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World Athletics Championships medals table (Wednesday)

Aug 31, 2011

World Athletics Championships medals table (Wednesday)　 Nation G S B Total United States 4 4 1 9　Russia 4 2&
World Athletics Championships medalists (Wednesday)

Aug 31, 2011

The following are the medalists on Wednesday at the 13th World Championships in Athletics;Women‘s 20-kilometer race walkGold: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 1:29:42Silver: Liu Hong (CHN) 1:30:00Bronze: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 1:30:13
Lawmaker accused of sexist remarks survives expulsion vote

PoliticsAug 31, 2011

A South Korean lawmaker accused of making sexist remarks retained his seat as a motion to oust him was voted down in the National Assembly on Wednesday, sparking criticism that legislators are too soft on wrongdoings committed by fellow lawmakers. Rep. Kang Yong-seokRep. Kang Yong-seok, 42, came und
Automation in the air dulls pilot skill

IndustryAug 31, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Are airline pilots forgetting how to fly? As planes become ever more reliant on automation to navigate crowded skies, safety officials worry there will be more deadly accidents traced to pilots who have lost their hands-on instincts in the air.In this June 14, 2009 file photo
Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

TechnologyAug 31, 2011

TOKYO (AP) _ Sony is launching a head mounted display that provides a three dimensional theater of music videos, movies and games. Head Mounted Display “Personal 3D Viewer” (HMZ-T1) (www.Sony.net)Sony Corp. showed the 60,000 yen ($800) ``HMZ personal 3-D viewer‘’ Wednesday. The machine is set to go
Kaniskina wins 3rd straight 20K walk at worlds

Aug 31, 2011

DAEGU, South Korea (AP) -- With a brisk 20-kilometer walk through the morning sunshine, Olympic champion Olga Kaniskina won her third straight world title to push Russia to the top of the overall medals standings halfway through the championships.After the failures of champions like Usain Bolt and p
Ark. man in plane spots his home being burglarized

World NewsAug 31, 2011

BAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man who wanted to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead helped catch two men burglarizing it.Steven Lynn said he could see the two taking items from his house."I looked down, and sure enough, there was a truck hooked onto a trailer,
Woman arrested for pretending to be pregnant

Social affairsAug 31, 2011

A 30-year-old woman was booked without detention on Wednesday after she pretended to be pregnant to steal household goods, the police said.The woman surnamed Lee left a mall in Daegu without paying for 900,000 won ($880) worth of household items. When a security guard stopped her, Lee said that she
Mandarin Chinese most useful business language after English

Aug 31, 2011

Mandarin, China’s official tongue, is also the top language worldwide for business other than English, according to Bloomberg Rankings.Mandarin, spoken by 845 million people, scored highest in a ranking of languages, excluding English, based on business usefulness. The ranking scored languages accor
Arsenal signs South Korea captain Park Chu-young

SoccerAug 31, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ Arsenal completed the signing of South Korea captain Park Chu-young from Monaco on Monday and Germany defender Per Mertesacker looked set to follow him as the club strengthens after a dismal start to the Premier League season.The 26-year-old striker is moving to London after three seas
U.S. consumer confidence lowest in 2 years

World BusinessAug 31, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers' confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the U.S. economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008.At a time when Americans are growing increasing worried about a weak job market
World Athletics Championships medals table (Tuesday)

Aug 30, 2011

Nation G S B TotalU.S. 4 4 1 9Kenya 3 2 3 8Russia 3 2 3 8Ger
S. Korea to call for boycott of tours to N. Korean mountain resort

North KoreaAug 30, 2011

South Korea will ask the United States, China and Japan to prevent their citizens from visiting a troubled mountain resort in North Korea, a Seoul official said Tuesday.The move comes as the isolated communist country is seeking to attract foreign tourists to Mount Kumgang as part of its attempts to
Samsung Electronics to spend over W10tr on R&D this year

Aug 30, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, may spend over 10 trillion won ($9.3 billion) on research and development this year as part of efforts to enhance its global competitiveness, sources said Tuesday.In the first half, the company’s R&D expenditures totaled 4.98 trillion wo
Court says Seoul‘s inaction over former ‘comfort women’ unconstitutional

Social affairsAug 30, 2011

A top South Korean court said Tuesday that it is unconstitutional for the government to make no tangible effort to settle disputes with Japan over its refusal to compensate Korean women mobilized as sex slaves during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.The Constitutional Court ruled in