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'Homefront' Brings Resistance Fighting to Small-Town America
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsIn an occupied country, ill-equipped rebels face off against a powerful empire and impossible odds. It's a familiar story that could take place anywhere -- 1940s France, 1950s Algeria, 1960s Vietnam or even Afghanistan today. But in "Homefront," a new video game to be released Tuesday by THQ, it's happening in America in the not too distant future. The game takes place in 2027 as imagined by John Milius, a co-writer on "Apocalypse Now" and "Red Dawn." In the story, an economically depressed United States is reeling from the effects of skyrocketing oil prices. An insurgent North Korea unifies ...
Solar Flare: 4 Potential Hazards of the Sun's Spectacular Show
By David Knowles - AOL NewsIt was quite a show, but the aftermath leaves a bit to be desired. The sun sent off a massive wave of charged particles in our direction Monday night after the largest solar flare was recorded on the star's surface in four years. As with all solar flares, a sudden flash of radiation accompanied the flare, reaching Earth in minutes. What will follow over the next few hours, however, can have an impact on our world. A cloud of charged particles called a coronal mass ejection is certain to be experienced soon. While those residing in the northern hemisphere can expect the aurora borealis to be ...
North, South Korea Talk at DMZ to Ease Tensions
By not in system - AOL NewsSEOUL, South Korea -- Military officers from North and South Korea held talks inside the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday in the rivals' first official dialogue since the North's deadly artillery barrage of a South Korean island in November. Tensions on the divided peninsula rose sharply following the attack, which killed four people and came just eight months after the sinking of a South Korean warship killed 46 sailors. The South has blamed the sinking on a North Korean torpedo attack, but Pyongyang has steadfastly denied involvement. Colonels from the two Koreas met Tuesday ...
North Korea Again Proposes Talks With South Korea
By not in system - AOL NewsSEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Saturday reiterated a proposal for unconditional talks with South Korea to ease tensions on the divided peninsula. The North's latest offer comes days after South Korea dismissed earlier calls by Pyongyang for negotiations. Tensions between the two sides escalated after a North Korean artillery barrage on a South Korean-held island near their disputed maritime border killed four South Koreans in November. The attack - the first on a civilian area since the 1950-53 Korean War - occurred in waters not far from where a North Korean torpedo allegedly brought ...
South Korea, Out of Options, Revives Nuke Diplomacy With North
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsSouth Korea says it's ready to give denuclearization talks with North Korea another try despite last month's artillery attack -- the biggest spike in tension between the two countries since the Korean War -- and a long history of duplicity from Pyongyang. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and the Obama administration initially rejected Chinese and Russian calls for renewed six-party talks with North Korea following the Nov. 23 shelling that killed four South Koreans, saying such talks would reward the North's aggression. In reversing that position today, Lee was blunt about the reason: ...
California Spa Offers Soothing Vaginal Steam Bath
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsNext time you visit a spa in Southern California, you may find yourself sitting back, relaxing and dropping trou for an unusual crotch cleansing service. As if vaginas didn't already get enough special treatment (vajazzling, anyone?), the L.A. Times has reported that Tikkun Holistic Spa in Santa Monica, Calif., is offering one more leisurely perk for ladyparts: a Korean spa treatment called "chai-yok" -- a gentle, soothing steam bath specifically for the vagina. Here's how it works: the client squats over a special wooden stool that has a hole in the seat as a warm, steamy mixture of brewed ...
North Korea Threatens 'Sacred War of Justice'
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsSouth Korean soldiers marched and practiced blasting their most powerful weapons within view of the North Korean land border today, and Pyongyang retaliated only with words, but strong ones, threatening a "sacred war of justice" involving nuclear weapons. South Korea's president made a rare trip to a front-line base overlooking North Korea during today's war games, the biggest ones yet in response to Pyongyang's bombardment of a border island last month, which killed two southern marines and two civilians. "We had believed patience would ensure peace on this land, but that was not the case," ...
SKorean Troops Prepare for Possible NKorean Attack
By not in system - AOL NewsYEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- A South Korean destroyer prowled the sea and fighter jets screamed across the skies Tuesday in preparation for possible North Korean attacks a day after staging provocative artillery drills on an island the North shelled last month. North Korea has said it would not retaliate for the exercises off Yeonpyeong Island - reversing its earlier threats. A senior South Korean government official, however, said that the lack of response so far does not mean Pyongyang is backing down, noting that North Korea thrives on "surprise" attacks. The official spoke on ...
UN Security Council Meets on Korea Tensions
By not in system - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- World powers trying to defuse tensions between North and South Korea met in an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, but diplomats said China objects to the North being singled out for criticism over two deadly attacks this year that have helped send relations to their lowest point in decades. China and Russia, the countries with the closest ties to North Korea, have expressed concern about the South Korean military's plans to conduct one-day, live-fire drills by Tuesday on the same front-line island the North shelled last month as the South conducted a ...
South Korea Stages Massive Air Raid Drill
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- Schoolchildren donned face masks, office workers evacuated skyscrapers and South Korea came to a standstill for about 15 minutes today as the country mounted its largest-ever air raid drill in preparation for possible war with the North. A dozen fighter jets streaked overhead, simulating a North Korean attack, and pedestrians were ordered to take cover wherever they could. Police halted traffic and set off smoke canisters in Seoul's streets. Civil defense workers in yellow protective suits stalked down eerily quiet thoroughfares. Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images Emergency ...
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