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The Weirdness That Is Gangnam Style
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Slavery? Still?
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Obama says he's never spoken to Kim Jong Un

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't know Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon) personally and has never spoken to him, but says the North Korean leader can still take a different path.

By Associated Press , May 07, 2013

Collapse of Bangladesh building kills at least 600

DHAKA, Bangladesh — More than 600 bodies have been recovered from the garment-factory building that collapsed well over a week ago, police said Sunday as the grim recovery work continued in one of the worst industrial accidents ever.

By Farid Hossain, Associated Press , May 06, 2013

Israeli airstrikes prompt anger

Israeli airstrikes prompt anger BEIRUT — Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours — an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war.

By Josef Federman, Associated Press , May 06, 2013

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Burmese refugees flock to Iowa meatpacking town

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — The first Chin Burmese student arrived at Wilma Sime Roundy Elementary School three years ago, a smiling preschooler whose father often checked on his progress.

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press , May 05, 2013

Syria news agency: Israel strikes near Damascus

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli missiles struck a research center near the Syrian capital Damascus, setting off explosions and causing casualties, Syria's state news agency reported early Sunday, citing initial reports.

By Associated Press , May 05, 2013

Mexico violence pushes 2 companies to relocate

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — The economic development secretary of the western Mexican state of Michoacan says two major firms have decided to relocate their distribution centers to escape violence.

By Associated Press , May 04, 2013

Israel enforces 'red line' with Syria airstrike

BEIRUT (AP) — With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of not allowing game-changing weapons to reach Lebanon's Hezbollah, a heavily armed foe of the Jewish state and an ally of President Bashar Assad's regime, Israeli officials said Saturday.

By Josef Federman and Karin Laub, Associated Press , May 04, 2013

Mexico violence pushes 2 companies to relocate

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — The economic development secretary of the western Mexican state of Michoacan says two major firms have decided to relocate their distribution centers to escape violence.

By Associated Press , May 04, 2013

Rat meat sold as lamb in latest China food scandal

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country's latest food safety scandal.

By Associated Press , May 03, 2013

Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 500 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish.

By Farid Hossain and Stephen Wright, Associated Press , May 03, 2013

U.S. rethinking possibly arming Syrian rebels

The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than two years, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday, becoming the first top U.S. official to publicly acknowledge the reassessment.

May 03, 2013

Expert: Rhinos extinct in Mozambique

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, it has again been driven to extinction, or to the brink of extinction, by poachers seeking their horns for sale in Asia.

By Michelle Faul, Associated Press , May 02, 2013

North Korea sentences US man in possible bid for talks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state, the North's media said Thursday — a move that could trigger a visit by a high-profile American if history is any guide.

By Sam Kim, Associated Press , May 02, 2013

'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011.

By Jasom Straziuso, Associated Press , May 02, 2013

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.

By Julie Pace, Associated Press , April 30, 2013

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