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Monaco’s prince weds bride in lavish ceremony

PeopleJul 3, 2011

Charlene Princess of Monaco is wiping a tear from her eye during the wedding service in the chapel of the Sainte Devote Church to Prince Albert II of Monaco (right) Saturday, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MONACO (AP) — Monaco’s Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene promised each other love and fidelity in an extravagant religious wedding Saturday attended by international celebrities and royalty, bring
Three-month-old babies recognize human voices

ScienceJul 3, 2011

(MCT)A British study showed three-month-old babies recognize human voices and can distinguish emotions from the sound, the Daily Mail reported.The research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London tested 21 infants, aged between three months and seven months, by monitoring brain activity through an MRI scan after playing recorded noises made by machines, human sounds and squeaking
Album cover caught for copyright issues

MusicJul 3, 2011

Playboy magazine has claimed trademark infringement on YG Entertainment’s popular duo “GD&TOP” album. 　 YG Entertainment has confirmed on their official website that GD&TOP’s first album’s cover was designed based on the magazine’s rabbit logo and took into account Playboy’s demands to stop using the trademark.YG also said that they will discontinue the production of the original album and create
Summer music fests around the corner

MusicJul 3, 2011

Top music acts will perform at summer music festivals at major amusement parks in late July and early August. Summer Wave Festival will be held at Everland in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on July 22-23.Will.i.am., the talented producer and member of The Black Eyed Peas, will be performing a DJ set, while Korean American hip-hop rapper Tiger JK, UV and 2PM will also take to the stage.The performances
Half of university students prefer being alone

Social affairsJul 3, 2011

About half of university students referred to themselves as “outsiders,” or loners, according to a study.“Outsider” is terminology used among Korean students to describe those who only focus on studying or other personal activities and exclude themselves from their peers.In research conducted by Albamon, a local online recruitment website, about 47.4 percent respondents said they were outsiders.Th
'Billions worth' of treasure found in Indian temple

World NewsJul 3, 2011

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (AFP) - A treasure trove of gold and silver jewelry, coins and precious stones said to be worth billions of dollars has been found in a Hindu temple in southern India, officials said on Saturday.The valuables have an estimated preliminary worth of over 500 billion rupees ($11.2 billion), said Kerala Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar, catapulting the temple into the league of India'
Killer horse virus spreads in Australia

World NewsJul 3, 2011

(MCT)SYDNEY, (AFP) - Australian officials were on Saturday working to isolate potential victims after uncovering two more cases of the deadly horse-borne Hendra virus, which has erupted in a second state.Spread to humans from horses, Hendra can lead to fatal respiratory illness and has killed four of the seven people who have contracted it in Australia since it was first documented in 1994.A fresh
Seoul bourse expected to gain ground next week

Jul 3, 2011

SEOUL, (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock market is expected to continue its upward movement next week as worries over the Greek debt crisis were eased and investors' outlooks for major economies could improve, analysts said Saturday.The country's key stock index, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), gained 1.67 percent, or 34.93 points, to close at 2,125.74 on Friday. The bourse got off to
28 killed in Syria Friday: rights group

World NewsJul 2, 2011

NICOSIA (AFP) - Syrian security forces killed 28 civilians as more than half a million people rallied on Friday for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, a human rights group said. Many victims were protesters demanding the overthrow of the president but 16 were killed in the northwestern province of Idlib where the army has swept into villages to quash dissent, the National Organisation for
17 children dead in Philippine flash flood

World NewsJul 2, 2011

MANILA (AFP) - At least 17 children and infants were among 30 people killed after a towering flash flood hit one of the Philippines' largest provincial centers, the government said Saturday. The victims were swept away after the Pangi river in the southern city of Davao burst its banks on the night of June 28, said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. At one point durin
Chinese tourists arrive in N. Korea amid inter-Korean tour dispute

Social affairsJul 2, 2011

A Chinese tourism delegation has arrived in North Korea, Pyongyang's state media said Saturday, amid the North's efforts to revitalize a stalled tour program to a scenic mountain that once served as its key cash cow. The trip comes weeks after the North announced a law designed to develop Mount Kumgang as a special zone for international tours. It marked the first time Chinese have traveled
Kookmin Bank's ATM network paralyzed for unknown reason

Social affairsJul 2, 2011

Some automated teller machine (ATM) services of Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, were paralyzed for around three hours on Saturday morning, bank officials said, rekindling concerns over banking security in the untry. Customers had difficulties depositing and withdrawing money through ATMs across the nation between 7:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., according to the officials. Kookmin Bank
11 Afghans killed by roadside bomb: official

World NewsJul 2, 2011

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Eleven members of an Afghan family were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their minibus in southern Afghanistan Saturday, a local official said. "Eleven civilians were killed after an IED (improvised explosive device) hit their vehicle today at 7:50 a.m.," Mohammad Jaan Rasulyar, deputy provincial governor of Zabul told AFP. "They were en route to Ghazni pr
Obama chooses new counterterror chief

World NewsJul 2, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice for his next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House announced Friday.Olsen, if confirmed by the Senate, would direct the National Counterterrorism Center, an agency born in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on America
Illinois' death row officially shuts down

World NewsJul 2, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) _ After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois' death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect. The state garnered international attention when then-Republican Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium in 2000 after several inmates' death sentences were overturned and he cleared dea