S.Korean teen girl bands deemed 'too sexy' (AFP)

S.Korean teen girl bands deemed 'too sexy' (AFP)

S.Korean teen girl bands deemed 'too sexy' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

South Korea's parliament will launch an inquiry into claims that performances by teenage girl pop groups are too sexually suggestive, a lawmaker's aide said Thursday. The culture committee has summoned the heads of the country's three leading entertainment agencies which hire the groups.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - South Korea's parliament will launch an inquiry into claims that performances by teenage girl pop groups are too sexually suggestive, a lawmaker's aide said Thursday.

Report: S. Korea and N. Korea begin military talks

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:32 PM PDT

South Korea and North Korea on Thursday morning began military talks for the first time in nearly two years, the Yonhap news agency reported.

China: Three Japanese nationals released

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:46 PM PDT

China on Thursday released three Japanese nationals after they admitted illegally entering a Chinese military zone and expressed regret, state-run media said.

How to count Times Square crowds

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Twice a year, a company commissions counts of the number of people walking through New York's Times Square.


Oldest twins on secret to long life

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Whisky and Pastis mixed in with the odd piece of exercise sounds like the ideal recipe and it seems it's the secret behind a long life.


Officials: Pakistan blocks NATO supply trucks (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:45 PM PDT

A US Army Chinook helicopter with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is seen in 2009 close to the Pakistan border. NATO helicopters Thursday shelled a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint and killed three soldiers in a cross border attack, security officials said.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AP - Pakistani government officials say senior authorities have ordered them to block oil tankers and trucks carrying NATO supplies at a checkpoint bordering Afghanistan.

India braces for violence amid holy site verdict (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:15 PM PDT

A Musilm man walks past as Rapid Action Force soldiers guard ahead of the Ayodhya verdict, in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. The Allahabad High Court is scheduled to rule Thursday in the 60-year-old case on whether the site in the town of Ayodhya should be given to the Hindu community to build a temple to the god Rama or returned to the Muslim community to rebuild the 16th-century Babri Mosque that was razed by Hindu hard-liners in 1992. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - India braced for a spasm of violence Thursday ahead of a potentially explosive court verdict on whether Hindus or Muslims should control a disputed holy site over which deadly riots have broken out in the past.

North Korea releases photo of successor Kim Jong-un (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korean state media released a photograph on Thursday of the reclusive state's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un.


North Korea releases photo of successor Kim Jong-un

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:44 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean state media released a photograph on Thursday of the reclusive state's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un.

Fighting For China's Chocolate Palate

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:00 PM PDT

In the battle among Ferrero Rocher, Mars, Hershey, Cadbury and Nestle, who won?


'NATO helicopters kill three Pakistani soldiers' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:01 PM PDT

A US Army Chinook helicopter with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is seen in 2009 close to the Pakistan border. NATO helicopters Thursday shelled a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint and killed three soldiers in a cross border attack, security officials said.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - NATO helicopters Thursday shelled a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint and killed three soldiers in a cross border attack, security officials said.

Iran announces new delays at Bushehr nuclear plant – but denies Stuxnet link (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran said its troubled Bushehr nuclear power plant won't go on line for at least another three months, the latest delay for a plant that is the centerpiece of Iran's nuclear power program.


Three Pakistani soldiers killed in NATO border strike

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:00 PM PDT

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in a NATO helicopter attack in a border region with Afghanistan, security and military officials said, apparently the fourth such strike in recent days.

US passes bill to penalise China

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:50 PM PDT

China rejects legislation approved by House of Representatives aimed at pressuring it to let its currency rise faster.


Deadly landslides hit Mexico

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:12 PM PDT

Disaster officials warn of no let-up in rainfall as rescuers find bodies of victims in two southern states.


Billionaire Leads Property Tax Revolt

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Lower your property taxes, with advice from billionaire Tom Golisano.


China targeted in bill on currency manipulation (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:40 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 photo, a cashier counts Chinese currency notes for workers at a office in Rizhao in east China's Shandong province. China on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 rejected a measure passed by U.S. lawmakers to allow sanctions over currency manipulation as protectionist and a violation of global free-trading rules. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - The House has approved legislation that would allow the U.S. to seek trade sanctions against China and other nations for manipulating their currency to gain trade advantages.

Central American leaders plead for more U.S. anti-drug help

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:16 PM PDT

President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador presented Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with a $900 million plan to step up the fight against drug traffickers in Central America. He and other leaders say they fear their democracies are in peril because of the threat spreading from Mexico.


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Gates, Buffett dine with China's rich for charity (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:16 PM PDT

Bill Gates, left, and Warren Buffett, center, talk with some of China's richest people to promote philanthropy during a dinner and reception Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010 in Beijing. Although the two have said they will not be asking China's newly minted millionaires to give up their fortunes, there have been reports some invitees were reluctant to attend because they did not want to be pressured. Because of that concern, Gates and Buffett, who have campaigned to persuade American billionaires to give most of their fortunes to charity, issued a letter earlier this month saying they won't be pushing anyone to give up their fortunes but wanted to promote philanthropy. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Pang Xingdong) NO SALESAP - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said a meeting about charity he attended Wednesday with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and dozens of China's super rich was "a tremendous success," despite earlier concerns that the country's newly minted millionaires would be pressured to give up their fortunes.

Palm Beach Town Manager: Saving Visitor Lives Too Expensive. Daily Trash Collection For Residents Still Vital.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 08:58 PM PDT

In August, Palm Beach Town Manager Peter Elwell recommended budget cuts that included eliminating th


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