Health Highlights: May 12, 2008 Healthfinder Poultry Slaughtered to Control Bird Flu Outbreak in South Korea Men More Likely to Desire Alcohol When Upset: Study Lawsuit Alleging Mercury-Autism Link to Begin in U.S. Court of Claims 85 Hepatitis C Cases Confirmed at Las Vegas Clinics Flu Vaccine Makers Preparing 143 Million Doses for Next Season...
Newspaper chief tells of Fiji chase The Australian | FIJIAN officials detained newspaper publisher Evan Hannah for a night and denied him access to telephones and consular assistance during their cloak-and-dagger efforts last week to deport him. | Mr Hannah, an Australian citizen and publisher of the Fiji Times, arrived back in Sydney on Saturday mo...
Hwang sets up pet-cloning firm News24 | Seoul, South Korea - Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk has set up a bio-technology firm specialising in cloning pet animals, a scientist close to Hwang said on Wednesday. | Hwang, whose breakthrough human cloning research was...
Starbucks Sued for Breach of Music Copyright Chosunilbo The Korea Music Copyright Association filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Coffee Korea on Wednesday, demanding the chain pay copyright fees for the music played in its outlets. In the suit to the Seoul Central District Court, the KMCA said making free ...
Disgraced South Korean scientist establishes firm specializing in cloning pet animals AOL SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk has set up a bio-technology firm specializing in cloning pet animals, a scientist close to Hwang said Wednesday. | Hwang, whose breakthrough human cloning research was...
Tucson's oldest city employee ready to retire The Examiner TUCSON, Ariz. (Map, News) - There's an old mailbox that stands just outside the city's Thomas O. Price Service Center on the south side. | Somehow, it seems to harken back to another era - just like the man who collects its mail there every working d...
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Samsung Chairman Charged with Tax Evasion Time Magazine | (SEOUL, South Korea) — Special prosecutors indicted the chairman of Samsung Group on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust Thursday, ending a probe that shook South Kor...
Samsung boss indicted for tax evasion The Boston Globe | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee was indicted on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust on Thursday, but was cleared of a more serious bribery charge afte...
LG Electronics swings to profit on record mobile phone sales Orlando Sentinel SEOUL, South Korea - LG Electronics said Wednesday it turned a net profit in the first quarter after a loss the year before, boosted by record mobile phone sales, strong performanc...
Yale fires back at South Korean university over fake degree Newsday | NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Details of a sex scandal involving a top South Korean official and a history professor who lied about having a Yale degree will be used by the Ivy League school to defend itself against a federal lawsuit. | Dongguk University fil...
How Fiji threw rule book out The Australian | INCHEON airport in Seoul is huge, modern, slick and a shade over 10 hours' flying from Nadi in Fiji, where I boarded a Korean Air flight at 10am last Friday. | It was the halfway point on my huge dogleg flight to Sydney, a route only a madman would...
US urges SKorea quickly to open beef market Turkish Press | US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, seen here, urged South Korea Friday quickly to open its market to American beef, and dismissed fears of mad cow disease which have brought thousands of protesters onto the streets | (AFP) | US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez urged South Korea Friday quickly to open its market to American beef, and dismi...
Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas Examiner WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Democrats accused Sen. John McCain Friday of hypocrisy on the question of whether the United States should negotiate with terrorists and dictators, saying the certain Republican nominee had previously been willing to negotiate with the militant Palestinian group Hamas. | In an op-ed published Friday in The Washington Post, ...
