(LEAD) Appeals court cuts battery maker CEO's prison term to 4 yrs over deadly plant fire
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Appeals court cuts battery maker CEO's prison term to 4 yrs over deadly plant fire
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Pope visiting Equatorial Guinea prison in spotlight after US migrant deportations
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‘Clear case of cronyism’: Former school building boss Anthony Manning found corrupt by ICAC
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Yoon's constitutional petition against insurrection tribunal law referred to formal review
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- A constitutional petition filed by former President Yoon Suk Yeol to challenge a new law on the establishment of a dedicated tribunal to handle charges of insurrection has been referred to a formal review by the Constitutional Court, judicial officials said Wednesday.
· Yoo Cheong-mo
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Assault charges against Offspring actor Alicia Gardiner dropped
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Teenager locked up and charged with widower's kidnapping murder
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Houston Police Officer Ashley Gonzalez relieved of duty over viral racist social media rant
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Police stations won’t reopen despite a $62 million recruitment boost
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El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged members of notorious MS-13 gang
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Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ rules intended to prevent ‘gaming’ the promotional system, executive tells court
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Man on bail for dozens of offences including culpable driving arrested at the wheel
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Pope Leo denounces ‘colonisation’ of minerals on final leg of Africa tour
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Pope Leo denounces ‘colonisation’ of minerals on final leg of Africa tour
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Criminal immigrant naturalized by Biden who allegedly gunned down DHS employee, 2 others found dead in jail cell
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Singaporean man charged after viral Lucky Plaza assault on Filipino woman
He allegedly assaulted the woman while under conditional warning for a previous attack on her. Police said the pair knew each other
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Singaporean man charged after viral Lucky Plaza assault on Filipino woman
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Ukraine Billionaire Spends $554 Million For World's Most Expensive Apartment In Monte Carlo
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Man charged in series of Atlanta-area shootings dies in jail
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US court allows Texas public schools to display Ten Commandments
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Bandidos bikie gang president charged with blackmail after cash found at his home
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