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2015年3月5日星期四

Morning Digest: Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea

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03/5/2015

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Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was slashed in the face by a Korean nationalist in an attack at a breakfast forum in Seoul on Thursday to discuss Korean reunification..

Islamic State torches oil field east of Tikrit: witness

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit to try to hinder aerial attacks aimed at driving them from the oilfield, a witness and military source said..

AbbVie boosts cancer drug pipeline with $21 billion Pharmacyclics deal

(Reuters) - AbbVie Inc is to buy Pharmacyclics Inc for about $21 billion, giving it access to what is expected to be one of the world's top-selling cancer drugs and expanding its reach in the profitable oncology field..

Cate Blanchett on being evil in 'Cinderella'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After playing both real and mythical queens, a golden age screen idol and Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett is taking on another iconic, complex character - Cinderella's evil stepmother..

Rodriguez gets walk in first game in 18 months

(Reuters) - Alex Rodriguez singled in his first at-bat in nearly 18 months as the formerly banished player began his attempted comeback with the New York Yankees with a Spring Training contest in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday..

HBO in talks with Apple, Google to launch streaming service: reports

(Reuters) - HBO network is in talks with Apple Inc, Google Inc and some other companies to be its launch partner for the highly anticipated HBO Now video streaming service, according to two media reports..

Dawn of man: Ethiopian jawbone fossil pushes back human origins

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 2.8-million-year-old jawbone fossil with five intact teeth unearthed in an Ethiopian desert is pushing back the dawn of humankind by about half a million years..

It's raining cats and tourists on a Japanese island

AOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - An army of feral cats rules a remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one..