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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Lone Star found guilty of stock manipulation
Ex-Korean chief of U.S. buyout fund sentenced to 3 years in jail A Seoul court on Thursday found Lone Star Funds and its former chief of Korean unit guilty of stock-price manipulation, overturning an acquittal in 2008.Paul Yoo (Yonhap News)The Seoul High Court ruled that the Texas-based private equi
Oct. 6, 2011
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Spokesman: Putin's dive treasure find was staged
MOSCOW (AP) _ The widely publicized incident in which Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pulled up ancient Greek jug fragments from the seabed on a diving expedition was staged, his chief spokesman said.The August dive in the Kerch Strait that connects the Black and Azov seas was reported extensi
Oct. 6, 2011
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Researchers create ‘invisible cloak’
U.S. researchers have created a cloaking device that takes advantage of the effect of mirages to make objects invisible. (Bloomberg)This technology from the University of Dallas uses of sheets of carbon nanotubes. When the nanotubes are electrically stimulated, the resulting temperature gradie
Oct. 6, 2011
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Steve Jobs, from dropout to Apple visionary
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at age 56, left an indelible mark on the world with his uncanny ability to marry hard-core technology with an understanding of human nature.In a rare personal moment at one of his last press events, he displayed a huge picture of
Oct. 6, 2011
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Late top N. Korean defector sought to form N.K. interim gov't: daughter
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Jang-yop, the highest-ranking North Korean defector, had sought to create North Korea's interim government before he died last year, his adopted daughter said Thursday.Hwang, a former secretary of the North's ruling Workers' Party, drafted a plan on how to set up the
Oct. 6, 2011
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Cloning method may help make personal stem cells
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. scientists used a cloning technique to create the type of customized stem cells that show promise for treating disease. But the first-of-its-kind result comes with a big hitch.The newly created stem cells have too much genetic material to function properly. They include
Oct. 6, 2011
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Yahoo shares soar on new Microsoft takeover hopes
Oct. 6, 2011
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Rich Spanish duchess weds for third time at age 85
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — A wealthy, 85-year-old Spanish duchess considered the world's most title-laden noble married a civil servant 25 years her junior on Wednesday, shrugging off her children's qualms and celebrating by kicking off her shoes and dancing flamenco.A crowd of several hundred clap
Oct. 6, 2011
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Obama: Jobs one of America's greatest innovators
WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2011 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama mourned Apple visionary Steve Jobs Wednesday as one of America's "greatest innovators" and said it was fitting many people learned of his death on a device he invented."He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one o
Oct. 6, 2011
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Slurring Jackson aimed to build hospital for kids
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Six weeks before Michael Jackson died, his doctor recorded the semi-comatose superstar mumbling what might have been his farewell address to the world.In a slow, slurred voice, clearly under the influence of sedatives, Jackson spoke about leaving a performance legacy bigger than E
Oct. 6, 2011
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Steve Jobs' impact will last for generations: Bill Gates
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has had an impact on the world which will last for generations, Microsoft boss Bill Gates said Wednesday, adding that it had been "an insanely great honor" to know him."Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors
Oct. 6, 2011
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Jobs rose From parents’ garage to technology icon: timeline
Steve Jobs was a college dropout who built computers in his parents’ garage in the mid-1970s with a friend, Steve Wozniak. They founded what is now Apple Inc. (AAPL) in 1976 to sell their creations. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, surpassed Microsoft Corp. in 2010 to become the world’s most v
Oct. 6, 2011
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Loss of Steve Jobs makes world 'iSad'
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The passing of Steve Jobs left people around the world "iSad" on Thursday, with countless mourners typing out their grief on the handheld Apple gadgets that have transformed modern life.Tributes poured in from notables from US President Barack Obama to Bill Gates, but it
Oct. 6, 2011
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Daniel Shechtman wins Nobel chemistry prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals, a chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Shechtman's discovery in 1982 fundamentally c
Oct. 5, 2011
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Samsung seeks iPhone sales ban in France, Italy
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to prevent Apple Inc.’s new smartphone iPhone 4S from going on sale in France and Italy.The Korean firm announced Wednesday that it plans to file an injunction in the two European countries to prevent the device from going on sale saying that the new iPhone breache
Oct. 5, 2011
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Samsung seeks sales ban on new iPhone
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to prevent Apple Inc.’s new smartphone iPhone 4S from going on sale in France and Italy.Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during the announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday. (AP)The Korean firm announced Wednesday that it plans to file an injunct
Oct. 5, 2011
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Young woman ages mysteriously in Vietnam, experts to help
Hanoi (dpa) - Medical experts in southern Vietnam offered to help a 26-year-old woman whose skin wrinkled virtually overnight, making her look 30 years older, local media reported Wednesday. (Source: Tuoi Tre)Three hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have offered Nguyen Thi Phuong consultations with
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Samsung, Hyundai see brand value rise
Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor ranked 17th and 61st in brand value for this year, as assessed by a global consulting firm.Their ranking inched up two and four notches, respectively, from 19th and 65th from a year earlier, according to the top 100 list selected by Interbrand.In its “Best Globa
Oct. 5, 2011
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Study documents 'cycle of violence' in nature
A new study of seabirds showed those who are abused when they are young often grow up to be abusers. In Nazca boobies in the Galápagos, traumatic abuse of developing young significantly increases the chances those maltreated individuals will exhibit the same maltreatment later in life as adul
Oct. 5, 2011
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'Alzheimer's might be transmissible'
The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer's disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, according to newly published research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston."Ou
Oct. 5, 2011