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#Exile: South Korean ferry owner seeks asylum – report

Adewale A. — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:08:12 +0000

South Korean prosecutors investigating April's ferry disaster said Tuesday the fugitive head of the family that owns the vessel had indirectly approached a foreign embassy in Seoul over asylum, but was rejected. Briefing domestic reporters, prosecutors…

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South Korean dive teams struggle to open blocked ferry cabins

Adewale A. — Sun, 04 May 2014 05:50:37 +0000

South Korean dive teams struggled Sunday to gain access to blocked cabins of a submerged ferry that sank nearly three weeks ago, as the confirmed death toll from the disaster rose to 242. Six more bodies were recovered early Sunday, 18 days after the…

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Google Now will enhance your parking experience

Adewale A. — Sat, 03 May 2014 15:37:11 +0000

I live in Minneapolis, and despite the fact that it’s got a pretty solid bus system to ferry folks to and fro, a lot of my traveling within the city and the surrounding environs comes from driving myself there. But like any person who drives a lot…

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South Korean president apologises over ferry disaster

Adewale A. — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 05:12:04 +0000

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye apologised Tuesday for her government's failure to prevent a ferry disaster that left some 300 people dead or missing. Two days after her prime minister resigned over the tragedy, Park voiced profound regret at the…

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Self-Driving Google Car Explores City Streets with Ease

Ade Adewale — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:35:41 +0000

It’s easy to forget that in addition to handling your search, your email, your calendar and your various forms of media, Google is also working on building robot cars to ferry us around the world and reduce traffic accidents. Today, on Google’s…

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Body recovery from sunken South Korean ferry suspended

Ade Adewale — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:26:10 +0000

Concerns are growing among anguished families that the bodies of those who died in the sinking of a South Korean ferry may never be found, as search teams suspended work Saturday because of bad weather. A looming storm and high tides put a temporary…

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South Korean President says ferry crew’s actions similar to murder

Adewale A. — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:39:33 +0000

The captain and crew of a South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way "tantamount to murder," President Park Guen-Hye said Monday, as four more crew members were arrested. Park's denunciation, in which…

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First bodies pulled from submerged Korean ferry

Adewale A. — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:44:55 +0000

Divers began retrieving bodies on Sunday from inside the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angered by the pace of the rescue efforts scuffled with police. Coastguard officials said…

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Heartbreaking texts from students on sinking South Korean ferry

Adewale A. — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:14:52 +0000

Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight Thursday to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. Nearly 300 people -- most of them students on a…

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Six dead, 290 missing in South Korea ferry sinking

Ade Adewale — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:13:23 +0000

South Korean rescuers and dive teams worked frantically under floodlights as fears rose for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry sank Wednesday with 475 on board, mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Yonhap news agency said 179…

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