BitGou: Morning Digest: Vice principal of South Korea school in ferry disaster commits suicide

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Morning Digest: Vice principal of South Korea school in ferry disaster commits suicide

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04/18/2014

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Vice principal of South Korea school in ferry disaster commits suicide

MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - The vice principal of a South Korean high school who accompanied hundreds of his pupils on what turned out to be a disastrous ferry trip has committed suicide, police said on Friday, as hopes faded of finding any of the 268 missing passengers alive..

East Ukraine separatists stay put despite diplomatic deal

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Nobel winner Garcia Marquez, master of magical realism, dies at 87

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on Thursday. He was 87..

Hamilton fastest in second practice in China

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton returned Mercedes to the top of the timesheets on Friday by setting the fastest time in the second practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix..

Weibo debut highlights complicated dance with Chinese censors

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Weibo Corp executives on Thursday toasted the Chinese social media firm's debut at Nasdaq's New York headquarters. Hours earlier in Beijing, Charles Xue, a Chinese-American venture capitalist and prominent Weibo user, celebrated a different kind of coming-out: his release after eight months in jail..

In weird Brazilian cave insects, male-female sex organs reversed

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Live free or die: New Hampshire moves to decriminalize adultery

BOSTON (Reuters) - New Hampshire lawmakers on Thursday voted to scrap an ancient law that makes cheating on your spouse a criminal offense in the New England state whose motto is "Live Free or Die.".