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Korean Star’s Suicide Reignites Debate on Web Regulation
Oct 14 2008, Kelly

when Ms. Choi, 39, was found dead in her apartment on Oct. 2 in what the police concluded was a suicide, her grief-stricken homeland sought an answer to why the actress had chosen to end her life.The police, the media and members of Parliament...

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Colombian system in doldrums, judicial officials receiving threats from govt, police
Sebastian, Caracas
The UN expressed concerns Wednesday about threats made against Colombian judicial officials and warned that some were coming from the government and police. Following...
Colombia, Corruption, System Justice
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Hired by Customs, but Working for the Cartels Success
Chad, Tempe
At first, Luis F. Alarid seemed well on his way to becoming a customs agency success story. He had risen from a childhood of poverty and foster homes, some of them...
US, War without borders, US marines
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Twitter mania, Mother updated Twitter as her son, 2, lay dying
Steven, Liverpool
A mother posted messages on Twitter as rescue workers tried to save her dying son. Shellie Ross, who is in her 30s, sent out ‘tweets’ to the social networking site...
UK, Mother, Twitter
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Muslims accuse FBI Tactics Sow Anger, Fear
Andrew, Tempe
The anxiety and anger have been building all year. In March, a national coalition of Islamic organizations warned that it would cease cooperating with the F.B.I. unless...
US, FBI, Muslims
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Strange case: First Eritrea's soccer team go missing in Kenya, now granted asylum
Isaac, Kampala
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has granted asylum to the 12 members of the National Football (Soccer) Team of Eritrea that defected in Kenya on...
Eritrea, Eritrea's soccer team, Asylum in Kemya national football team
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Black gold — Mexico’s latest illicit product
Patrick, Mexico City
First it was cocaine. Now Mexico’s drug kingpins are offering an even more addictive substance to their American customers: black gold. This isn’t slang for a new...
Mexico, Drug war, Killings
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Maoist child soldiers head home to Nepal after three years
Alfonso, Kathmandu
Nearly 3,000 child soldiers who fought as Maoist guerrillas in Nepal are finally to be released from the camps where they have been confined for the past three years,...
Nepal, Maoist, child soldiers
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Yemen grips on a-lQaida, kills 34 members in raids
Ghazi, San'a
Yemen today claimed to have killed 34 members of al-Qaida and captured 17 others in security operations in a country in which a growing jihadi presence is ringing alarm...
Yemen, Yemen crisis, Rebels
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In Chile, the building blocks of prosperity
Pedro, Brasilia
For Floripa Lizama and her family, the past is their slapdash wood-plank home located next to an unsightly concrete canal. But they will soon be part of a new Chile,...
Chile, Prosperity, govt. house funds
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Venezuela's Chavez sees US threat in Dutch islands
Cesar, Caracas
Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military...
Chavez, US threat, Dutch islands
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Ship sinks off Lebanon with 83 aboard, dozens are still missing
Hasan, Beirut
The Lebanese navy said it has recovered 38 people and four bodies off the coast of northern Lebanon after a ship with 83 aboard sank Thursday. The rescue mission was...
Lebanon, Farry sink, Cargo ship
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Scary report on Soutrh and Northern Sudan
Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
Scary details that North and Southern Sudan are sliding back to war calls for immediate action before its too late. A newly released report has revealed that both...
Sudan crisis, War, arms
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300 reindeer die tragic pre-Christmas death
Freestyler, Stockholm
It was bad enough that nearly 300 reindeer tragically drowned before Christmas after the ice collapsed on a Swedish river crossing. Then a company wanted to grind the...
Sweden, Reindeer, tragic pre-Christmas death
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Bomb blast near mosque kills 10 in Pakistan
Arsalan, Islamabad
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near a mosque inside a police compound in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 10 people in the latest attack by...
Pakistan, Suicide bombing, Bombing ner Mosuqe
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Iraq Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones For Under $26
Craig, Miami
Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have intercepted live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military’s...
Iraq war, Iraq Insurgents, U.S. Drones
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Father, Son, Grandson Found Shot To Death In Manhattan Apartment
Erick, Los Angeles
his son and grandson were shot to death in a Manhattan apartment by a man who wounded the youngest victim’s mother before falling to his death from a fire escape,...
US, Gunman, shooting
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Twitter Hacked By Iranian Cyber Army
Steven, Liverpool
It’s not clear who the Iranian Cyber Army is, or if the group is actually responsible for sabotaging Twitter. During the unrest that followed Iran’s...
Iran, Twitter, ranian Cyber Army
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Obama Care and the Liberal Obsession
Jack, Los Angeles
If President Obama’s health-care initiative fails, there is no longer a rationale for being a liberal in the United States. Everything else on liberalism’s...
US, Hath care, Democrates
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Conference on 'Fight against Corruption' Ends with No Result
Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
Yesterday saw the closing of a three-day national conference to identify “best practices and effective measures” in the fight against corruption. The...
Endemic Corruption, Parallel Government, Anti-Corruption institutions
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Wave of strikes sweeps Greece amidst the threats of bankruptcy
George, Athens
A wave of strikes culminating on Thursdays pan-worker mobilisation has been the response to the scaremongering of the government amidst the worsening economic crisis...
Greece, Protests, anniversary of riots
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Cracking Down
Tristan, Seoul
South Korea has a young and vibrant, albeit occasionally misguided, democracy. By now you’ve probably heard one too many stories about the protests that have been...
South Korea, Seoul, protest, Lee Myung bak
made popular Jun 25 2008
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More *YAWN* Protests...
Tristan, Seoul
I have the latest, breaking news from Seoul. Wait for it… Yes, more beef protests. President Lee Myung-bak, who has utterly caved into public pressure, sent Trade...
South Korea, protest, beef, Seoul
made popular Jun 24 2008
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Behind the Scenes: The Korean Mad Cow Phenomenon
Tristan, Seoul
A lot of time and effort has been spent trying to legitimately understand the domestic turmoil that is hampering Lee Myung-bak’s efforts to stabilize South Korea. ...
Seoul, South Korea, USA, Lee Myung-bak
made popular Jun 19 2008
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5 Fair Retaliations
Tristan, Seoul
Five Fair Retaliations Against Breaking the April 17th Trade Agreement: On April 17, 2008 the Lee administration of South Korea signed an agreement, which was reached...
South Korea, Seoul, FTA, Mad Cow
made popular Jun 18 2008
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South, North Korea: Principles Vs. Hunger
Yash, Bhopal
South Korea’s new president, Lee Myung-bak, is asking tough questions about human rights abuses in North Korea — questions that were all but ignored by his...
Lee Myung-bak, food disaster, U.N. World Food program, human rights abuses in North Korea
made popular Apr 30 2008
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