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06/07/2014
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 Divorce Rates High for Korea's Migrant Brides A wedding should be a happy time. But for many migrant women who have married South Korean men, they marriages are anything but happy. | As It Is More  Syrian Civil War Helps Lebanon's Cannabis Farmers With a civil war raging in Syria, Lebanese security forces are busy guarding the country's borders. So busy, in fact, that for the past three years, there has not been enough troops for regular raids on illegal crop farmers. More  Putin and Obama Meet Briefly on D-Day U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met briefly Friday in Normandy, France. A White House official confirmed the two met for about 15 minutes after a luncheon of world leaders. More  Effects of Taliban Prisoner Release Unclear Last weekend, the only American soldier held in Afghanistan was freed in exchange for five Afghans. The five had been detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | In The News More |
