LONDON (AFP) ― International donors pledged $4.3 billion to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, at a London conference Monday.GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation), the group backed by Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates, said the funding would save more than four million lives over the next four years.Britain pledged $1.3

People June 14, 2011

   Scientists have uncovered a trio of genes tied to migraine headaches, including one in which the link is exclusive to women, according to a study published Sunday.   Migraines are acutely debilitating headaches -- sometimes with an "aura", in which patients have the impression of seeing through frosted glass -- that strike up to 20 percent of the population.   Scientists describe the condition,

Technology June 13, 2011

People June 12, 2011

국내에서는 1위 무선통신사업자인 SK 텔레콤이지만, 유독 해외무대에서는 연이은 고배를 마셨다.　미국과 중국 같은 여러 해외시장에 발을 들여놓으려고 지난 6년 동안 노력해왔지만 대부분이 실패했다.　정만원 SKT 전 대표도 이런 현상을 빗대어 “잃어버린 6년”이란 표현을 썼을 정도다.　국내에서는 우수한 성적을 거두는 SKT가 해외시장에서 맥을 추스르지 못하는 이유는 해외시장에 대한 이해부족과 과감한 재정적인 투자가 뒷받침이 되지 않았기 때문이라고 전문가들은 얘기한다.　　“통신망이라는 게 국가적인 재산인데 성공하기가 쉽지 않다. 기왕 할거면 엄청난 투자가 들어가야 하는데 그런 부분은 하지 못하면서 퍼포먼스는 빨리 내고 싶어하기 때문”이라고 안재민 키움증권 애널리스트는 말했다.　시장에 대한 이해없이 사업을 벌인 대

Podcast June 12, 2011

   ROME (AP) _ Lady Gaga sang a few bars of her smash hit ``Born This Way'' and demanded the end of discrimination against gays as she proclaimed herself a ``child of diversity'' at a gay pride rally Saturday night in the ancient Circus Maximus.   The star, whose ``Born This Way'' album recently topped 1 million sales in a week, delighted tens of thousands of people at a brief concert in the vast

Performance June 12, 2011

   South Korea's private universities could cut tuition fees by as much as 15 percent if the government funds their scholarship programs, the head of a private universities' council said Sunday, amid a growing political debate over tuition cuts.   Park Chul, who heads a council of presidents of private universities, told Yonhap News Agency in an interview that the council is surveying its members

Politics June 12, 2011

　Warren Buffett’s annual charity lunch auction raised a record $2.63 million on the final day of the weeklong contest after the bidder who’d already won offered more cash to set the mark. 　The revised winning bid for a steakhouse meal with the 80-year-old billionaire beat by $100 the record set last year by an unidentified donor. This year’s contest is the 12th benefiting San Francisco’s Glide cha

June 12, 2011

A 12-year-old boy accused of murdering his little brother could be sentenced to life.Cristian Fernandez from Florida is charged with first-degree murder and will be facing trial as an adult.According to reports, Cristian repeatedly struck his 2-year-old brother David’s head while his mother was out. David was later found unconscious bleeding badly.When the mother, Biannela, returned home, she trie

World News June 10, 2011

A Korean soldier reportedly rescued two victims from a car accident and also caught the hit-and-run driver.Park Sam-young, sergeant, was on the way to the hospital where his 4-year-old son was admitted when he saw an automobile driving in wrong direction, towards his car. While Park managed to avoid it, another car behind him could not, resulting in a severe crash The sergeant ran to the destroyed

World News June 10, 2011

A woman from the Netherlands has engraved 152 of her online friends on her arm.While some criticize that friendships within the world-famous social network are just temporary, the woman proved that they can be far more permanent.After the tattoos were done, she posted a video clip on YouTube. In the video’s description, she wrote: “These are not all my friends. Just the people I care most about. I

Technology June 10, 2011

Cheongju Heungdeok Police Station have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly posed as an agent from the National Security Agency to deceive his classmates.The accused, identified by his surname Lee, approached to one of his classmates and said that he is an agent from NSA. After buying his trust, the swindler persuaded his friend to make an investment in the Daegu English Village project.Lee pr

Social Affairs June 10, 2011