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Dutch scientists aim to create bullet-proof ’skin’

ScienceAug 19, 2011

Researchers in the Netherlands have discovered a way that might create artificial skin that is bullet-proof, according to the Daily Mail.Scientists produced genetically modified goats whose milk has a similar protein as that used in spiders’ silk. They extracted the protein and used it to create the
Alien civilizations more likely to be hostile

ScienceAug 19, 2011

American researchers predict that if there really are alien civilizations, they are likely to be hostile to the Earth, the Daily Mail reported.Viewed from a third party, Earth may be seen as being hazardous as it shows an abnormal increase in temperature and therefore aliens may conduct a preemptive
Widow of shipping firm chief embezzles company fund

Social affairsAug 19, 2011

Prosecutors indicted the widow of the deceased chairman of an off-shore shipping company for embezzlement.According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the 47-year-old woman surnamed Kim colluded with her husband’s secretary in misappropriating 100 billion won ($92.4 million) between
IBM pursues chips that behave like brains

TechnologyAug 19, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.The challenge in training a computer to be
Mouse grounds Swedish flight

World NewsAug 19, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish air operator SAS on Tuesday cancelled a flight from Stockholm to Chicago because of an unruly passenger -- a mouse.The rodent was spotted ahead of boarding on the 0815 GMT flight but evaded the many mousetraps laid to catch it, SAS said.Company spokesman Anders Lindstroem s
Woman abandons her four infants

Social affairsAug 19, 2011

(Yonhap News)A 38-year-old woman has been booked for abandoning her four newborn babies in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, local police said.The mother admitted that she deserted four babies including a 4-day-old boy she gave birth to last month. She was seen on closed-circuit camera leaving her
Sniffer dogs detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples

ScienceAug 19, 2011

Study finds sniffer dogs can accurately detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples.Researchers from Schillerhoehe hospital in Germany conducted experiments with specially trained dogs and 220 volunteers including 60 lung cancer patients, 50 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP
21-month-old baby preacher

World NewsAug 19, 2011

The video of 21-month-old baby, Kanon Tipton, preaching at his family’s church has been watched by millions of people since it was posted by his parents three years ago, according to the Telegraph.Tiny Kanon paces back-and-forth, confidently shouting and gesticulating as he babbles, seemingly follow
N. Korea proposed summit talks with U.S., professor claims

North KoreaAug 19, 2011

North Korea proposed holding a summit with the United States in an apparent bid to seek a breakthrough for reopening the stalled aid-for-denuclearization talks, a South Korean professor claimed Friday. The proposal was made in late July when North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan hel
U.S. to offer $900,000 in relief aid for N. Korea

North KoreaAug 19, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- The United States announced a decision Thursday to provide $900,000 worth of emergency aid to flood-ravaged North Korea less than a month after the two sides resumed high-level dialogue."In response to humanitarian needs arising from recent flooding in the Democratic Peop
Seoul shares open sharply lower on U.S. losses

Aug 19, 2011

South Korean stocks opened sharply lower on Friday as overnight panic selling on Wall Street froze investor sentiment here, analysts said.After opening 3.81 percent down, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) sank below the 1,800-point mark. In the first 15 minutes of trading, KOSP
Former top court justice named new Supreme Court chief

PoliticsAug 18, 2011

Former Supreme Court Justice Yang Seung-tae was named the new chief justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.Yang, 63, had been a justice at the top court from 2005 to February 2011. His term as the chief justice will also run six years. If approved, Yang
N.K. accepts Seoul’s video monitoring of aid distribution

North KoreaAug 18, 2011

North Korea has allowed Seoul to use video to monitor the distribution of food it donated, South Korea said Thursday, hinting at a possible expansion of food assistance to the northern rival. The Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, a pro-unification civic coalition, recently submitted
Samsung, LG try to shake Android claims

IndustryAug 18, 2011

Samsung and LG, the nation’s top two electronics companies, appeared to be bristling at claims from Google’s Andy Rubin that he had unsuccessfully pitched the Android operating system to them.In the Wall Street Journal’s Aug. 17 edition, Rubin was quoted as saying he had made the proposals to both S
Google-Motorola deal highlights patent arms race

World BusinessAug 18, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― When an Internet company plunks down $12.5 billion to buy a struggling cellphone company for its collection of patents, it’s another sign that, for the high-tech industry, patents have become a mallet wielded by corporations to pummel their competitors.Google Inc. announced the deal