Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, and Javier Mascherano celebrate with the trophy after winning the Champions League final soccer match against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium, London, Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)WEMBLEY, England (AP) _ Barcelona and Lionel Messi put their places among football's all-time greats beyond all doubt Saturday as the Argentina striker scored one goal and

서울 서초구 삼성전자 서초사옥에서 열린 삼성전자 갤럭시S2 미디어데이에서 모델이 갤럭시S2를 소개하고 있다. (연합뉴스)애플 팀쿡 방한의 진짜 목적은?애플, 삼성에 아이패드3용 아몰레드 도입 타진애플의 최고운영책임자인 팀쿡이 최근 한국 방문에서 삼성의 아몰레드 (AMOLED) 디스플레이 기술을 아이패드3에 적용하기 위해 삼성 측과 협의를 벌인 것으로 알려졌다.“애플은 삼성의 아몰레드 기술을 일명 아이패드 3라고 불리는 아이패드 2의 업그레이드 버전에 적용시키고자 하는 것으로 알고 있다,”고 한 업계 관계자가 코리아 헤럴드에 전했다.팀쿡은 또한 삼성측에 선수금도 제의한 것 같다고 이 관계자는 덧붙였다.애플은 현재 올해 3월에 출시된 아이패드 2를 포함한 모든 태블릿 PC에 LCD 디스플레이를 사용하고 있다.삼

The American and French flags hang over the Sofitel hotel Sunday, May 15, 2011 in New York where International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, was staying Saturday and is accused of an alleged assault involving a maid. Strauss-Kahn was plucked from a first class seat on a Paris-bound Air France flight that was just about to leave the gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport abo

LONDON — British police are up to 42 times more likely to use counter-terrorism powers to stop and search people of Asian origin than white people, a report said on Tuesday.Police are using a power, granted under the Terrorism Act 2000, which allows them to stop people at ports and airports for up to nine hours without the need for reasonable suspicion of involvement in a crime.More than 85,000 su

 

Harold Camping speaks while holding the Bible, in San Leandro, Calif. (AP-Yonhap News)OAKLAND, California (AP) _ California preacher Harold Camping said Monday his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on Oct. 21.Camping, who predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven Saturday before the Earth was destroyed, said he fel

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel works in the space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay during the mission's first spacewalk at the International Space Station Friday May 20, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News/NASA)HOUSTON (AP) _ In an unprecedented cosmic photo shoot Monday, a departing spaceship snapped close-up glamour pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the International

Coworkers Cindy Albers, left, and Kim Hoosier hug on 20th Street near New Hampshire Ave in Joplin, MO., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people. (AP-Yonhap News)JOPLIN, Missouri (AP) _ Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search f

Kim Yu-na (Yonhap News)Figure champion Kim Yu-na debuted as an MC at her own figure-skating show on Sunday. ‘Kiss and Cry,’ the show featuring Kim as the new MC, is the first figure-skating variety show aired in Korea. On the show, 10 celebrities pair up with professional skaters to compete and to be judged by Kim Yu-na on their figure-skating performance. The first episode was aired Sunday, May 2

Britain's Prince Andrew, center, and his daughters Britain's Princess Eugenie, left, and Britain's Princess Beatrice leave Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London. (AP-Yonhap News)LONDON, May 23, 2011 (AFP) - The flamboyant hat worn by Princess Beatrice at last month's British royal wedding was Sunday sold for the princely sum of $131,652 (93,171 euros) on internet auction site eBay.Proce

Bill Pohlad (L) and Dede Gardner, producers of the American film "The Tree of Life", present the Palme d'Or in Cannes, France, May 22, 2011. The film by American director Terrence Malick has won the 2011 Golden Palm (Palme d'Or), the most prestigious award of the 64th Cannes International Film Festival ending on Sunday night. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)CANNES, France (AP) _ American director Terrence Mal

Blackpool's Jason Puncheon, left, vies for the ball with Manchester United's Ji-Sung Park, right, during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Sunday, May 22, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MANCHESTER, England (AP) _ Blackpool's adventure in the Premier League came to a heartbreaking end on Sunday as Ian Holloway's side was relegated after a 4-2 loss at champion Ma

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (Yonhap News)　‘Whereabouts of heir unconfirmed’　North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appears to be visiting China, a senior Seoul official said Friday, adding it was not confirmed whether he was accompanied by his son and heir apparent Jong-un.　“The current trip to China is being led by Kim Jong-il. We believe his third son Jong-un is not part of the delegation,” an offi

Naijla al-Hariri drove non-stop for four days in a protest against Saudi government's ban on women drivers.JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi mother said Sunday she defied a ban on women drivers in the ultra-conservative kingdom by getting behind the wheel for four days without being stopped.Najla al-Hariri, a housewife in her mid-30s, said she drove non-stop for four days in the streets of the Red Se

This publicity image provided May 18, 2011, by Playboy Enterprises, Inc., shows a sample of the member home page for the web site, i.playboy.com, as viewed on a tablet device for the web-based subscription service Playboy is scheduled to launch Thursday, May 19, 2011. The service allows viewers to see every single page of every single magazine, from the first issue nearly 60 years ago that feature

Actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kirsten Dunst and director Lars Von Trier arrive for the screening of Melancholia at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. (AP-Yonhap News)CANNES, France (AFP) - Cannes barred provocative Danish director Lars von Trier on Thursday amid a growing backlash over his remarks about Adolf Hitler, but his film remains in the race for the festiva

Kim Jong-un (Yonhap News)SEOUL/BEIJING (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, has been confirmed to be visiting China, a source in a Chinese border city said Friday.The junior Kim arrived in Tumen, in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin, early Friday morning, but his next destination has yet to be confirmed, the source in Tumen told Yonhap News Agency.

Brazilian Maria Gomes Valentim, 114, poses for a photo in Carangola, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state. Gomes Valentim is the world's oldest living human, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap News/Guinness World Records)RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - A Brazilian woman has elbowed out an elderly American as the oldest person in the world, the Guinness organization said Wednesday.Maria Gomes Valen

(MCT)RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) _ For some, it's Judgment Day. For others, it's party time.A loosely organized Christian movement has spread the word around the globe that Jesus Christ will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful into heaven. While the Christian mainstream isn't buying it, many other skeptics are milking it.A Facebook page titled ``Post rapture looting'' offers this i

Dominique Strauss-Kahn (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) _ Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the embattled managing director of International Monetary Fund, resigned saying he wanted to devote ``all his energy'' to battle the sexual assault charges he faces in New York.The IMF's executive board released a letter from the French executive Wednesday in which he denied the allegations lodged against him but said