassy official said. Sung Kim, a career diplomat with expertise on the North Korean nuclear issue, was sworn in last week as Washington's top envoy to Seoul, becomin

Foreign Affairs Nov. 10, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- The government is consulting with an association of university presidents about ways to curb expensive tuition costs and will soon unveil a plan to cut fees by 5 percent on average next year, the education minister said Wednesday. South Korean universities are under public

Politics Nov. 9, 2011

BUSAN, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction hammered out a tentative agreement with its unionized workers on Wednesday to end an 11-month-long labor dispute sparked by the shipmaker's massive layoffs. The provisional deal calls for the shipmaker to reinstate within one year 94 f

Social Affairs Nov. 9, 2011

Russian probe launched to Mars' moon failsMOSCOW (AP) _ A daring Russian mission to fly an unmanned probe to Phobos, a moon of Mars, and fly samples of its soil back to Earth was derailed right after its launch by equipment failure.The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) craft was successfully launched by a

World News Nov. 9, 2011

The US Supreme Court delved Tuesday into the issue of privacy amid 21st century technology, hearing arguments on whether police can use a GPS device attached to a vehicle to track a suspect without a search warrant.The US government asked the justices to reinstate the conviction of Washington nightc

World News Nov. 9, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's jobless rate fell in October from a month earlier and job creation accelerated at the fastest pace in 17 months, showing signs that long-frozen labor conditions might be thawing, a report showed Wednesday.The jobless rate stood at 2.9 percent last month, down

Nov. 9, 2011

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korea has lifted its block on donating medicine to North Korea via the World Health Organization, amid signs of easing tension between the countries.South Korea previously had donated to a WHO program to send medicine and medical supplies to the North, but asked the o

North Korea Nov. 8, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the offices of two affiliates of the South Korean conglomerate SK Group early Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations that the founding family misappropriated company funds. Scores of prosecutors searched the offices of SK Holdings Co.,

Industry Nov. 8, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.The verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray marked the latest chapter in one

Performance Nov. 8, 2011