South Korea drew 0-0 with 10-man Turkey, led by Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who coached the Asian team to the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup, in a friendly held Wednesday in the Turkish port city of Trabzon. (Yonhap News)In the friendly at Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium, the South Koreans were not able to capitalize on their numerical advantage against Turkey, whose captain Emre Belozoglu was red carded e

(MCT)WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A new "Confession" application for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch has received the blessing of a Catholic bishop."Confession: A Roman Catholic App," is the first program for the Apple devices created by a South Bend, Indiana-based company called "Little iApps."Its developer, Patrick Leinen, said the app was designed to be used in the confessional and was intended "for

A demonstrator wears a mock mask of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, dressed as a pink rabbit with handcuffs during a protest outside Berlusconi's private residence, in Arcore, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, to demand Premier Silvio Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) _ Critics of

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)— A Minneapolis woman has been charged with animal cruelty after postal workers say she tried to mail a puppy to Atlanta in a sealed box with no air holes. (MCT)Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says employees became suspicious when the box suddenly fell off the counter after the woman left the post office Jan. 25. Postal inspectors opened the priority mail parcel and found a 4

One of the four bullets removed from the injured South Korean captain of a chemical freighter hijacked by Somalis last month was shot by South Korean Navy commandos during their raid on the ship in the Arabian Sea, the South Korean Coast Guard said Monday, wrapping up a probe on five captured Somali pirates.Seok Hae-kyun, the skipper of the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry, has drawn keen national attenti

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) _ Belgian runner Stefaan Engels set a Guinness World Record after crossing the finish line of his 365th consecutive marathon on Saturday. Belgian athlete Stefaan Engels, known as 'marathonman', reacts as he finishes his last marathon in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Engels, dubbed the ``Marathon Man,'' began the extreme physical challenge a year ago

(captured from the Daily Mail)An incredibly large jumbo bra has been introduced by a British female underwear manufacturer.According to the British tabloid the Daily Mail, Bravissimo, which specializes in lingeries for women who struggle to find a tight-fitting bra, proposed a timely solution to the problem by introducing the new “super- super size” underwear -- the L-cup bra.Bravissimo, in fact,

 YAPHANK, New York (AP) _ The four women whose bodies were dumped  along a desolate beachfront strip on Long Island were all prostitutes who booked their clients online and were probably slain by a serial killer, authorities said Monday.This combination of photos provided by the Suffolk County Police Department shows, from left, Melissa Barthelemy, of New York's Erie County; Maureen Brainard-Barne

South Korea is moving to introduce the fifth generation of stealth fighter jets at an early date to replace its aging Air Force fighters and to secure capabilities to counter North Korea's increasing provocations, government sources said Sunday.The move comes after the parliament cut the defense ministry's request for some 15.7 billion won (US$14 million) to launch a new fighter jet procurement pr

WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. government health officials said Wednesday they are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer, raising new questions about the safety of devices which have been scrutinized for decades.Federal health officials said Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, they are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer

The dead "Devil Ray" is lifted up at the pier. Photo courtesy: Guang Ming DailyKLANG, Selangor: Founded over a hundred year ago, Pulau Ketam seems to have a stroke of bad luck as it witnessed some really bad incidents over the past couple of years, including the sinking of a century-old pontoon, the "dog eats dog" incident and the "cousin kills cousin" family tragedy, among others, casting over th

BERLIN, (AFP) - A desperate Turkish man living in Germany has turned to the police for protection from his insatiable wife's constant demands for sex, authorities said on Wednesday.(MCT)The man came to his local police station in southwestern Germany on Tuesdaysaying that he had been sleeping on the sofa for the past four years to escapethe clutches of his wife of 18 years and mother of their two

Five pirates arrested are accused of hijacking the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry and firing at the ship's captain during a rescue operation by South Korean Navy commandos on Jan.21.(Yonhap News)A local court on Sunday approved the arrest of five Somali pirates who were captured alive during a recent rescue operation on a South Korean freighter, court officials said.The pirates are accused of hijacking

(Photo: The Nation)More than a dozen diving sites in seven national marine parks in Thailand will be closed beginning January 21 for at least a month as authorities seek ways to arrest coral bleaching, leaving many tourism operators fuming."We will give the coral reefs time to recover naturally," Sunan Arunnopparat, directorgeneral of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department,

PARIS, (AFP) - Can anyone beat Frederic Chopin as an emblem of the Romantic artist? (MCT)In the great Polish composer, towering genius combined with a wasted frame and a pallid face behind which lurked melancholy, a brooding over death, adisconnection from ordinary life and sometimes horrifying hallucinations. A force that created this image was the French novelist George Sand, whodescribed lyrica

The seriously wounded captain of a South Korean freighter freed from Somali pirates was flown home from Oman Saturday for treatment, about a week after he survived shooting during a commando operation to rescue the vessel.The 58-year-pld captain was immediatey taken to Ajou Hospital in Suwon. (Yonhap News)A special ambulance jet carrying Seok Hae-kyun landed at a military airport, south of Seoul,

CAIRO (AP) _ Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighborhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives Saturday as looting and violence engulfed the capital.Egyptian anti-government protesters stand atop an Egyptian army tank during a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (Yonhap-AP)With the police having disappeared from the streets, the army expa

This image provided by Riverside County Animal Services shows Animal Services officer, Kim McWhorter, holding a 5-foot long Monitor lizard animal controls officers found wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside, Calif., Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Black-throated Monitor lizards are carnivorous and native to the grasslands of Africa (Photo: AP)RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Animal services o

 CAIRO (AP) _ Thousands of Egyptians vented their rage against President Hosni Mubarak's autocratic government in a second day of protests Wednesday that defied a ban on public gatherings. Baton-wielding police responded with tear gas and beatings in a crackdown that showed zero tolerance for dissent.Egypt's largest anti-government protests in years echoed the uprising in Tunisia, threatening to d

 BEIJING (AP) _ It has shown up frequently in pork but also in snake dishes in south China and beef from the far western Xinjiang region, sending diners to the hospital with stomach aches and heart palpitations. A farmer pours the fresh milk at a dairy farm in Shenyang, China on Sept. 20. (AP)Clenbuterol, known in China simply as ``lean meat powder,'' is a dangerous drug that's banned in China yet