The Korea Herald

Cambridge named world’s top university

Sept 5, 2011

The University of Cambridge has retained its premier status in the QS World University Rankings, beating Harvard for a second year, as U.K. and U.S. institutions again took the top 10 spots.The rankings featured six U.S. establishments, with the remainder coming from Britain. Yale University slipped
Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks

Sept 5, 2011

美 '종이 없는 학교' 아이패드 사용 늘어HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.A few hours away
Jordan woman killed in hospital over pregnancy

Sept 5, 2011

A Jordanian man was charged on Sunday with killing his 24-year-old widowed daughter in hospital after she gave birth to twins, a judicial official said.(MCT)“Amman‘s criminal court prosecutor charged the man with premeditated murder after he confessed to shooting dead his daughter on Saturday,
Papers show Gadhafi, Western Intel ties

Sept 4, 2011

TRIPOLI (AP) ― The CIA and other Western intelligence agencies worked closely with the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi, sharing tips and cooperating in handing over terror suspects for interrogation to a regime known to use torture, according to a trove of security documents discovered after the fa
Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse accusations

Sept 4, 2011

VATICAN CITY (AP) ― The Vatican has vigorously rejected accusations it had sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and charged that the Irish prime minister had made an “unfounded” attack against the Holy See.The Vatican issued a 24-page response o
Ex-IMF chief comes home

Sept 4, 2011

PARIS (AP) ― Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned home to France on Sunday for the first time since a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape, unleashing an international scandal that dashed his chances for the French presidency.New York prosecutors late
Britain invited Gadhafi sons to see SAS display: report

Sept 4, 2011

LONDON, Sept 4, 2011 (AFP) - Britain invited two of Moamer Gadhafi‘s sons to the headquarters of the SAS special forces unit as former premier Tony Blair tried to build ties with the Libyan regime, The Sunday Times reported. Libya's embattled Moammar Gadhafi fans his face during the Forum of Kings,
Wayward penguin released south of New Zealand

Sept 4, 2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- He needed a little push before speeding backward down a makeshift slide. Once in the water, he popped his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin known as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after an extended sojourn spe
UN gave US information on Iraq massacre: leak

Sept 3, 2011

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A UN special rapporteur gave information to Washington indicating its forces summarily executed 10 Iraqis, among them four women and five children, in a 2006 raid, a leaked US diplomatic cable says.According to the April 2006 cable, which details a letter from Philip Alston, Special
WikiLeaks sparks fury with release of unredacted cables

Sept 2, 2011

LONDON (AP) -- Four of the high-profile media organizations that have collaborated with WikiLeaks on its release of secret documents on Friday condemned the group's disclosure of its entire archive of uncensored U.S. State Department cables.WikiLeaks announced that it had posted the last of its coll
Japan’s P.M. picks allies for key cabinet spots

Sept 2, 2011

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda picked close allies Friday for key positions in his cabinet as he tries to steer his troubled nation through disaster recovery, a nuclear crisis and a lengthy economic slump.Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura announced the picks, including Koichir
Chilean students stage kiss-in for reforms

Sept 2, 2011

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) _ More than 100 students have held a kiss-in in a central plaza of the Chilean capital as part of a peaceful protest demanding education reforms.Chilean couples kiss during a demonstration demanding structural changes in the educational sector in downtown Santiago, Chile, Thursd
Iran leader: West cannot ‘confiscate’ Arab Spring

Sept 1, 2011

TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to “confiscate” the region’s pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic’s unease about their standing in a profoundly altered Middle East.Iran has tried to walk t
10th anniversary of 9/11 nears, U.S. ups security

Sept 1, 2011

The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses during the September 11 terrorist attack in 2001. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) ― As the United States prepares for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a date al-Qaida has cited as a potential opportunity to strike again, security is int
Court case reveals details of secret flights

Sept 1, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — The secret airlift of terrorism suspects and American intelligence officials to CIA-operated overseas prisons via luxury jets was mounted by a hidden network of U.S. companies and coordinated by a prominent defense contractor, newly disclosed documents show.More than 1,