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Couples, Haas share Champions Tour lead

GolfNov 4, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― U.S. Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples seems amused by all the controversy surrounding Tiger Woods’ position on the American team.Some might say he relishes it.Couples shot a 3-under 68 in rainy, wet conditions Thursday for a share of the lead with assistant captain Jay Haas after the first round of the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Championship.Not surprisingly, the first question Couples faced after his round was about Woods.“In my mind some of it’s very
PSV, Bilbao, Legia Warsaw advance in Europa League

SoccerNov 4, 2011

ROME (AP) ― Dutch clubs PSV Eindhoven and Twente each advanced to the next round of the Europa League on Thursday, along with Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao and Legia Warsaw. Meanwhile, Lazio revived its chances and Tottenham fell from first to third in its group.Also, 2010 winner Atletico Madrid took over top spot in Group I with a 4-0 rout of Udinese, which left home Serie A scoring leader Antonio Di Natale.Trailing by two goals shortly after the break against Hapoel Tel Aviv, PSV ― which won the
Engaged couple with a baby turns out to be long-lost brother and sister

World NewsNov 4, 2011

A couple who planned for a wedding after living together for five years, discovered they were brother and sister when their families met, The Daily Mail reported.The woman in her ninth month of pregnancy is in a desperate state after learning that the father of her child is her brother, it reported.The couple in South Africa met at university and were going to introduce themselves to their parents before they got married.But when their families met, the two found out that they were brother and s
Greece: Emergency cabinet meeting as government totters

World NewsNov 3, 2011

ATHENS (AP) ― Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has called an emergency cabinet meeting for Thursday as his governing Socialist lawmakers revolt against a referendum plan.A statement from Papandreou’s office says the meeting will be held at noon and comes after Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos broke ranks with the prime minister on the referendum proposal.Earlier Thursday, Socialist lawmaker Eva Kaili also said she would not support the government in Friday’s confidence vote.Kaili urged
U.S. FTA ratification faces delay

PoliticsNov 3, 2011

The parliamentary ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement is unlikely for another week at least, after rival parties on Thursday failed to move the bill forward for a floor vote. A plenary session, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was called off by the National Assembly speaker, amid a tense standoff between ruling and opposition lawmakers. “The FTA issue is too tangled up (to be handled today). Other than that, there are just a few agenda for today’s session,” explained an official
Views differ on the role of civic groups

PoliticsNov 3, 2011

Some regard Park’s election as threat to civic activism, while others as evolutionThe election of activist Park Won-soon as Seoul mayor has brought civic groups into the political arena, raising both expectations and concerns at the same time.Park, Seoul’s first mayor elected as an independent, is considered a leading figure the history of civil activism in Korea.One of the founding members of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, a leading liberal watchdog, he also set up and led
Universities doctor books to hike tuitions: auditor

Social affairsNov 3, 2011

Private and public universities in South Korea have engaged in creative accounting practices resulting in excessive hikes in tuition fees, the state audit agency said Thursday.Wrapping up an investigation into 35 randomly chosen universities, including nine public institutions, the Board of Audit and Inspection said the institutions had habitually manipulated their accounting books over the past five years to justify steep rises in tuition expenses.The BAI estimated the creative bookkeeping prod
USFK extends off-base curfew

Social affairsNov 3, 2011

The curfew for U.S. military personnel here will be extended another two months.U.S. Forces Korea Commander General James Thurman chief announced the move Tuesday, citing the need to assess the current operational environment.Thurman said the curfew, originally intended to end at the beginning of this month, would be extended to Jan. 6.The USFK said the move was a temporary measure to ensure the continued mission readiness of the command.“I firmly believe that military discipline is the foundati
Court rules against dismissal of cloning scientist from SNU

Social affairsNov 3, 2011

A Seoul appellate court ruled Thursday that the top national university’s 2006 dismissal of disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk was illegal, overturning a lower court’s previous decision.Hwang, a former veterinary professor at the Seoul National University, filed a suit against the school chief in November 2006, demanding his dismissal from the school be rescinded. “The dismissal was made in violation of the proportionality principle or beyond (the school’s) discretion,” Seoul High Court
Seoul seeks to halve city university tuition

PeopleNov 3, 2011

University of Seoul requests subsidy to cover reduction in fees incomeSeoul Metropolitan Government is considering subsidizing tuition at the University of Seoul from next year to cut fees in half. The municipal government said it had received a request from the public university to provide a total of 18.2 billion won ($16.2 million) so that tuition fees can be halved. The administration is reportedly favorable toward the proposal. The subsidization would enable the school to reduce the tuition
Macau’s youth flock to gambling school

World NewsNov 3, 2011

MACAU (AFP) ― In a big, garishly decorated room, dealers deftly lay out cards for baccarat while an eager crowd watches a roulette wheel spin. But the money changing hands is fake, while the punters are scribbling down notes on casino mathematics, because this isn’t a casino but a classroom.Thousands of students aged from 18 upwards pass through the mock casino run by the Macau Polytechnic Institute each year, training to work in the enormous gambling venues that dominate the world’s biggest gam
Europe has few options over Greek vote

World NewsNov 3, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) ― Eurozone leaders have insisted for months that there is no Plan B ― the currency bloc simply will not break up. But now that their grand strategy to save the 17-nation currency, hatched just a week ago, is in jeopardy, they had better start working on one.The trouble is their options are limited. If Greek voters reject the deal negotiated last week in Brussels, Greece could have to leave the euro, whether or not its European partners are ready for the devastating consequences of
Korea to export tomatoes, grapes to N. America

Nov 3, 2011

South Korea will export tomatoes and grapes to the North American market starting in 2012 after meeting quality control and quarantine safety requirements, the government said Thursday.The Agriculture Ministry’s Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency said negotiations with the United States to ship tomatoes were successfully concluded last month.“Farms that can meet quality control requirements will be checked by inspectors and be registered as exporters,” it said. “Actual
Korea should focus on economic stability: report

Nov 3, 2011

South Korea needs to frame its macroeconomic policy in order to stabilize overall economic situations as the country still faces high global uncertainties that could impede its recovery and growth, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.A slowing private-sector recovery, deepening fiscal debt problems in advanced nations and belt-tightening by emerging countries will also likely combine to further slow global economic growth, the ministry said.“The global economy is expected to stay on a low-growth
N.K. economy shrinks for 2nd year: BOK

Nov 3, 2011

The North Korean economy contracted for the second straight year in 2010 due to tougher international sanctions and sluggish agricultural production, the South Korean central bank estimated Thursday.The Bank of Korea estimated that the communist country’s economy shrank 0.5 percent on-year last year, compared with a 0.9 percent contraction in 2009. The data stood in sharp contrast to the 6.2 percent expansion of the South Korean economy in 2010.The North Korean economy grew 3.1 percent in 2008 o