The Pentagon said Monday that it will not redeploy tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea."Our policy remains in support of a non-nuclear Korean peninsula. There is no plan to change that policy," a spokesperson for the Department of Defense told Yonhap News Agency on the customary condition of anonymity."Tactical nuclear weapons are unnecessary for the defense of South Korea and we have no plan

The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead.Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern province of Luxor, after he suffered a heart attack while working.His family says grieving relatives took him home and, according to Islamic tradition, washed

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a landmark visit to Myanmar on Monday for summit talks with President Thein Sein as the former pariah nation emerges from international isolation with sweeping democratic reforms. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (Yonhap News)Lee is the first South Korean president to visit Myanmar, previously known as Burma, in 29 years since North Korea's 1983 deadly

South Korea, China and Japan adopted a joint declaration Monday that sums up annual summit talks between their leaders held the previous day, but the document made no mention of North Korea and its provocative behavior.The omission of any clause on North Korea highlights the difference that the South and Japan have with China over how to deal with Pyongyang. Beijing, the North's last-remaining maj

Manchester City came out on top on the most dramatic final day in Premier League history, scoring twice in injury time to win its first English league title in 44 years. Manchester City`s Pablo Zabaleta, center, celebrates scoring against Queens Park Rangers with teammates Gareth Barry, right, and Sergio Aguero during their English Premier League soccer match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Eng

Police in Florida said they arrested a man accused of hiding a camera in an air vent to record his roommates having sex in their bedroom.Key West police said officers were called to the home Sunday by a 30-year-old man who told them he found the recording device taped inside the air conditioner vent directly over the bed he shares with his 26-year-old girlfriend, the Key West Citizen reported Frid

An Arizona man who purchased six Powerball lottery tickets with the same numbers ended up with six $1 million prizes.Karen Bach, an Arizona Lottery spokeswoman, said the Glendale man, who asked to remain anonymous, purchased the tickets for the April 25 lottery with the numbers 4, 25, 29, 34, and 43 for Powerball 29 and each ticket won him a $1 million second prize, the Arizona Republic reported F

Mayan wall writings in Guatemala include calendars suggesting the culture was not convinced the world will end in 2012, as many have believed, researchers say.Some previously discovered Mayan calendars did not go beyond 2012 -- but the newly discovered writings and calendars do, scientists said."So much for the supposed end of the world," said archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University, le

Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a population clock that showed the nation's people could theoretically become extinct in 1,000 years because of declining birth rates.Japanese people cross a street in Tokyo on Thursday. (AP-Yonhap News)Academics in the northern city of Sendai said that Japan's population of children aged up to 14, which now stands at 16.6 million, is shrinking at the rate o

High-ranking monks of South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, resigned en masse on Thursday, a day after prosecutors launched a probe into video footage showing eight of the sect's monks gambling while playing poker. The investigation was launched after the video footage, which filmed the eight monks with hundreds of millions of won in play at a hotel in southern South Korea on April

North Korea on Thursday lashed out at a South Korean presidential contender for an alleged insult to its dignity, sparing no flak for the son of a prominent businessman who pioneered lucrative projects with the North.In a comment posted on the North's propaganda Web site Uriminzokkiri, the communist regime heaped criticism on Rep. Chung Mong-joon of the South's ruling Saenuri Party for challenging

Pioneering British celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon died Wednesday aged 84 after a "long and courageous" battle with leukemia, his family said. Vidal Sassoon (AP-Yonhap News)The man credited with creating the modern bob haircut and relieving women from the rigors of old-fashioned perms was surrounded by his loved ones when he passed away at his home in Bel Air, California."It is with great sadn

A man remains in a Texas jail after allegedly attempting to hold up a police station, a report said.Police said Keithan Manuel, 18, entered the Police Department building in Wilmer, Texas, near Dallas, Saturday evening with a towel covering his hands and a demand for money."A young man walked into the lobby and approached the dispatch window and told our communications officer, 'Give me all your m

Focus groups say Canada's coming new plastic $20 bill has images of a naked woman and New York's World Trade Center towers, CTV News reported.Canada`s new plastic $20 billThe bill was introduced by the Bank of Canada last week in Ottawa after weeks of scrutiny by focus groups conducted by the Strategic Counsel across the country, the report said.Under freedom of information requests, the broadcast

President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared his unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, a historic announcement that gave the polarizing social issue a more prominent role in the 2012 race for the White House. U.S. President Barack Obama (AP-Yonhap News)The announcement was the first by a sitting president, and Republican challenger Mitt Romney swiftly disagreed with it. ``I believe th

Rescuers were searching rugged, forested terrain Friday for a new Russian-made passenger plane lost over mountains in western Indonesia during a demonstration flight for potential buyers. Fifty people were on board, including diplomats, businesspeople and journalists.Search and rescue teams were deployed to the area just south of the capital, Jakarta, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the Minist

Spain's government will effectively nationalize the nation's fourth largest bank to shore up the hurting banking sector and try to convince investors the country doesn't need a bailout like those taken by Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the Economy Ministry said Wednesday.Under the deal, (euro) 4.5 billion ($5.9 billion) in funding that Bankia SA received from Spain in 2010 and 2011 will be converte

Air-traffic controllers in the New York area slept on the job, watched movies on duty, left work early and repeatedly violated safety rules, a U.S. investigative agency told the White House and Congress.Controllers at the facility that monitors traffic in a radius of about 80 kilometers around New York also used careless and casual languages in communications with pilots, leading to at least one s

Police in western Switzerland have warned hikers to be on the lookout for a large black cat resembling a panther. (MCT)Authorities have received reports of several sightings of the animal in woods near the town of Solothurn over the past week.Cantonal (state) police say attempts to capture or photograph the animal using special traps have so far failed.In a statement Tuesday, police said the creat

A Minnesota mother and her boyfriend punished her 12-year-old daughter by shaving her head and sending her outside in only a diaper and tank top, police say.(MCT)Dozens of neighbors in the Minneapolis suburb of Fridley watched Monday evening as the distraught girl was made to pick up trash along the street as punishment for poor grades and failing to do her homework, the St. Paul Pioneer Press rep