Life of horror in gulags of North Korea

07/15/11 Kim Hye-sook reaches for a wooden coffee stirrer on the table in front of her to illustrate how public executions were carried out in the North Korean labour camp that was her home for nearly three decades."A day before the executions,...

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Planet Ark

07/14/11 China eased export curbs for rare earth elements on Thursday, restoring them to near-2010 levels in a bid to appease trading partners, but the European Union said the move did not ensure stable supplies and the United States said the Chinese were heading the wrong way.

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EU Stress Tests, IRS Reporting Rules, Body Scans: Compliance

07/17/11 Eight banks failed the European Union stress tests after regulators said on Friday they had a combined capital shortfall of 2.5 billion euros ($3.5 billion), less than predicted by analysts and investors.

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