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AP에도 나오는 이명박기사. 부끄럽다... CNN 홈페이지에 자주들러 뉴스를 보는중에, 한 기사가 눈에 띄었다. 제목은 S.Korea presidential candidate faces fraud investigation. 대한민국 대통령 후보자가 사기사건조사에 직면했다'정도. 원문 : http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/skorea.election.ap/index.html 얼마전에는 태안 앞바다의 엄청난 일들이 CNN 홈페이지에 몇번의 포스트가 올라와서 안타까웠는데, 이런기사가 올라온다는건... 국제적인 망신이다. 이명박후보의 혐의가 있건 없건, 법적으로 책임이 있던, 없던간의 문제가 아니다. 각종 여론조사에서 1위를 달리며, 차기 대통령으로 지목되는 분에 대한 이런글이 올라왔다는 것 자체가, .. 더보기
Inter-Korean train service starts DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) -- The first cargo train providing regular service across the border between the two Koreas in more than a half century left Tuesday for the North. Korea Railway President Lee Chul shakes hands with the train's engine driver in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday. The 12-car train carrying construction materials will cross through the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone.. 더보기
South Korea faces 'sea of oil' MALLIPO BEACH, South Korea (AP) Residents and emergency workers used buckets to remove dense crude oil from South Korea's western shore, as the Coast Guard struggled in high waves and strong winds to contain the country's largest oil spill Saturday. Two migratory birds were found at the Mallipo beach, west of Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday. The oil was reaching scenic and ecologically sensitive a.. 더보기
Wife knew kayaker was alive LONDON, England (CNN) -- The wife of a British man who reappeared five years after he was thought to have drowned in a kayaking accident knew he had been alive all along, British media reported Thursday. Darwin was arrested late Tuesday in the southern English county of Hampshire. John Darwin, 57, was arrested on suspicion of fraud late Tuesday after showing up at a central London police station.. 더보기
Facebook issues an apology About Face(book) CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally apologized Wednesday and made fresh changes to the site's controversial new ad system. Maybe now the media's absurd critiques will stop By David Kirkpatrick, Fortune senior editor (Fortune) -- "The press rarely grants an autumn reprise for those it loved in the spring," once wrote the great New York Times columnist Russell Baker. How true in the case .. 더보기
Iranian president calls U.S. nuclear report a 'victory' TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday called a U.S. intelligence report that downgraded his country as a nuclear threat "a declaration of victory" for the Iranian nuclear program. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said earlier U.S. reports were based on "shoddy intelligence." But President Bush said later that Iran needs to "come clean" on its nuclear program by de.. 더보기
Iran: U.S. must 'pay the price' for nuclear accusations (CNN) -- Iran said Tuesday the Bush administration must "pay the price" for what it called "lies" concerning Tehran's nuclear program. A file satellite image shows Iranian nuclear facilities. A declassified summary of a National Intelligence Estimate released by the U.S. government on Monday said Iran had stopped working toward a nuclear weapon in 2003 and is unlikely to be able to produce enoug.. 더보기
Bush aims to pressure Congress at news conference 원본 : http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/04/bush.ap/index.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, entrenched in disputes with Congress over spending and the war in Iraq, wants to intensify pressure on lawmakers when he addresses the media on Tuesday. President Bush on Monday details a lengthy list of items he wants Congress to address immediately. It will be his first news conference in near.. 더보기
Putin's party sweeps to victory MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- President Vladimir Putin's party claimed a sweeping mandate in Russia's parliamentary elections Sunday, winning nearly two-thirds of the vote in a contest that could let Putin wield power beyond the upcoming end of his presidential term. With nearly 92 percent of precincts reporting, Putin's United Russia Party had 63.2 percent of the vote, according to the Central Electi.. 더보기
Report: Hackers say they can steal 'Second Life' currency Posted by Daniel Terdiman Over on Dean Takahashi's San Jose Mercury News blog today, he reported on the discovery by a pair of security researchers that it may be possible to steal Second Life users' in-world currency. That would be a big problem, of course, because the currency, known as Linden dollars, are directly convertible to U.S. dollars. According to Takahashi's story, hackers Charles Mi.. 더보기
Google versus the telecoms. 구글 VS 통신사 By Elinor Mills Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: November 30, 2007, 2:41 PM PST news analysis There may just be a Google phone after all. Google said on Friday it would apply to bid in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's auction of 700 megahertz band wireless spectrum. If it wins, it could build a wireless network for that spectrum on its own, or partner with others to build and o.. 더보기
Price drops ahead for solid-state drives Posted by Michael Kanellos Solid-state drives are still going to be somewhat hard to find and expensive in 2008, but mass production, cheaper flash, and tech advances will start to change that in 2009 and 2010. Micron Technology, the Boise, Idaho-based maker of DRAM and flash memory, this week unveiled plans to come out with solid-state drives. The drives function like regular hard drives. But i.. 더보기
'Teddy bear' teacher gets 15-day prison term in Sudan KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- A Sudanese court found a British teacher guilty of insulting religion and sentenced her to 15 days in prison Thursday for allowing a teddy bear to be named "Mohammed," British authorities and her lawyer reported. An undated amateur photo of Gillian Gibbons, who has been found guilty of insulting religion. Gillian Gibbons also faces deportation from Sudan after her prison.. 더보기
Teen questioned in 'botnet' probe (CNN) -- A New Zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity, New Zealand police and the FBI said Thursday. FBI Director Robert Mueller says botnets are "the weapon of choice for cyber criminals." The FBI has identified at least 2.5 million unsuspecting computer users wh.. 더보기
Hollywood producers make offer LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Hollywood studios presented a new contract offer to striking film and TV writers Thursday that the studios said would pay writers millions of dollars extra for shows created for the Internet. Film and television writers picket outside NBC Studios Thursday in Burbank, California. But writers said some of the proposals amounted to rollbacks and said studios should a.. 더보기