A British family reportedly stands accused of attempting to kill their 89-year-old grandfather.The mother, her two daughters, son and his girlfriend stood trial on Tuesday for conspiring and savagely attacking him for inheritance in November.Police found Google searches on their computers including the “easiest way to kill an old person,” “can you kill someone with a punch” and “1,000 ways to die

This artist's conception provided by the European Southern Observatory shows ESO's Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes' discovery of the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A team of Euro

(LG Group)LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo (left) hands the symbol for the LG Global Challenger program to the representative of students taking part at the company’s office in Seoul on Wednesday. The program is in its 17th year, and allows participants to take part in research projects and visit other countries.

NATO helicopters end 5-hour siege against armed suicide bombersKABUL (AFP) ― Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a top Kabul hotel, sparking a five-hour battle with Afghan commandos backed by a NATO helicopter in an assault that left at least 10 people dead Wednesday.Red tracer bullets arced through the night sky around the hilltop Inter-Continental Hotel, whose faded grandeur frequently p

Young South Koreans learn the best from computers and the Internet according to a survey of 15 year-olds in 19 countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Monday. The OECD, which groups 34 of the world’s most advanced economies, tested the digital literacy of students in 16 member countries as well as Colombia and the Chinese cities of Hong Kong and Macao as part o

Ministry seeks to hold nationwide academic tests onlineThick textbooks weighing on students’ shoulders may disappear in four years. The government seeks to convert all paper textbooks into digital versions by 2015, the Education Ministry said Wednesday.Using smartphones, tablet PCs and smart televisions, school students of all ages will be able to view the content of existing textbooks, ministry o

The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs on Wednesday held a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of a naval skirmish between the two Koreas, which resulted in several casualties on both sides.Some 2,000 people, including top military officials and members of the bereaved families, attended the ceremony at the Navy’s Second Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. Prime Minister Kim

The two Koreas held a rare meeting over a stalled joint tourism project at the North’s mountain resort, but little was discussed due to North Korean officials’ careless attitude, Seoul officials said Wednesday.Twelve government officials and company representatives from Seoul returned to the South Korean side, crossing the heavily fortified border Wednesday afternoon after holding brief talks with