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Offbeat: S. Korea: warm underwear, save power

South Korea’s president has turned down the thermostat in his office and donned warmer underwear to save energy, he said yesterday, urging fellow citizens to
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This Day in History: China overwhelm Allies in N.Korea

On 29 November 1950, US-led U.N. troops begin a desperate retreat out of North Korea under heavy fire from the Chinese, three weeks after US ...
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Last 7 Days

1 - GERMANY: Berlin – General view of a Berlin’s winter market (Christmas Market) at the Gendarmenmarkt after it was officially opened on Monday in ...
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This Day in History

‘Dashun’ ferry sinks in Yellow SeaOn 24 November 1999, hundreds of people die when ferry Dashun sinks in the Yellow Sea off the Chinese coast. ...
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Offbeat: Cain hits another ‘blitz’ in TV debate

Pizza mogul Herman Cain’s scandal and gaffe-plagued campaign for the US presidency hit another bump on Tuesday when he embarrassingly messed up the name of ...
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This Day in History

The Birdman of Alcatraz tastes freedomOn 23 November, 1959, the famous “Birdman of Alcatraz,” Robert Stroud, is released from solitary confinement for the first time ...
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Offbeat: Russian diplomat 15 times over drink-drive limit

A Russian consul stopped for driving bizarrely on a Polish road was found to be 15 times over the drink-driving limit, but could not be ...
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This Day in History: US President Kennedy assassinated

On November 22, 1963, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated during a visit to Dallas, Texas. He was riding in an open car, when ...
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Offbeat: Swaziland king’s 12th wife kicked out

Swaziland’s king Mswati III’s 12th wife, who was last year caught in bed with the justice minister, said Sunday she has been kicked out of ...
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This Day in History: Ella Fitzgerald wins Amateur Night at Harlem

On November 21, 1934, jazz legend Ella Fiztgerald, then a teenage would-be dancer took to the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theater to participate in a ...
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