An African schoolboy participated in a ceremonial wedding with a 61-year-old woman, British media reported.The wedding ceremony between 8-year-old Sanele and Helen Shabangu was held recently in Tshwane, South Africa, according to Mirror reports. The newlyweds exchanged rings and kissed in front of 100 guests.The boy’s mother, 46-year-old Patience Masilela, said the marriage was to fulfill the dying wish of Sanele’s grandfather.“Sanele is named after his grandfather, who was never had a white wed

잉글랜드 프로축구의 명문팀 맨체스터 유나이티 드(맨유)와 첼시가 잉글랜드 축구협회(FA)컵 8강전에서 4골을 주고받는 치열한 경기를 펼쳤지만 승부를 내지 못했다.맨유와 첼시는 10일(현지시간) 영국 맨체스터의 올드 트래퍼드에서 열린 2012-2013 FA컵 8강전에서 2-2로 비겼다.이에 따라 양팀은 추후 첼시의 홈 경기장인 스탬퍼드 브리지에서 재경기를 해 4강 진출자를 다시 결정한다.지난달 레알 마드리드와의 유럽축구연맹(UEFA) 챔피언스리그 8강에서 진 탓에 '트레블 크라운(UEFA 챔피언스리그, 정규리그, FA컵 우승)'이 무산된 맨유는 FA컵에 총력을 기울였다.첼시 역시 정규리그에서 만족할 만한 성적을 내지 못하고 FA컵 우승에 올 시즌의 운명을 건 상황이어서 양팀은 미리부터 혈투를 예고했다.먼저 골을 터뜨리고 경기를 주도한 것은 맨유였다.맨유는 전반 4분 마이클 캐릭의 롱패스를 받은 하비에르 에르난데스(치차리토)가 헤딩슛을 성공, 앞서 나갔다.전반 11분에는 웨인 루니가 찬

Chelsea staged a second-half fightback at Manchester United to earn 2-2 draw in the FA Cup on Sunday and force a replay to determine who plays Manchester City in the semifinals.Javier Hernandez and Wayne Rooney put United ahead 2-0 after just 11 minutes, but substitute Eden Hazard began Chelsea's comeback in the 59th and Ramires equalized seven minutes later. United manager Alex Ferguson blamed the collapse on fatigue in the wake of Tuesday's Champions League loss at home to Real Madrid. Chelsea

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in dozens of Spanish cities on Sunday to protest sky-high unemployment, what they say is the government*s inefficient handling of the economy and corruption scandals.Many protesters carried placards critical of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's ruling Popular Party, which is immersed in a corruption investigation centered on former treasurer Luis Barcenas and alleged under-the-table payments to party officials while in opposition.King Juan Carlos' son-in-l

Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria's police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government's silence only led to more questions about the nation's continued inability to halt attacks that

A round of heated debates over the effects of the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) is expected in the U.S. capital this week, as the two sides mark the first anniversary of the implementation of the historic deal.After years of political controversies and tumultuous ratification procedures, the agreement, dubbed "KORUS FTA," went into effect on March 15 last year. It is arguably the U.S.'s most commercially significant free trade agreement in almost two decades.South Korea's oppositio

North Korea severed the inter-Korean communication hotline that runs through the truce village of Panmunjom following its threat to do so last week, South Korea's unification ministry said Monday.The ministry said the North seems to have disconnected the emergency link set up to ensure prompt two-way communication to deal with any sudden developments along the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. It said attempts to contact the North by telephone at 9 a.m. failed.Pyongyang warned la

South Korean Sin Da-woon was crowned the men's overall champion at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Sunday.Sin earned 89 total points by winning two races and finishing second in another one at the annual event. His compatriot Kim Yun-jae scored 55 points to finish second in the overall standings.Sin won the men's 1,000 meters on Sunday with a time of 1:30.374, beating out Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands. This was Sin's second title of this year's world

South Korea and the U.S. launched their annual Key Resolve drills on Monday as North Korea cut out a telephone hotline at the inter-Korean border village in its latest provocative act.Pyongyang had earlier threatened to scrap the armistice agreement and inter-Korean agreements on nonaggression and denuclearization denouncing the 10-day allied exercise as a “rehearsal for a nuclear war of incursion.”  For the first time, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff led the command post exercise in preparation f

A fifth of Canada's glaciers could be gone by the end of the century, a casualty of global warming that would drive a 1.4-inch (3.5-centimeter) rise in sea levels, a study found Thursday."Even if we only assume moderate global warming, it is still highly likely that the ice is going to melt at an alarming rate," lead author Jan Lenaerts said in a statement.And "the chances of it growing back are very slim," emphasized the meteorologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.He said the process

Discord began to spread within the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) Friday as it faced growing pressure to pass a controversial bill seen as blocking the new government's launch.The bill, which calls for a reorganization of the government's structural layout, has been stuck in parliament since the end of January due to disagreement between the DUP and the ruling Saenuri Party.The deadlock has led new President Park Geun-hye to hold off on formally appointing chiefs of ministries tha

A Fort Worth, Texas, couple are facing charges for allegedly prostituting a 15-year-old girl, police said.Deundrea R. Miller, 27, and Brittanie S. Brattain, 21, of Saginaw, allegedly recruited the teen, called "Jewel" in a federal criminal complaint against them, and forced her into prostitution from September until January, when the teen ran away, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported.The suspects allegedly met Jewel in September, took suggestive pictures of her and placed advertisement

Justin Bieber is recovering after fainting backstage at a concert in London.A spokeswoman for Bieber said late Thursday that the 19-year-old pop star was given oxygen and took a 20-minute reprieve after fainting backstage at London's O2 Arena.Bieber posted a shirtless photo of himself in a hospital bed late Thursday with the caption: “Gettin better listening to Janis Joplin.” Before that on Twitter he thanked “everyone pulling me thru tonight.”“Best fans in the world,” he wrote. “Figuring out wh

The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.The New York Yankees reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after this season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no official statement. A news conference was called for Saturday at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Florida.The 43-year-old closer is Major League Baseball's saves leader with 608.

Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures. In the wake of fresh U.N. sanctions leveled at North Korea on Thursday for its latest nuclear test, the question is: Will this time be different?Since 2006, North Korea ha

U.S. job growth probably continued at a modest but steady pace last month, buoyed by consumer spending and strength in the housing and auto industries.Economists forecast that employers added 152,000 jobs in February, according to a survey by FactSet, about the same as in January. The unemployment rate likely dipped to 7.8 percent from 7.9 percent.The Labor Department is scheduled to release the jobs report at 1330 GMT Friday.More hiring is needed to swiftly reduce the unemployment rate, which h

북한이 8일 유엔 안보리의 새 제재와 한미합동군사연습에 반발, 남북간 맺은 불가침 합의를 전면 폐기하고 남북직통전화 등 판문점 연락통로를 단절한다고 선언했다. 평양의 조국평화통일위원회는 이날 발표한 성명에서 ‘키 리졸브’와 ‘독수리’ 한미합동군사연습을 “우리에 대한 침략행위로 북남 사이의 불가침에 관한 합의를 전면적으로 뒤집어 엎는 파괴행위”라고 규정하고 “조선정전협정이 완전히 백지화되는 3월 11일 그 시각부터 북남 사이의 불가침에 관한 합의들도 전면 무효화될 것을 공식 선언한다”고 밝혔다. 이날 노동당 기관지 노동신문은 인민군 장령(장성) 강표영이 전날 평양 김일성광장에서 열린 평양시 군민대회에 참석, 군 장병 대표연설에서 “조국통일대전의 출발진지를 차지한 인민군 장병들은 방아쇠에 손을 걸고 명령만을 기다리고 있으며 이미 타격목표를 확정한 대륙간탄도미사일들을 비롯한 각종 미사일들은 경량화, 소형화되고 다종화된 핵탄두들을 장착하고 대기상태에 있다“고 말했다.강표영은 한국의 중장급인

A 52-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of setting fire to a restaurant in Seoul's cultural district of Insa-dong last month, police said Friday.The suspect, only identified by his surname Ahn, is accused of torching the closed restaurant in the dense area of downtown central Seoul on Feb. 17, that ripped through a total of 11 buildings, they said. The blaze caused hundreds of tourists and residents in nearby neighborhoods to be evacuated.Ahn, with a record of mental illness, was found

South Korean President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to deal strongly with North Korean provocations as tensions on the divided peninsula have risen sharply with the communist nation making harsh war threats day after day."Our current security situation is very grave. North Korea pressed ahead with a nuclear test and long-range missile development, and is threatening to nullify the Armistice Agreement," Park said during a joint commissioning ceremony for graduating military cadets at the Gyeryongda

A teenager was arrested for the rape of six Spanish tourists last month in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, the Guerrero state attorney said Thursday.The latest arrest in the grisly crime puts the final suspect in the case behind bars, said the southwestern state's attorney general Martha Elva Garzon.She declined to give the suspect's name or age, but said he was being held at a special center for teenagers in Chilpancingo, the state capital.In addition to rape, he may be charged with theft