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South Korean businesses confident North Korean industrial zone will stay open amid tensions
AP Business WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is unlikely to shut down a landmark joint factory park with South Korea despite its anger over largely political issues, the chief executive of one of the firms operating there said Friday. "Closure of the...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Labor Legislation, National Government, Lee Myung-bak, Government
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Brevard woman whose dog died in crate given jail, probation
Sentinel Staff WriterA Cocoa woman was sentenced Thursday to eight months in jail for leaving her dog to die in a locked crate, but that punishment wasn't stiff enough for some impassioned animal-rights activists. "She should be locked in a cage without food or water,"...Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Prosecution, Lawyers, Brevard County
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Chinese business owners protest to force bankrupt company to pay more than $13M in debts
Associated Press WriterGUANGZHOU, China (AP) — About 100 factory owners and employees held up red protest banners outside a government building Friday in southern China, demanding that officials help them collect more than $13 million in debts from an electronics...Tags: Financial Markets, Riots, Bankruptcy, Employees, Electronics
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FPL power plant protesters convicted of seven misdemeanor counts
South Florida Sun-SentinelDefense attorneys tried to convince a jury that seven people broke the law out of necessity, to defend the public against environmental havoc and corporate carelessness. In the end, a jury decided a crime was just a crime. On Thursday, seven...Tags: Defendants, Prosecution, Lawyers, Palm Beach County, FPL Group
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Woman sentenced to 8 months in jail for leaving dog to die in locked crate
Sentinel Staff WriterA woman accused of leaving her dog to die in a locked crate without food or water was sentenced to eight months in jail Thursday. Christine Abrams, 30, was charged with leaving her 2-year-old German shepherd, Ella, locked in a crate for two months, after...Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Animals, Trials
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Jewish settlers in West Bank fear an Israeli withdrawal
Young Harel-David Rosenthal squirmed and screeched in his grandfather's arms as if he knew what was coming. The rabbi's practiced hands moved quickly and efficiently, and more than 100 relatives and well-wishers quietly whispered Hebrew prayers to comfort...Tags: Judaism, Defense, Tzipi Livni, Riots, Demographics
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NYC restaurant owners charged with cooking books to hide wage violations for immigrant workers
Associated Press WritersNEW YORK (AP) _ Prosecutors charged the owners of a group of Vietnamese restaurants Wednesday with allegedly cooking their books to hide the pay and hours of immigrant workers, sending a stern warning to eateries that commit similar violations. Simon and...Tags: Restaurants, Migration, Prosecution, Labor Legislation, Insurance
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Bangkok airport cleared for takeoff after protests
The New York TimesRelief spread through Thailand on Wednesday as the main international airport creaked back to life after a weeklong siege by antigovernment protesters. Cleaning crews scrubbed Suvarnabhumi International, the sprawling $4 billion tourist gateway and...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Tourism and Leisure, Government, Political Systems
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Pol: Create panel to study Suffolk hate crime data
The Suffolk Legislature should create a task force to investigate the county's official hate crime statistics, Legis. DuWayne Gregory said yesterday. Gregory (D-Amityville) said he will introduce legislation later this month to create a 12-member panel...Tags: Laws, Marcello Lucero, Labor Legislation, Assault, AFL-CIO
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Conservationist predicts violent clashes with Japanese whalers near Antarctica
Associated Press WriterCANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ A radical conservationist said Wednesday he will not shy away from violent confrontation with Japanese whalers, even though his group will be alone in tracking this season's hunt in the remote, ice-strewn Antarctic Ocean....Tags: Daryl Hannah, Hunting, Steve Irwin, Bodies of Water, Australia (movie)
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Thailand's PAD protesters leave airports
Before thousands of anti-government demonstrators could finish packing up their giant woks, folding cots, golf clubs and other articles of airport occupation today, their leader was warning of the possibility of more crippling protests. While the cleanup...Tags: Values, Clubs and Associations, Corrupt Practices, Democracy, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Airport protesters, security forces clash
BANGKOK, Thailand Anti-government protesters occupying Bangkok's two commercial airports clashed at least twice with security forces yesterday, raising tensions in the four-day standoff. Thai police said they would continue their efforts to negotiate with...Tags: Wars and Interventions
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