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충격! 중국 일본 동반 지진 발생

18일 오전 5시32분쯤 일본 중북부의 이와테현 앞바다에서 규모 6.4의 지진이 발생했다.이 지진으로 동일본대지진 피해지역인 이와테현과 미야기현의 해안 지역 일대에 규모 5 안팎의 충격이 감지됐다.일본 기상청은 이번 지진으로 인한 쓰나미 우려는 없다고 밝혔다.또한, 같은 날 오전 3시 5분께 중국 허베이성 탕산시에서도 규모 4.0의 지진이 발생했다. 진원은 북위 38.6도, 동경 117.6도, 지하 9km 지점이다. 아직까지 인명피해는 확인되지 않았다.(코리아헤럴드) 6.4 quake hits off east coast of Japan: USGSA 6.4-magnitude undersea earthquake on Monday jolted the sea area off the east coast of Hons

Podcast June 18, 2012

6.4 quake hits off east coast of Japan: USGS

A 6.4-magnitude undersea earthquake on Monday jolted the sea area off the east coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan, US seismologists said, but no tsunami alert was issued.The US Geological Survey said the quake had a depth of 31 kilometers (20 miles) and hit at 5:32am (2032 GMT Sunday) some 140 kilometers east of the city of Sendai.In March last year a 9.0-magnitude undersea earthquake off J

Technology June 18, 2012

Woman with flesh-eating disease refusing pain meds

This photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. (AP)A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating disease is refusing to take pain medications during some procedures, partly because of her personal convictions, her father said.Aimee Copeland despises the use of morphine in her treatment, despite its

People June 18, 2012

Woman with flesh-eating disease refusing pain meds

Lee sends message of condolences to Peru’s president

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak sent a message of condolences to Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on Monday over the deaths in a helicopter crash in Peru that killed 14 people, including eight South Koreans.In the message, Lee expressed deep condolences to the victims and their families and asked the Peruvian government for support in handling the aftermath of the crash, according to preside

Politics June 12, 2012

Ex-students allege abuse at elite school

This photo is not directly related to the article. (MCT)Former students at the prestigious Horace Mann School in New York told The New York Times Magazine they had been sexually abused at the school.The magazine, in a story posted online Wednesday, said the school did not inform police or parents of the sexual abuse by at least three teachers, all of whom are now dead, from the 1970s through 1994.

World News June 8, 2012

Ex-students allege abuse at elite school

Kid CT scans linked to small leukemia risk

Children and teens scanned multiple times by computed tomography have a somewhat increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors, U.S. and British researchers say.Senior investigator Amy Berrington de Gonzalez of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute and colleagues at Newcastle University in England obtained CT exams from radiology departments in hospitals a

Technology June 8, 2012

Aussie swimmers ordered to take down gun photos

Olympic swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk are in hot water again after being ordered to remove photos of themselves posing with guns from their social media sites.The photo of Monk holding two pump-action shotguns and standing beside D’Arcy, who had a pistol in each hand, in a U.S gun shop spread quickly in social and traditional media Thursday, with Sydney Daily Telegraph taking to Twitter to

World June 8, 2012

Peru officials detect rough location of missing helicopter carrying 8 Koreans

The Peruvian air force has detected with satellite signals the rough location of a missing local helicopter carrying 14 people, including eight South Koreans, a South Korean diplomat in Lima said Thursday.The helicopter was located between the cities of Mazuco and Cusco in southeastern Peru at a latitude of 13 degrees and 27 minutes south and a longitude of 71 degrees and seven minutes west, Kim

Social Affairs June 8, 2012

Azeris killed in deadliest clash with Armenia amid Clinton visit

This photo is not directly related to the story. (Yonhap Photo)Five Azeri soldiers were killed in a border clash with Armenian soldiers in the deadliest incident between the neighbors in four years as visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of risks of a regional conflict.The servicemen were killed while repelling an attack by an Armenian “saboteur” squad in the western Qazax distr

Social Affairs June 6, 2012

Azeris killed in deadliest clash with Armenia amid Clinton visit

Convict’s body partly eaten by black bear

MCTThe body of a man convicted of kidnapping and second-degree murder was found partly eaten by a bear in southern British Columbia, authorities said.Rory Nelson Wagner, 53, had been reported missing when he didn’t return to his residence at an apartment where he had to be at night while on day parole, The (Kamloops, British Columbia) Daily News reported.Wagner’s body was found in woods southwest

World News June 4, 2012

Convict’s body partly eaten by black bear

Police probe into suspected drug death of teenager

MCTA teenage girl from Liverpool died after she became ill at a social club.Friends of Rose Farley, 15, claim that her drink was spiked with ecstasy.Rose collapsed in the early hours of Saturday in her home after celebrating at a friend’s birthday party at the Silvestrian Social Club.Police said a sixteen year-old was being questioned on charges of supplying controlled drugs at the club. Police ha

Social Affairs June 4, 2012

Police probe into suspected drug death of teenager

Genes make difference if quitting smoking

Genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and whether a person is likely to respond to drugs for nicotine addiction, U.S. researchers say.“We found that the effects of smoking cessation medications depend on a person’s genes,” first author Dr. Li-Shiun Chen of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a statement.The research focused on specific variations in a clu

Technology May 31, 2012

Genes make difference if quitting smoking

Man convicted of US webcam gay spying apologizes

Dharun Ravi, center, and his father, Ravi Pazhani, leave court in New Brunswick, N.J. Dharun Ravi on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP)An Indian-born former Rutgers University student criticized by a judge for refusing to apologize for using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself apologized on Tuesday and said he has accepted responsibility for wh

World News May 30, 2012

Man convicted of US webcam gay spying apologizes

Qatar says 13 children among dead in mall fire

Qatar’s Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country’s fanciest shopping malls late Monday morning, raising questions about building safety in the booming Gulf state.At least some of the victims died as rescuers struggled to reach a child care center at the Villaggio mall in the capital Doha, according to Qatar’s Minister of State fo

World News May 29, 2012

Bieber being investigated for battery

Justin Bieber carries Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s title belts into the ring, May 5, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP)Pop singer Justin Bieber is being investigated for battery after allegedly hitting a paparazzo who tried to take pictures of him, California authorities said.The incident happened Sunday afternoon outside the Calabasas mall The Commons, TMZ.com reported.Police said Bieber and his girlfriend Selen

Performance May 29, 2012

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