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A Victim Helped Out Of Building Torn Down By Suicide Bomber
A wounded man is helped from the scene after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 4, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside Iraq’s main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims on Monday, tearing down part of the three-story building and killed and wounded…
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Facebook To Repeal Age Limit Not To Make Children Liars
An unidentified 11-year-old girl looks at Facebook on her computer at her home in Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday, June 4, 2012. Though Facebook bans children under 13, millions of them have profiles on the site by lying about their age. The company is now testing ways to allow…
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Queen To Shake Hands With Crown Prince Charles
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II shakes the hand of her son Prince Charles at the end of the Queen’s Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace, London, Monday, June 4, 2012. The concert is a part of four days of celebrations to mark the 60 year reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth…
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Turkish Cookers Challenge Making Longest Flan In World
A Turkish flan cooker in western Turkish city of Bursa made and record attempt by preparing 2023 meter- long flan. Turkish cooker used 650 kg flour, 350kg oil, 1000 eggs, 45 kg salt, 900 kg cheese, potatoes, meat and spinach for his flan. Crazy cooker tried to enter “Guinness World…
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Guests Enjoy Dinner On 50-Meter High Platform In Brussels
Guests enjoy a “Dinner in the Sky” on a platform hanging in front of the Royal Palace in Brussels, capital of Belgium, June 4, 2012. “Dinner in the Sky” can accommodate 22 guests, seated at a table suspended from a crane at a height of 50 meters. The crane…
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World
Egyptians Get Angry With Verdict Against Mubarak
An Egyptian protester waves a national flag as he sits on a tree during a demonstration in Tahrir Square to protest against the mixed verdict against former leader Hosni Mubarak and his aides, in Cairo, Egypt, late Monday, June 4, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Business
English divide deepens further
The massive gulf between the rich and poor contributes to a dramatic disparity in English skills, government researchers said Monday. With the economy in decay, low-income earners are unable to pay for private language courses while the quality of public education just isn’t cutting it. This marginalizes them in society…
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What’s in a neighborhood name?
The Seochon neighborhood that sits between Mt. Inwang and Gyeongbok Palace is no stranger to controversy. For most of the 2000s, debates over apartment-style redevelopment riled the neighborhood. In 2008, the city of Seoul stopped redevelopment plans for most of the area and began drawing up plans for preserving the…
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Decency of lawmakers
Lim should make sincere apology to defectors Rep. Lim Su-kyung’s abusive remarks last week against North Korean defectors and a ruling party lawmaker are creating a stir, raising the possibility that the controversy over “pro-North’’ legislators may spread to her main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP). The row comes at…
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Smuggler arrested for helping N. Korea launch cyber attack
Police have arrested a smuggler for allegedly helping North Korean intelligence attempt cyber terrorism on government computer networks through online game software. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Sunday that the 39-year-old man, surnamed Cho, is under investigation for purchasing 10 versions of gambling software with malicious code from North…
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