A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said.Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was “compelling evidence” he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz while there from 1941 to 1945, prosecutor Claudia Krauth said.Lipschis has acknowledged being assigned to an SS guard unit at Auschwitz but maintains he only

North Korea has moved two missiles from launch sites on the country's eastern coast, U.S. officials said Monday, signaling lowered tensions following worries Pyongyang was ready to test-fire the weapons.The Musudan missiles had been ready to launch at any moment, but "they moved them," a U.S. defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.North Korea's move meant there was no longer an imminent threat of a launch, and Pyongyang would have to make preparations before returning to

Thousands of protestors filled a Moscow square Monday to denounce President Vladimir Putin a year into his new term and rekindle the momentum that was brutally quashed when a protest last year led to mass arrests.Organisers said tens of thousands turned up for the rally, which marked one year since a chaotic May 6, 2012 anti-Kremlin protest that descended into violence and Putin's return to the presidency a day later.Police estimated the numbers at 8,000."Putin is a thief," charismatic oppositio

A pair of key pitchers in the top South Korean baseball league made their season debuts over the weekend following an extensive injury layoff, trying to boost their respective teams' title aspirations.Right-hander Yoon Suk-min of the Kia Tigers made his first appearance of 2013 on Saturday and earned a victory over the Nexen Heroes in relief. Left-handed reliever Park Hee-soo of the SK Wyverns also pitched for the first time this season on Saturday and pitched again the next day, picking up his

The Kia Tigers traded former MVP-winning outfielder Kim Sang-hyun to the SK Wyverns Monday as part of a two-on-two deal in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).The Tigers dealt Kim and left-handed reliever Jin Hae-soo in exchange for right-handers Song Eun-beom and Shin Seung-hyun.Kim and Song are the principal figures of the trade. Kim, 32, was voted league MVP in 2009 after leading the KBO with 36 home runs and 127 RBIs, while batting a career-high .315. The Tigers went on to win the Korean S

South Korea's financial authorities will increase surveillance on speculative movements in local shares this week, market sources said Monday. A team of officials from the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the Korea Exchange and prosecutors will launch a probe into price-rigging activities, according to sources.The local stock market has been suffering from price-rigging deals involving several so-called "celebrity shares," which are usually related to

Two people have been arrested on charges of selling and smoking marijuana, police said Monday.The two, including a 34-year-old member of a local indie band surnamed Shin, are suspected of collecting marijuana from a mountain in Jeongsun, Gangwon Province, and using the drug twice last October before selling it to four others, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said. That quantity is enough for approximately 100 doses, officers at the SMPA said."An investigation shows that Shin collected

Kevin Durant scored 35 points and hit a pair of jumpers in the final minute to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 93-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.The Indiana Pacers took home-court advantage away from the New York Knicks, as David West scored 20 points in a 102-95 win in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals.In Oklahoma City, Derek Fisher poked the ball away from Mike Conley to spring Durant the other way, and he pulled u

Japan has never in the past 1,500 years had a smooth relationship with China, Japanese deputy prime minister Taro Aso was quoted Sunday as saying during a visit to India."India shares a land border with China, and Japan has had maritime contacts (with China), but for the past 1,500 years and more there has never been a history when our relations with China went extremely smoothly," Aso said, according to the Nikkei and the Sankei Shimbun newspapers.The comments Saturday at a meeting with Indian

Juventus clinched its second successive Serie A title on Sunday with a controversial 1-0 win over Palermo to secure the team's 29th league crown with three rounds remaining.Arturo Vidal gave Juventus the lead shortly before the hour mark, firing home a debatable penalty after Massimo Donati was adjudged to have pushed over Mirko Vucinic.The goal sparked great celebration among the home fans, who had been momentarily silenced when Palermo captain Fabrizio Miccoli hit the post.“It has been a trium

At least 15 people died in clashes Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, police said.A police official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said eight people, including two policemen and a paramilitary soldier, were killed in clashes in Kanchpur just outside the capital, Dhaka.Another seven people died in Motijheel, a commercial area of Dhaka, the official said. The protesters blocked roads in the area with burning tires

South Korean stocks opened higher on Monday, tracking gains on Wall Street in the previous trading session, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) moved up 14.28 points, or 0.73 percent, to 1,979.99 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Shares gathered ground across the board, with No. 1 carmaker Hyundai Motor rising 0.5 percent and top steelmaker POSCO adding 0.95 percent. Leading chipmaker SK hynix advanced 1.02 percent.U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday on the coun

Affiliates of South Korea's top 10 business groups saw their presence on the main bourse decline in May from end-2012 amid the protracted economic slowdown, data showed Monday.The market capitalization of the top 10 conglomerates' listed firms came at 713.1 trillion won ($651 billion) on Thursday, down 2.27 percent from 729.7 trillion won tallied in end-2012, the Korea Exchange (KRX) data showed.The number accounts for 56.62 percent of the combined market cap of the companies listed on the main

South Korea's top two smartphone makers -- Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. -- saw their presences in the North American smartphone market rise, helped by robust sales of their flagship line-up and product mix, data showed on Monday.Samsung Electronics, the world's top smartphone maker, held a 29 percent share in the region's smartphone market in the first quarter, up from the 27.7 percent the previous quarter, according to the data compiled by Strategy Analytics.LG Electronics ga