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SKorea retailers halt US beef sales over mad cow
SEOUL, South Korea - Two major South Korean retailers pulled U.S. beef from their stores Wednesday following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow. Reaction elsewhere in Asia was muted with Japan saying there’s no reason to restrict imports.South Korea’s No. 2 and No. 3 supermarket chains, Home Plus and Lotte Mart, said they halted sales of U.S. beef to calm worries among South Kore
April 27, 2012
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Indian child marriage annulled in landmark case
An Indian couple who “married” when aged just one and three have had their wedding annulled in a ground-breaking case that activists hope will challenge the culture of child marriages.Laxmi Sargara, 18, unknowingly wed her husband Rakesh, 20, in the desert state of Rajasthan 17 years ago after their families decided that when they grew up they would live together and have children.In the first pro
World News April 27, 2012
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Video shows Syrian rebel buried alive
Youtube footage of rebel activist being buried alive by soldiersVideo footage uploaded to YouTube shows what appears to be Syrian soldiers burying a rebel activist alive.The video, which went viral Thursday, shows a blindfolded man buried up to his head as armed soldiers call him an “animal” and a “dog,” ynetnews.com reported.The man pleads for his life while one of the soldiers says to his comman
World News April 27, 2012
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Olympians sue Samsung over Facebook app
Eighteen US Olympians including swimming greats Mark Spitz and Janet Evans are suing Samsung Corporation, saying its US Olympic Genome Project Facebook app misuses their names and images.Spitz and Evans are joined as plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by diver Greg Louganis, athletics great Jackie Joyner-Kersee, beach volleyball player Phil Dalhausser and 13 ot
More Sports April 27, 2012
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Pigeons have a ‘compass’ in their brains
A pair of pigeons touch beaks at an exhibit at a zoo, Thursday, April 26, 2012. (AP)Pigeons navigate by recording information about Earth’s magnetic field, using certain brain cells as a sort of biological compass, U.S. scientists say.The finding gives insight into how many birds can migrate thousands of miles, flying day and night, even when the sun or stars are obscured by clouds, the researcher
Technology April 27, 2012
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Marine discharged for Obama Facebook criticism
A sergeant will be discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon’s policies about social media and its limits on the speech of active duty military personnel, the Marine Corps said Wednesday.Sgt. Gary Stein will get an other-than-honorable discharge and lose most of his benefits for violating the policies, the Corps said.The San Dieg
World News April 27, 2012
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Madeleine McCann could still be alive: UK police
British police reviewing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann said Wednesday they believe she could still be alive five years after she went missing in Portugal and urged authorities there to reopen their search.The Scotland Yard team sifting through a wealth of material relating to the youngster, who vanished in 2007, said they had identified 195 “investigative opportunities” that could be follo
World News April 26, 2012
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Real-life Barbie's transformation animated
A Ukrainian woman’s plastic surgery-induced transformation into a real-life Barbie doll has been dramatized by a Taiwanese animation company. Next Media Animation, a production company famous for satirical animated shorts depicting news events, created a short video depicting an animated version of model Valeria Lukyanova, 21, undergoing plastic surgery to emulate Barbie’s huge chest, tiny wais
World News April 25, 2012
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Mexico volcano roars, spews glowing rocks
A big cloud of ash and smoke spews from Popocatepetl Volcano as seen from Paso de Cortes, in the Mexican central state of Puebla, on April 24, 2012. (AFP)Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano, outside the capital, rumbled continuously and spewed gases and glowing rocks to almost one mile (one kilometer) beyond its crater, authorities said Friday.In an increase of activity the volcano registered “62 expuls
World News April 25, 2012
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Human-like frog takes a break
An extraordinary scene of a frog leisurely sitting on a bench like a human is circulating the web.The clip, which was uploaded by an anonymous cameraman on Monday, shows the amphibian sitting serenely with two legs on its lap.One Youtube visitor pointed out the frog’s resemblance of the Muppets. Other users exclaimed how relaxed it looked.By Sim Guk-byIntern Reporter(simgukby@heraldm.com)<한글 기사>'쩍
World News April 24, 2012
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Judge: DA can subpoena NY Occupy protester tweets
An Occupy Wall Street protester can’t stop prosecutors from getting his tweets, a judge has ruled in a clash over the bounds of privacy in an age of living publicly on social networks.In a ruling punctuated with Twitter users’ beloved hashtag marks, the judge said prosecutors weren’t overreaching by seeking Malcolm Harris’ public tweets for weeks before and months after his Oct. 1 disorderly condu
World News April 24, 2012
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Meteor’s sonic boom wakes up Sierra Nevada
A meteor streaking across the sky in Northern California Sunday caused a sonic boom heard by a number of people, the National Weather Service said.Meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said the loud bang heard across a wide area of the Sierra Nevada mountains originated with the Lyrid meteor shower, an annual phenomenon caused by debris from Comet Thatcher, which passes Earth every year.The event occurred
World News April 23, 2012
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Southern California teacher fired over porn video
A Southern California science teacher has been fired for performing in a pornographic video.Oxnard School District trustees voted in closed session Wednesday night to fire Stacie Halas, who taught seventh- and eighth-graders at Richard B. Haydock Intermediate School.She had been on paid administrative leave since her appearance on the video surfaced last month. No students are in the video.The vid
World News April 20, 2012
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Pakistan doctors save life of baby with six legs
Doctors in Pakistan say they have successfully operated to save the life of a baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Thursday.“A team of five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs from the baby today. He is very much safe and secure,” said Jamal Raza, the director of National Institute of the Child Health in Karachi.Raza
World News April 20, 2012
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Apple IPhone 5 May Debut in October, Analyst Munster Says
Apple Inc.’s next iPhone is likely to be introduced in October and will feature a new body design and work with faster wireless networks, according to Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray Cos. who had expected an August release for the top-selling smartphone.In a note today, Munster wrote that October is more probable after chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. announced it is having trouble meeting demand
Technology April 20, 2012
