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N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia

North KoreaOct 13, 2011

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) _ Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han Sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wedn
Hollywood hacking case victims include Johansson

FilmOct 13, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A man was charged with hacking into celebrity email accounts in a computer invasion scheme that led to the posting of private and revealing information, including nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson, on the Internet, federal authorities said Wednesday.Scarlett Johansso
Lee makes unprecedented visit to Pentagon

PoliticsOct 13, 2011

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak paid an unprecedented visit to the Pentagon on Wednesday and received a briefing from top American military officials on North Korea and other security issues, the presidential office said.Lee is the first South Korean president to
U.S. Congress passes FTA with S. Korea

PoliticsOct 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- In an unusually speedy legislative process, both chambers of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved a free trade pact with South Korea which will apparently help broaden the scope of the alliance.The move is expected to give a jolt to an effort by South Korea's ruling pa
Lee promotes benefits of Korea-U.S. FTA to American CEOs

PoliticsOct 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday promoted the benefits of the country's free-trade agreement with the United States set to win Congressional ratification, saying the historic deal will sharply boost trade and create many jobs in both nations.Lee arrived i
N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia

North KoreaOct 13, 2011

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han-sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wed
Slovak parties in deal to approve EU bailout fund

World BusinessOct 13, 2011

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- Slovakia's main political parties have reached a deal to approve changes to an EU bailout fund this week, the main opposition leader said Wednesday, just one day after parliament rejected the proposal, causing the government to fall.Robert Fico, head of Smer-Social
Lee reaffirms Seoul's principled stance on N. Korea

PoliticsOct 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said his denuclearization push against North Korea is yielding progress, reaffirming his long-standing stance that Seoul won't provide Pyongyang with any large-scale aid unless Pyongyang disarms."There are some real changes
Nigerian pleads guilty to underwear bomb attack

World NewsOct 12, 2011

DETROIT (AP) -- A Nigerian man said Wednesday he tried to bring down an international flight over Detroit with a bomb in his underwear in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide, taking a federal court by surprise as he pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
BlackBerry outages spread to North America

TechnologyOct 12, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) _ Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.Research In Motion Ltd., the Canadian company that makes the phones, said users in the Americas `
EU speeds up capital rules for big banks

World BusinessOct 12, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union plans to force the region's biggest banks to raise billions of euros in capital to better withstand market turmoil over the high debt in several euro countries, the European Commission's president said Wednesday.Jose Manuel Barroso also warned that key European ba
Cleanup efforts under way after diesel leakage from Marines' fuel storage

Social affairsOct 12, 2011

INCHEON (Yonhap News) -- Efforts are under way to clean up diesel fuel that leaked into the Yellow Sea early Wednesday from a fuel storage facility of a front-line Marine base, military officials said, noting no major damage was reported from oil spill.The 6th Marine Brigade based on the northern is
S. Korean military beefs up border vigilance against N. Korea

North KoreaOct 12, 2011

South Korea's military has stepped up its combat readiness after detecting unusual military movement by North Korea's armed forces along the tense western sea border, Seoul officials said Wednesday.Seoul recently discovered that the North's military had relocated a ground-to-air missile to north of
Runner disqualified for taking bus during marathon

More sportsOct 12, 2011

LONDON (AP) -- A club runner in northern England has been stripped of his third-place finish in a local marathon after being caught hitching a ride on a spectator bus.Rob Sloan initially described claims that he cheated in Sunday's Kielder Marathon near Newcastle as ``laughable,'' but was forced to
Samsung replaces smartphone feature to bypass Dutch ban

TechnologyOct 12, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker, said Wednesday that it has replaced a feature in its Galaxy smartphones to avoid a sales ban in the Netherlands.The company, which is locked in a series of legal battles with Apple Inc. over mobile patents and design, faced a sales ban i