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Hyundai Motor eyes domestic sales of 700,000 cars

IndustryJan 13, 2012

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest carmaker, said Friday that it is targeting to sell 700,000 vehicles in the domestic market this year, up 2.4 percent from 2011.Hyundai Motor, which sold 683,570 units locally last year, said competition in the domestic market is exp
Marine corporal sentenced to death for killing four fellows

DefenseJan 13, 2012

HWASEONG, South Korea, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- A 19-year-old marine corporal surnamed Kim was sentenced to death by a military court on Friday for killing four fellow marines in a shooting rampage on Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, last July.A marine private found guilty of assisting Kim in the July 4 ra
Tiny frog claimed as world's smallest vertebrate

ScienceJan 13, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A frog that can perch on the tip of your pinkie with room to spare has been claimed as the world's smallest vertebrate species, out-tinying a fish that got the title in 2006. But the discoverer of another weensy fish disputes the claim.A tempest in a thimble, some might say.
Karzai condemns video of urination on corpses

World NewsJan 13, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned a video depicting what appears to be four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.Afghan President Hamid Karzai adjusts his coat, as he speaks during a gathering to mark the 40th death anniversary of
Study finds no better odds using 3 embryos in IVF

HealthJan 13, 2012

LONDON (AP) — A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.They also have a greater chance of risky multiple births."Women who have gone through infertility treatment want the best cha
India hunts 'human zoo' videographer

World NewsJan 13, 2012

NEW DELHI, Jan 12, 2012 (AFP) - India on Thursday said it was trying to track down those responsible for a video of naked tribal women dancing for tourists in the Andaman islands, where filming of aborigines is banned.British newspaper The Observer at the weekend released the undated video showing J
S. Korea, China could launch free trade talks in coming months: FM

Foreign affairsJan 12, 2012

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said Thursday his government could launch formal talks with China on forging a bilateral free trade agreement, possibly in the first half of 2012, after finishing domestic procedures to start the talks within "a few months."Presi
Supreme Court clears former KBS chief of breach-of-trust charges

Social affairsJan 12, 2012

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's judgment and cleared a former chief of the state-run Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) of breach-of-trust charges.The final ruling cleared Jung Yun-joo of charges he caused nearly 190 billion won (US$164 million) in losse
Marines probe video depicting urination on corpses

World NewsJan 12, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The U.S. Marine Corps said Wednesday it is investigating a video depicting what appears to be four Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.In a statement, the Marine Corps said it has not verified the origin or authenticity of the YouTube video. It also said the action
Alcohol releases addictive endorphin: study

HealthJan 12, 2012

Drinking alcohol helps to release endorphins in areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward, a study found.According to the study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, endorphin release in the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal cortex in response to
Australia ranked first, N.Korea last on nuclear safety

North KoreaJan 12, 2012

Australia has the tightest security controls among nations with nuclear material while North Korea poses the world's greatest risks, a new index by experts said Wednesday.The Nuclear Threat Initiative, in a project led by former US senator Sam Nunn and the Economist Intelligence Unit, aims to draw a
Report: Bomb kills official at Iran nuke facility

PodcastJan 11, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs on Wednesday to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and wounding two others, a semiofficial news agency reported.The attack in Tehran strongly resembles earlier killings o
`Doomsday Clock' moves 1 minute closer to midnight

World NewsJan 11, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A group of scientists that tracks the likelihood of a global cataclysm says the world is moving closer to doomsday.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that it has moved its ``Doomsday Clock'' to five minutes to midnight.The group says inadequate progress on stop
Romney wins New Hampshire: US media

World NewsJan 11, 2012

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney has won the state of New Hampshire in the second Republican presidential voting contest, US media projections showed Tuesday. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets voters outside a polling station at Webster
3 Korean sailors missing after ship fire in Antarctica

Social affairsJan 11, 2012

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Three crew members of a South Korean fishing boat went missing overboard and three others were injured after the ship caught fire in Antarctic waters early Wednesday, rescue officials said.The 51-meter-long vessel Jeong-woo 2, which had been fishing in the

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