The Christian Science Monitor – The largest community of Koreans outside Asia is taking the news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-ilâs death with equal parts elation and caution.
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Kim Jong-il death sparks hopes of reunification for Korean-Americans
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Reuters – Rupert Murdoch will shut down Britain’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, in a startling response to a scandal engulfing his media empire.
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Hack job! Murdoch axes paper to save deal (Reuters)
Reuters – New York-based money manager Josh Brown says he is plugged into the news to make his trades, but not how you might expect.
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Mining Twitter for trading profits (Reuters)
AP – Americans swept up in royal fever are waking up long before dawn Friday to eat full English breakfasts and attend British-themed parties across four time zones as they watch Prince William marry longtime sweetheart Kate Middleton.
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Americans waking early to watch royal wedding (AP)
AP – Libyan rebels may be low on weapons needed to topple Moammar Gadhafi, but there is certainly no shortage of souvenirs available commemorating the revolution.
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Libyan revolution awash with colorful souvenirs (AP)
Reuters – Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange are poised to go hostile in their bid for NYSE Euronext after shareholders ratcheted up pressure on the Big Board parent to get a better deal.
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Nasdaq/ICE may go hostile for NYSE (Reuters)
AP – For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor’s degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work and who stays home with the kids.
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In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees (AP)
AFP – More deaths were reported after Syria bolstered its troops in the flashpoint town of Daraa as a rights group appealed for UN intervention in a bloody crackdown it said has killed 400 people since mid-March.
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More deaths as Syria deploys troops, UN meeting urged (AFP)
AP – Forces loyal to Yemen’s embattled president attacked protesters calling for his ouster in a southern city Monday, injuring dozens, according to an opposition activist.
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New clashes in south Yemen as deal seems doomed (AP)
Reuters – Scores of pro-democracy protesters killed by security forces will be buried across Syria in funerals expected to attract large crowds on Saturday and fuel mounting defiance against authoritarian rule.
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Syria buries scores of dead; more protests due (Reuters)