ADEN (AFP) ― Rival attacks by suspected al-Qaida militants and pro-government militiamen east of the Yemen’s main southern city Aden on Wednesday killed six people, tribal sources said.“Militiamen supporting the army attacked a public building in (the Abyan provincial capital) Zinjibar killing four

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) ― A civil rights leader, the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, has died. He was 89.Princeton Baptist Medical Center spokeswoman Jennifer Dodd confirms he died at the Birmingham hospital Wednesday morning

Parliamentary panel adopts resolution urging China to stop sending N.K. defectors back homeThe Chinese government informed the South Korean foreign ministry Thursday that it will take more time interrogating over 20 North Korean defectors or illegal aliens in its custody. Beijing delivered its position through the South Korean embassy in Beijing and the Chinese embassy in Seoul, a foreign ministry official said Thursday. "As for the number of the aliens under probe, it seems to be less than 35,

Regulator says sale terms will be decided laterThe Financial Services Commission said Thursday that it is considering ordering Lone Star Funds to sell a 41.02 percent of its total 51.02 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank.The regulator’s policy comes shortly after the Seoul High Court ruled that th

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

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Red Cross said Thursday it named its No. 2 official as its first female head in a meeting earlier in the day.Vice President Yu Jung-keun will lead the relief organization after her designation is authorized by President Lee Myung-bak, honorary head of the R

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- More than 100 North Korean defectors who had sought aslyum overseas despite holding South Korean citizenship returned to the South in the last five years, a lawmaker said Thursday.Seoul's diplomatic missions overseas issued 109 individual passports to North Korean defectors with South Korean citizenship in what appeared to be efforts to return to the South after fake asylum attempts were rejected or when life in foreign nations proved too difficult, even if asylum had b

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

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