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By By CHOE SANG-HUN, on May 18th, 2013 The South Korean Defense Ministry said the missiles were fired Saturday off North Korea’s east coast.
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By By TRIP GABRIEL, on May 18th, 2013 The drama includes an accusation that a $15,000 gift from a donor to the governor went unreported and a chef that calls himself a whistle-blower.
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By By STEVEN ERLANGER, on May 18th, 2013 For President François Hollande, passage of the law despite public opposition was a significant victory given his campaign promise to legalize gay marriage within the first year of his administration.
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By By ROBBIE BROWN, on May 18th, 2013 The Smithsonian is dismantling the cabin, plank by plank, and moving it to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
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By David Frum, on May 18th, 2013 So now it’s Brit Hume who is joining the editors of National Review in warning against impeachment – at least for now.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said on Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant. A 30-year-old married man killed himself on Tuesday following the similar deaths of a 23-year-old woman on April 27 and a 24-year-old man three days earlier, media reports said. “The reasons for these building jumpings are unclear,” the New York-based China Labor Watch rights group said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong Customs said on Saturday it had foiled the largest smuggling attempt by a river trade vessel since 2008 – seizing HK$60 million worth of unmanifested goods including electronic products and endangered species. Customs officers intercepted a river trade vessel bound for Humen in Guangdong Province shortly after it set off from Black Point of Tuen Mun two days ago. Officers then escorted the vessel to the River Trade Terminal in Tuen Mun for closer examination. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The MTR Corporation could be fined as much as HK$15 million over the derailment of a light-rail train in Yuen Long on Friday that landed 77 passengers in hospital, the transport chief said. The MTR apologised on Saturday for the accident – the most serious derailment in the light-rail network’s 25-year history. A recently revised fare-adjustment mechanism that penalises any suspension of services lasting more than eight hours made such a fine possible, Secretary for Transport and Housing Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung said at the site of the crash. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city’s high levels of roadside pollution. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By REUTERS, on May 18th, 2013 French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from a trip to North Korea on Saturday but declined to shed any light on the reason for his mysterious visit. Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Abe, was tightlipped when confronted by reporters in Beijing on his way home. “I won’t accept any interview on this issue,” he told reporters, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Abe said on Saturday that Iijima would report back to chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s top government spokesman, on the visit. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles on Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the North’s intent was unclear. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Marlow Stern, on May 18th, 2013 Marlow Stern talks to Alice Eve, the stunning new addition to the Enterprise in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness.’
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By Lizzie Crocker, on May 18th, 2013 From severed blood vessels to painful scars, doctors reveal what’s involved in a double mastectomy.
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By Ellen Kampinsky, on May 18th, 2013 Renting an apartment in New York often resembles an obstacle course. A new company is aiming to simplify the search by putting the process online.
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By Allison Samuels, on May 18th, 2013 It was a rough week for Obama. IRS. Benghazi. The AP.
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By Michael Tomasky, on May 18th, 2013 Advice for Obama: Forget “Bulworth.” Try “Rambo.” By Michael Tomasky.
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By Robert Shapiro, on May 18th, 2013 We like to think that the United States is unique among nations in the way it attracts and integrates immigrant. But in our increasingly globalized and prosperous world, the data suggests America is just average.
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By Adam Doster, on May 18th, 2013 Were her curves too much for Ruth and Gehrig? Adam Doster follows the trail of an amazing story.
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By Nick Romeo, on May 18th, 2013 A new book explores the history of mass extinctions and how the human species can survive the next one.
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Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said on Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant. A 30-year-old married man killed himself on Tuesday following the similar deaths of a 23-year-old woman on April 27 and a 24-year-old man three days earlier, media reports said. “The reasons for these building jumpings are unclear,” the New York-based China Labor Watch rights group said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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