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City sink Stoke 3-0

SoccerMay 18, 2011

MANCHESTER, England (AP) ― Manchester City is on the verge of qualifying automatically for the Champions League after beating Stoke 3-0 on Tuesday, three days after defeating the same opponent in the FA Cup final to end a 35-year title drought.Carlos Tevez scored twice to take his league tally to 21 goals this season ― equal top with Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov ― as Man City moved p
Top-seeded Choi to face Matthew in Sybase

GolfMay 18, 2011

GLADSTONE, New Jersey (AP) ― The Sybase Match Play Classic hasn’t started, but the advantage already belongs the long hitters on the LPGA tour.More than nine inches of rain fell on the Hamilton Farm Golf Club last month and the hilly course became even wetter on Monday and Tuesday. To make matters worse, there’s more heavy showers predicted on Wednesday.The draw for the 64-player field was held at
‘N.K. has 30,000 electronic warfare agents’

DefenseMay 18, 2011

The North Korean military has around 30,000 electronic warfare specialists with capabilities rivaling those of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Fox News reported Tuesday, citing defectors and other sources.The U.S. broadcaster’s report titled “North Korea’s cyber army gets increasingly sophisticated,” came after a series of cyber attacks on key government and corporate websites in South Korea
Seoul Fortress to be fully restored by 2014

Social affairsMay 18, 2011

The overpasses planned to be buit near Sungnyemun, the historic gate in central Seoul. (The Korea Herald)The Seoul Fortress, which has surrounded the city for 615 years, will be fully restored by 2014, officials said Wednesday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday a plan to reconnect the 18.6-kilometer fortress and seek to list it as a UNESCO cultural heritage site.“The Seoul Fortr
Coffee cuts risk of lethal prostate cancer: study

HealthMay 18, 2011

More is better when it comes to drinking coffee to ward off the risk of deadly prostate cancer, according to a major US study released Tuesday by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.Men who drank six or more cups per day had a 60 percent lower risk of developing the most lethal type of prostate cancer and a 20 percent lower risk of forming any type of prostate cancer compared to men
Fields of watermelon burst in China farm fiasco

World NewsMay 18, 2011

Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of ``land mines.''About 20 farmers around Danyang city in Jiangsu province were affected, losing up to 115 acres (45 hectares) of melon, China Central Television said in an investigative report.Prices over the past year promp
Remote-control craft expand U.S. military capability

DefenseMay 18, 2011

The U.S. Navy is operating remote-control surveillance helicopters on missions over the Middle East, including Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The multipurpose Fire Scouts that spy on targets and mark them for attack are expanding the U.S. offensive capabilities without risking American casualties.“Whether pinpointing enemies, hunting pirates or tracking drug smugglers, the
Farewell Oprah!

May 18, 2011

Stevie Wonder (left) performs for Oprah Winfrey as Jamie Foxx looks (right). (AP)Maria Shriver appears with Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago.(AP)Winfrey reacts as she is surrounded by Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Jordan (AP)Aretha Franklin and Oprah Winfrey acknowledge fans. (AP)O
New target for thieves in U.S. : human hair

Foreign affairsMay 18, 2011

They don’t want money from cash register or jewels from the safe. Thieves in the U.S. are now on a quest for human hair, The New York Times reported Tuesday.During the past two months, robbers looking for human hair have killed a beauty shop supplier in Michigan in the worst of a rash of crimes involving the theft of human hair nationwide. Thugs have taken tens of thousands of dollars of hair at a
Russia arrests man who ate human liver with potatoes

Social affairsMay 18, 2011
Rare pink diamond fetches $10.8 million at Swiss auction

FashionMay 18, 2011

A model holds up a ring mounting a rare translucent pink diamond during a Sotheby's auction press preview in Geneva. Mounted in a ring the 10.99-carat, emerald-cut stone that is classified as "fancy intense pink" sold for a price of $10.8 million(7.6 million Euro) during a Sotheby's auction in Geneva on May 17. (Yonhap News)GENEVA (AFP) - An extremely rare translucent pink diamond fetched a price
Man eats 25,000th Big Mac, 39 years after his 1st

WorldMay 18, 2011

A retired prison guard ate his 25,000th Big Mac on Tuesday, 39 years to the day after eating his first ... nine.Don Gorske was honored after reaching the meaty milestone during a ceremony at a McDonald's in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Surely McDonald's most loyal customer, Guinness World Records recognized Gorske's feat three years and 2,000 Big Macs ago, and the 59-year-old says he h
G20 speakers plan talks on key issues

PoliticsMay 17, 2011

Following the country’s hosting of the Group of 20 summit last year, the National Assembly is set to host a parliamentary speakers’ forum from Wednesday to Friday.The G20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation, starts off with an official welcome dinner to be attended by parliamentary speakers from 26 countries, the European Union and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.The countries are mainly G20 states, but fi
Woori Financial to be sold off in single package

May 17, 2011

KDB said to be leading potential bidder for September sale of bankThe financial authorities announced Tuesday that the state-controlled Woori Financial Group would be handed over to an investor through a bidding competition by September.The Public Fund Oversight Committee said that it would sell the nation’s largest financial group by assets in a “package deal.” The official announcement came amid
‘U.S. may send delegation to N.K. over food aid’

Foreign affairsMay 17, 2011

The U.S. is likely to soon send a delegation to North Korea to examine its food shortages, but allies’ cooperation over the issue of resuming aid on a full-scale basis will not be undermined by the move, officials from Washington and Seoul said Tuesday. Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea policies, held talks with Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac here as the two ally nations