South Korean PM offers resignation over ferry disaster
South Korea's prime minister Chung Hong-won proposed stepping down amid anger at the government's handling of the JINDO ferry sinking that killed or left missing more than 300 people mostly high school students. Officials say 15 people connected to the voyage are in custody as the president contemplates acceptance.
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Jindo
South Korea
Park Geunhye
Chung Hongwon
Park
Chung
Seoul
Hartford
Conn
Chris Plasken
Plasken
Maren Sanchez
Meehan
Sanctions loom as observers held in Ukraine
Western governments vow new sanctions on Russia amid a pro-Russian insurgency holding eight OSCE observers, including German troops and colleagues from Czechia Poland Sweden and Denmark. Ukrainian forces widen security cordon near Slovyansk as G seven EU plan追加 sanctions and Brussels coordinates asset freezes and travel bans.
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Slovyansk
Ukraine
Russia
NATO
Organization of Security and Cooperation In
Europe
Vyacheslav Ponomarev
Ponomarev
U.S
Crimea
G-7
European Union
Brussels
Czech Republic
Poland
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Defense Ministry
Eastern N C tornadoes damage homes injure a dozen
The survey of eastern North Carolina tornado damage shows over 200 homes damaged or destroyed and more than a dozen people sent to emergency rooms. In Beaufort County 16 were admitted after a Friday evening storm. the weather service warns of potential new twisters across a broad region while urging shelter and warnings.
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Morehead City
N.C
North Carolina
Pitt
Beaufort
Beaufort County
John Pack
Pack
Halifax County
Antonio Richardson
Great Plains
Midwest
Bill Bunting
Storm Prediction Center
Norman
Okla
Plains
British helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills five NATO troops
Five British service members died when a helicopter went down in Kandahar's Takhta Pul district in southern Afghanistan. Officials said the cause was unclear and noted no enemy activity in the area. The crash marked the deadliest day for international forces this year and comes as NATO prepares to withdraw.
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Afghanistan
NATO
British
Defense Ministry
Richard Felton
Joint Helicopter Command
Kandahar
Zia Durrani
Takhta Pul
Coalition
Nimrod
Taliban
Mujahedeen
Qari Yousef Ahmadi
U.S
Associated Press
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Abdullah Abdullah
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Ghazni
Col
Asadullah Ensafi
Cure International Hospital
Jerry Umanos
Chicago
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