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Jupiter moon has 'ocean' of molten rock

ScienceMay 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A moon of Jupiter is the only place other than Earth in our solar system where volcanoes occur, and scientists have found an ocean of magma beneath its surface that feed its potent eruptions.Io is the most volcanic object known in the solar system, producing 100 times more lava than Earth, and data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft has shed new light on how that happens, said the
Police: 68 killed in bombings in NW Pakistan

World NewsMay 13, 2011

Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 68 people _ nearly all recruits _ in the bloodiest attack in the country since a U.S. raid killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.A suicide bomber detonated at least one of the blasts at the main gate of the facility for the Frontier Constabulary, a poorly equipped but front-line force in Paki
Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies with PR fiasco

TechnologyMay 13, 2011

The intense rivalry between Facebook and Google just got juicier.In a twist seemingly out of a Hollywood thriller, Facebook hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google's privacy practices in leading news outlets. The efforts backfired when the firm approached a blogger who not only declined the assignment, but also went public with the offer.The lates
10-year-old Bolivian seeking mom ends up in Chile

Social affairsMay 13, 2011

SANTIAGO, (AFP) - A 10-year-old Bolivian boy who hid on a truck in an effort to visit his mother who had just been released from prison ended up in Chile after an unexpected 500-kilometer (300-mile) trek through the Andes mountains, officials said.The boy, identified as Franklin Vilca, ended up Saturday in the Chilean city of Iquique, some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) north of Santiago, after a
BOK freezes key rate at 3 %

May 13, 2011

BOK freezes key rate at 3 % South Korea's central bank unexpectedly froze the key interest rate on Friday for the second straight month as economic uncertainty such as the eurozone debt crisis persists even in the face of inflation risks. Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his fellow policymakers held steady the benchmark seven-day repo rate, dubbed the base rate, at 3 percent for May.
Toll rapidly mounting in northern Mexico

WorldMay 13, 2011

The bodies of eight decapitated men were dumped Thursday along roads in Durango, a drug-gang-plagued northern Mexican state already grappling with the horror of discovering mass graves where 196 corpses have been unearthed so far.Six of the naked bodies were found along a highway leading out of the state capital of Durango city, their heads lying nearby, according to a statement from the state att
How bin Laden emailed without being detected by US

World NewsMay 13, 2011

Despite having no Internet access in his hideout, Osama bin Laden was a prolific email writer who built a painstaking system that kept him one step ahead of the U.S. government's best eavesdroppers.His methods, described in new detail to The Associated Press by a counterterrorism official and a second person briefed on the U.S. investigation, served him well for years and frustrated Western effort
[Urgent] BOK freezes key rate at 3 pct for 2nd month

May 13, 2011

South Korea's central bank unexpectedly froze the key interest rate on Friday for the second straight month as economic uncertainty such as the eurozone debt crisis persists even in the face of inflation risks.Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his fellow policymakers held steady the benchmark seven-day repo rate, dubbed the base rate, at 3 percent for May.The decision came as a surprise
Half of singles have no interest in marriage

CultureMay 13, 2011

About half of Korean office workers said they were neutral about marriage, according to research.Korea-based recruitment website Job Korea surveyed 633 office workers on their thoughts on marriage.Although only 2.7 percent said they would not get married at all, 50.2 percent answered that either way was fine. Another 47.1 percent said they were definite about getting married in the future.The resu
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No it’s…comic nerd?

Social affairsMay 13, 2011

A 31 year-old man was arrested for imitating batman while possessing dangerous weapons, according to U.S. police in Michigan.Mark Williams, a comic book fan, was found hanging from the rooftop of a hardware store about 10 meters off the ground. When police arrested the man, they found a striking weapon, gloves, and a can of irritant chemical spray. William’s My Space lists his favorite movie as “T
Dix wins 100m event at Daegu competition

More sportsMay 12, 2011

DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- American Walter Dix won the men's 100 meter race Thursday at an international athletics competition in Daegu, a southeastern Korean metropolitan city, where the next world athletics championships will be held later this year. (Walter Dix (center) wins the men's 100 meter race at the Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting on Thursday. (Yonhap News)The 25-year-old came in at
Lee says N.K. reaction to invitation not official one

PoliticsMay 12, 2011

COPENHAGEN (Yonhap News) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he does not expect North Korea to respond quickly to his offer to invite leader Kim Jong-il to an international summit in Seoul next year and even a negative response does not necessarily mean a rejection. Lee made the remark a day after the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland denounced his offer as "r
After bin Laden death, a boom in SEAL imposters

World NewsMay 12, 2011

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, May 11, 2011 (AFP) - In the fortnight since elite US Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, faux commandos wearing the SEALs' gold trident and medals on their chests have been popping up all over the place. SEAL members (AFP-Yonhap News)SEALs have been spotted in improbable places like a church in Pennsylvania, on Greyhound buses, in Wal-Marts and at fastfood restaurants.A ma
Seoul to discuss Lee’s overture with N. Korea

PoliticsMay 12, 2011

COPENHAGEN -- An aide to President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that Seoul may hold working-level talks with Pyongyang to follow up on Lee’s conditional invitation of Kim Jong-il to a global nuclear summit next year.Pyongyang downplayed Lee’s latest overture in Berlin that he would invite the reclusive North Korean leader to the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul next spring if Pyongyang made a firm
[Herald Interview] G20 speakers to gather in Seoul for talks

PoliticsMay 12, 2011

Speaker Park says Korea should take leading role in promoting world peaceFollowing Seoul’s hosting of the Group of 20 summit last year, the National Assembly speaker is set to lead a meeting of G20 parliamentary speakers next week.“We are now living in a global era and the parliament, as the state’s key legislative organ, should keep pace with the changing world,” Park Hee-tae told The Korea Heral