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South Korean tycoon dead

SEOUL, South Korea - The former chairman of South Korea's oldest conglomerate, the Doosan Group, apparently hanged himself, police said today, following a string of suicides by other high-profile South Koreans.

A maid found Park Yong-oh hanged with a necktie at his home, an officer at Seoul's Seongbuk police station said. A suicide note was also found, he said, declining to give his name because he was not authorized to speak on the record.

Germany fumes over deal collapse

BERLIN - Germany's politicians fumed with anger and Opel workers cancelled cost concessions and...