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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Israeli scientists develop cancer 'cluster bomb'
Israeli medical researchers say they have developed a new technique for blasting cancer tumours from the inside out which reduces the risk of the disease returning after treatment.Tel Aviv University professors Yona Keisari and Itzhak Kelson are about to start clinical trials of a pin-sized radioact
Dec. 14, 2011
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Facebook aims to help prevent suicide
MENLO PARK, California (AP) _ Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook's “chat” messaging system.The service is the latest to
Dec. 14, 2011
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Founding Apple contract sells for $1.6 million
A three-page contract that established Apple Computer Co. (AAPL) sold for $1.59 million at Sotheby’s (BID) in New York today, soaring past the presale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. The bidding started at $70,000 in a half-empty room attended by about 20 people and almost as many Sotheby’s staffe
Dec. 14, 2011
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Smoking strongly associated with non-melanoma skin cancers in women: study
Women who smoke are more likely to suffer from skin cancer, a study found, reported Science Daily.According to the study, women who have smoked for 20 years or more are twice likely to suffer from the disease. A woman smokes a cigarette in New York (Bloomberg)Study results showed that cigarette
Dec. 13, 2011
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Chinese media say 15 killed in school bus crash
BEIJING (AP) _ Chinese state media say a school bus belonging to a primary school has overturned, killing at least 15 students, despite a recent government pledge to improve school safety after an earlier crash of a school van. The official Xinhua News Agency did not give the ages of the victims
Dec. 13, 2011
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New method boosts blood-clotting for hemophiliacs
ATLANTA (AP) _ In what's being called a landmark study, researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat six patients with severe hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder.The study was preliminary and involved only six patients, and other promising early attempts to use gene therapy against hemophil
Dec. 12, 2011
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Obesity-related illnesses to cost S. Korea 3.4 trillion won: report
Obesity-related illnesses, such as diabetes and strokes, may cost South Korea up to 3.4 trillion won (US$2.97 billion) in various social costs this year, nearly double the amount from 2005, a report said Monday.According to the report by a research team from the country's Inje University, social cos
Dec. 12, 2011
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British teen becomes youngest to ski to South Pole
LONDON (AFP) - Amelia Hempleman-Adams, a 16-year-old schoolgirl whose father was the first Briton to reach the South Pole alone and unsupported, on Friday became the youngest person to ski to the bottom of the world.Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with a Union Jack at the South Pole on Dec. 9 after bec
Dec. 11, 2011
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Climate conference approves landmark deal
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) -- A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change.The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would ensure that countries will be
Dec. 11, 2011
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Cat’s 26 toes help boost US animal shelter
GREENDALE, Wisconsin (AP) -- In a reversal of fortunes, a once-unwanted cat has come to the rescue of an animal shelter in need of a new home.However, this orange-and-white tabby named Daniel is no typical cat. He has a near-record 26 toes, a phenomenon that is helping the nonprofit Milwaukee Animal
Dec. 11, 2011
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Buffett tips his farmer son as next Berkshire chair
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Mega-billionaire Warren Buffett says his son, a corn farmer, would be a good replacement for him as chairman of his $245 billion investment giant Berkshire Hathaway.Warren Buffett (AP-Yonhap News)Buffett told CBS television that Howard Buffett, 56, would be a good "guardian of
Dec. 11, 2011
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Police shoot gunman as he stalks Hollywood streets
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 26-year-old man walked down the middle of a street in Hollywood, firing on passing cars with no clear target until police shot and killed him, authorities said. A passing driver was injured.Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the attack, which some people thought
Dec. 11, 2011
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Anne Frank's pre-war apartment to open to public
An Amsterdam apartment where Jewish teenager Anne Frank and her family lived for nine years before going into hiding due to the Nazi occupation will be opened Saturday, a spokesman for its owner said."Around 400 people will be allowed to enter the home," Andre Bakker, a spokesman for the Ymere socia
Dec. 9, 2011
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Study shows rats nice, not naughty
WASHINGTON (AP) _ New experiments show rats demonstrating compassion and helping other rodents. It is a trait some scientists thought was reserved only for humans and higher primates.And it is certainly not the sneaky, selfish rap that goes with calling someone a dirty rat.In repeated tests, rats fr
Dec. 9, 2011
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Planet in sweet spot of Goldilocks zone for life
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside Earth's solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It is a bit too big.The planet is smack in the middle of what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone, that hard to fin
Dec. 6, 2011
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US investigates modern art forgery: report
NEW YORK (AFP) - US federal authorities are investigating whether paintings and drawings sold by elite New York art dealers as the work of Modernist masters are in fact fakes, The New York Times reported Saturday.The pieces purported to be by artists like Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock, sold
Dec. 4, 2011
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Did FDR conceal Pearl Harbor intelligence?
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AFP) - For more than 70 years, some have believed that US president Franklin D. Roosevelt had received intelligence about an imminent 1941 Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor but willingly chose not to act on it.The theory goes that Roosevelt believed the shock
Dec. 4, 2011
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Korean dogfighting racket busted in Philippines
MANILA (AFP) - Police have arrested six South Koreans suspected of running a massive, high-tech dogfighting operation where matches in the Philippines were shown online to overseas bettors, police said Saturday.About 240 pitbulls were confiscated in the raid late Friday from a secluded compound wher
Dec. 4, 2011
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Apple juice can pose a health risk _ from calories
It's true _ apple juice can pose a risk to your health. But not necessarily from the trace amounts of arsenic that people are arguing about.Despite the government's consideration of new limits on arsenic, nutrition experts say apple juice's real danger is to waistlines and children's teeth. Apple ju
Dec. 2, 2011
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US report: Arctic much worse since 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. officials say the Arctic region has changed dramatically for the worse in the past five years.It is melting at a near record pace, and it is darkening and absorbing too much of the sun's heat.A new report card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rates the
Dec. 2, 2011