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S. Korea's English proficiency slips 13 notches to 49th
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N. Korea reinstates DMZ guard posts
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N. Korea says spy satellite took photos of White House, Pentagon, key US naval base
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15-year-old girl saves 5 lives with organ donations after death
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BOK likely to keep policy rate unchanged on slowdown, hope for Fed's rate freeze, easing inflation
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Samsung sets up control tower for new growth drivers
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12 foreigners nabbed on suspicion of drug use
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Korea to start hiring E-9 visa foreign workers in restaurants
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S. Korea's Busan making last-ditch efforts to bring World Expo on voting day
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[KH explains] Hyundai to sell vehicles on Amazon in US sales push
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Most expensive handbag on display in Qatar
Jan. 1, 2012
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A battery powered Rolls Royce 102ex experimental car
Jan. 1, 2012
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BMW's new Vision Connected Drive concept car
Jan. 1, 2012
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Harassment claim letter against ex-HP CEO released
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Hewlett-Packard contract employee fended off advances from chief executive Mark Hurd for two years before accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a letter that prompted his resignation as head of the world's largest computer company.Hurd, who is now president of HP
Jan. 1, 2012
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Airport X-ray suitcase surprise: Poisonous snakes
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Surprised airport workers in Argentina found hundreds of wriggling poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles inside the baggage of a Czech man who was about to board a flight to Spain.Karel Abelovsky, 51, was made to open his baggage at Buenos Aires' international
Dec. 28, 2011
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Berkshire completes deal to buy Omaha World-Herald
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) _ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has completed the purchase of company chairman Warren Buffett's hometown newspaper, the Omaha World-Herald.The deal announced Nov. 30, for $150 million and the assumption of $50 million in debt, ended one of the newspaper industry's last sizable employe
Dec. 27, 2011
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Report: Schwarzenegger and Shriver may get back together
Los Angeles (dpa) - Maria Shriver is considering putting herdivorce from former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger onhold, celebrity website TMZ.com reported Monday. Shriver, who is a scion of the Kennedy political clan, filed fordivorce from the action movie star-turned-Republican polit
Dec. 27, 2011
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Vigorous star-forming galaxy at cosmic dawn discovered
An international team of astronomers has discovered a vigorous, star-forming galaxy that existed about 750 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy, named GN-108036, was a remarkable source of star formation at the so-called "cosmic dawn.” It was generating an exceptionally large amount of star
Dec. 27, 2011
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French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits
NEW YORK, Dec 26, 2011 (AFP) - Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.Tens of thousands of women worldwide have been fitted with the implants, w
Dec. 27, 2011
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Old fruitcake brings $525 for charity
How much is a 70-year-old fruitcake worth? For a winning auction bidder the answer is $525, which will go to help the homeless in Ohio, the cake's owner said.The fruitcake was baked and sold by a Cincinnati-area Kroger store in 1941 and wound up back at the store in 1971. A note left with the return
Dec. 27, 2011
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Texas police: Man in Santa suit killed 6 relatives
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Police in a quiet Fort Worth suburb worked Monday to piece together a family history after a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit apparently shot six relatives and himself on Christmas.Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the costum
Dec. 27, 2011
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Fired football coach alleges outside pressure on player selection
The recently fired head coach of the national football team on Monday claimed to have come under pressure from senior officials in his player selection, an allegation promptly rejected by a high-ranking football executive.(Yonhap News)Cho Kwang-rae, dismissed earlier this month, said three senior of
Dec. 26, 2011
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Earth has two moons now
The Earth has always had a second moon, new study has claimed. When astronomers in Arizona found a mysterious titanium white object orbiting the Earth in the fall of 2006, it looked like a spent rocket stage The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Posseidon, in Sounio about 73 kilomet
Dec. 26, 2011
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'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank
LONDON (AP) _ The loose-knit hacking movement ``Anonymous'' claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as
Dec. 26, 2011
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Christmas attacks in Nigeria by sect kill 39
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) _ Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.Authorities on Sunday acknowledged they could not bring
Dec. 26, 2011
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Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging
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
Dec. 26, 2011
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Entertainment industry overheats
The number of people making a living off the entertainment industry surged 40 percent last year, a sign that more wannabe stars are betting on the booming industry. Those who registered themselves as an actor, singer, model or a TV personality exceeded 170,000 in 2010, the National Tax Service said,
Dec. 25, 2011
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US woman stranded by snow 9 days in her car
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (AP) -- A U.S. university student said she had nothing to eat but two candy bars while her car was stuck in the snow for nine days in a remote area of Arizona. In neighboring New Mexico, a family found themselves struggling to breathe after nearly two days in their SUV, which was
Dec. 25, 2011
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France to pay for removal of risky breast implants
PARIS (AP) -- France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade silicone into the body.Tens of thousands of other women elsewhere in Europe
Dec. 25, 2011
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Woman wins $100,000 from abandoned dollar
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian woman has won the right to pocket the Aus$100,000 ($101,000) she won on a slot machine, after a casino agreed to pay her the money she won with another gambler's abandoned dollar.Cecilia Cubillo used a $1 credit someone else had left in a poker machine to hit the jackpot
Dec. 25, 2011