South Korea says officials from the two Koreas are meeting in North Korea to discuss their joint industrial complex.
The Unification Ministry says Tuesday's talks will focus on easing border crossings, communication and customs clearances for South Koreans who travel to and from the North Korean border town of Kaesong.
The Kaesong complex has combined …
Across the room Megan was getting up to stack her tray.
Time to make my move.
I caught up to her at the trash and recycling bins. "Hi. You'reMegan, aren't you?" When she seemed surprised, I added, "I'm Casey."
"Right. Mr. Baxter told me about you." A smile lit Megan's face."I'm really glad you want to help get the school paper startedagain."
I glared at her. Why was everyone so hung up on this helpingbusiness?
When I didn't respond, she went on. "I think it's going to be alot of fun!" She smiled again. Boy, was she ever perky.
"Fun?" I said grimly. "News is not fun, Megan. …
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In Tehran's northern suburbs, 24-year-old Sepehr Shaygan is nursing a stubborn headache he blames on the smog. His mother puts on a surgical mask to do the shopping for a barbecue on the roof.
The family then peered out into a soup of yellow haze instead of the vista of cityscape and distant mountains when the weather is clear.
"Unbreathable" is how Shaygan described the air quality in Iran's smog-shrouded capital these days. He'll get no argument from worried city officials.
For the third workday in two weeks, Tehran was effectively shut down Thursday because of "unhealthy" pollution levels. Government offices, schools, banks, factories and many …
CHICAGO (AP) — The sentencing of a former Chicago police lieutenant convicted of lying about the torture of suspects has been postponed.
Jon Burge was originally slated to be sentenced Friday, but a federal judge has reset the date to Jan. 20.
A jury convicted Burge in June of perjury and obstruction of justice. He's been free on bond since the five-week …
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LOS ANGELES - Former "Cheers" mailman and popular Pixar Studios voice John Ratzenberger became the latest celebrity casualty Tuesday on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."
Though judge Bruno Tonioli said the actor's moves made it look as if he had "been to dance rehab," his footwork failed to impress fans.
Viewer votes are combined with judges' scores to determine which couple will be eliminated each week.
Ratzenberger thanked his professional partner, Edyta Sliwinska, saying, "Her kindness and patience and friendship has really been astounding."
Tuesday's results show also included a "Sports Center" spoof with ESPN reporter Kenny Mayne, an early reject of …
A group of Icelanders pleaded with U.K. lawmakers in London on Tuesday to unfreeze the assets of the Nordic nation's banks, saying Britain had been wrong to use anti-terror laws to freeze them last year.
Submitting a petition backed by about 80,000 Icelanders _ about a quarter of the tiny island country's population _ the delegation of Icelandic activists insisted: "We are not terrorists."
"This is an emotional issue with us," said music professor Olaf Eliasson, who helped organize the petition's delivery at London's neo-gothic Palace of Westminster, the home of Britain's Parliament. "If you do it with Iceland, you can do it with …
