(MCT)SYDNEY (AFP) - Male doctors are four times more likely to be disciplined for misconduct than female medics, according to a new Australian study which found the biggest cause of complaint was sexual misbehavior.Researchers at the University of Melbourne analyzed 485 cases where doctors had been found guilty of misconduct and disciplined in Australia and New Zealand between 2000 and 2009.They f

President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) _ Text of remarks by President Barack Obama Sunday night announcing the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, as transcribed by the White House.Good evening.  To

Hundreds of French fans rallied in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday to demand an extension of a Korean pop concert after tickets for the event sold out in 15 minutes.Some 300 young people picketed while dancing to Korean pop tunes for over an hour, demanding that the concert scheduled for June 10 be extended by one day.Korean pop culture, known as "Hallyu," or the Korean Wave, has bee

 

Kate Middleton arrives at Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)LONDON (AP) _ It's a stunner: Kate Middleton arrived at her Westminster Abbey wedding in a splendid dress by Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen fashion house _ ending months of speculation about the identity of the designer.The lacy white gown, with its low neckl

Britain's Prince William, his bride Kate Middleton and her father Michael Middleton sing during the Royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29, 2011. (AFP/WPA POOL-Yonhap News)LONDON (AP) _ An elegant, tiara-bedecked Kate Middleton swept down the aisle to marry Prince William at Westminster Abbey as royal fans packed the streets of London, hoping to snatch a glimpse of a historic roy

LONDON (AP) _ Guests attending the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton have started entering Westminster Abbey.The Great North Door opened Friday morning under three hours before the ceremony is due to begin. About 1,900 immaculately dressed guests, including fellow royals from around the world, a smattering of pop stars, sports idols and dignitaries, will jam the abbey.A number of famous

Nancy Garrido, who along with her husband, Phillip Garrido, faces multiple charges in the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, talks with her attorney, Stephen Tapson, before the start of an arraignment hearing at the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Thursday April 7, 2011. Both of the Garridos pleaded not guilty to all charges. Judge Douglas C. Phimister set a trial date of Au

This combined photo shows the Chinese antique "Xiao You" (L) and "Angry Bird". (chinadaily.com.cn)For long, celebrity personators have been a favorite on TV. Such over-night fame now enters the Web age as Chinese netizens revel in an obscure antique's catapult into Internet sensation, simply because of its stunning resemblance to the red-hot Angry Birds. The owl-shaped container, dated at least 3,

 This aerial photo shows the devastation of the Alberta section of Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Thursday, April 28, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)PLEASANT GROVE, Alabama (AP) _ At least 281 people were killed across six states _ more than two-thirds of them in Alabama _ as America's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades pulverized entire neighborhoods.Firefighters searched one splintered pile after ano

The ruling Grand National Party leaders offered to resign en masse Thursday after a setback in Wednesday’s local by-elections. The party said it will form an emergency leadership panel next week.“We are fully responsible for the defeat,” GNP chief Ahn Sang-soo said during a meeting of its supreme council.“All the leaders will step down and the party will establish an emergency committee next week.

Octopus Iker (YouTube)BENALMADENA, Spain (AFP) - An octopus named Iker, which correctly predicted the result of the last two "classicos" between Real Madrid and Barcelona, has foreseen Real will reach the final of the Champions League.Iker predicted Real would reach the final at London's Wembley arena on May28 by choosing to eat a sardine from a glass cylinder decorated with the club's badge inste

Kim Yu-na performs a new program for the Moscow Figure Skating Championships in an exercise session on Wednesday. (Yonhap News)South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na said Wednesday her new free skating program, dedicated to her Korean fans, will be "exhilarating" to watch at this week's world championships in Russia.At the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, Kim is set to perfor

 

An Afghan policemen takes a look at the opening of tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan which prisoners escaped through Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP-Yo

HANOI (Yonhap) -- A growing number of Vietnamese students are studying the Korean language at university, mainly to work at Korean firms operating in their country, local sources said Tuesday.More than 2,000 students are studying Korean at 10 universities nationwide, including Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi and another national college in Ho Chi Minh, the sources said.About 150 profess

Boy monks attend a ceremony to temporarily join the Buddhist priesthood after having their heads shaved at Jogyesa temple in central Seoul on Monday. 　Photos by Lee Sang-sup/The Korea Herald

 A blooming Titan Arum (amorphophallus titanum) is pictured in the botanical garden of the university of Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, April 22, 2011. Thousands of plant lovers have flocked to the northern Swiss city of Basel to see a giant, stinky flower bloom for the first time in 17 years. The Basel Botanical Gardens expects 10,000 people to see its amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flo

Afghan and NATO forces secure the entrance of the police headquarters after a Taliban suicide attack killed the police chief of southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Khan Mohammad Mujahid and his two bodyguards, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday April 15, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) _ Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the

Citizens participate in the earthquake exercise held in Incheon Metro subway station in March 30. (Yonhap News)The Seoul city government said Monday that it will complete an ongoing project to make the city's subway tunnels quake-resistant by 2014, two years earlier than originally scheduled, amid heightened safety concerns following Japan's devastating earthquake.Since 2004, the city has been ass