--Another Sunday Morning--

--North--South--

North Korea–South Korea relations are the political, diplomatic, and military interactions between North Korea and South Korea, from the division of Korea to today.
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After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Korean peninsula was occupied by the Soviet Union in the North and the United States in the South. The dividing line was the 38th parallel.
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• August 15, 1945 - Japan surrenders in World War II, end of Korea under Japanese rule
• August 22, 1945 - Soviet Union enters Pyongyang
• September 8, 1945 - United States enters Seoul
• 1946 - US-USSR Joint-Commission on the formation of a Korean Government is dissolved
• 1947 - The United Nations establishes the UN Temporary Commission on Korea
• May 10, 1948 - UN sponsored elections are held in South Korea.
• August 15, 1948 - South Korea established
• September 9, 1948 - North Korea established

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Establishment of South Korea

The South Korean history begins with the division of the Korean Peninsula in 1945. A civilian government was established in 1948, beginning the First Republic. Syngman Rhee became the first President of South Korea.

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Establishment of North Korea

North Korea was proclaimed on September 11, 1948, under supervision by the occupying Soviet forces. The Soviets preferred placing in power Korean Communists who had spent the war years in the Soviet Union, rather than the Korean Communist Party. Kim Il-sung was named the head of the North Korean Provisional People's Committee in February 1946. Kim then became Prime Minister, a post which he held until 1972, before becoming President.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea-South_Korea_relations

--United crowned champions 2008/2009--

Manchester United are Premier League champions for an 11th time after drawing 0-0 with Arsenal at Old Trafford. The title was sealed in uninspiring style - they did not have a single shot on target - though that will not concern Sir Alex Ferguson and his players.

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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=244531&league=ENG.1&cc=4716

--Vitas Bumac--Opera #02--

Vitas (born 19 February 1981, Daugavpils, Latvian SSR), is a Russian pop singer, composer, actor, and fashion designer. He is most commonly known by his shortened first name, Vitas, or Витас in Russian. Much of his music is straightforward pop influenced by techno, and occasionally classical opera.

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He has received much of his fame through Russian television and is planning to sign to entertainment labels in countries such as China, Korea, and Japan in order to expand to those markets. Vitas' 2000 video "Opera #2" has been forwarded frequently via the Internet, which accounts for much of his worldwide recognition.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitas_Bumac

--The Pizza Company-Cambodia--

The Pizza Company is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Bangkok, Thailand. With focus on pizza and Italian-American cuisine, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Minor International (also known as The Minor Food Group). The company had operated Tricon Global Restaurants' franchised Pizza Hut brand since its introduction in Thailand in 1981, and when their agreement was terminated, The Pizza Company was established as the company's own brand in 2001. The restaurant has franchises in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China, the Philippines and Cambodia.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pizza_Company

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--Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)--

Legendary singer Frank Sinatra dies

May 15, 1998

Web posted at: 10:57 a.m. EDT (1457 GMT)

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LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- "Ol' Blue Eyes," Frank Sinatra, is being mourned Friday around the world by millions of fans after his death from a heart attack. The Sinatra family plans to hold a private funeral. The time and location of the service have not been disclosed.
Sinatra, 82, was pronounced dead Thursday at 10:50 p.m. in the emergency room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his publicist, Susan Reynolds. Sinatra's family, including his wife, was with him when he died.
Sinatra was a master craftsman and ranked as one of the most influential singers in this country's history. In more than 200 albums, his music led the evolution of Big Band to vocal American music.

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~http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/DesertObituaries/franksinatra.htm
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~http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9805/15/sinatra.obit/
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~http://www.sinatra.com/
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~http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/sinatra/94141.stm

--Norodom Sihamoni - Cambodia--

Norodom Sihamoni (Khmer: នរោត្តម សីហមុនី, born 14 May 1953) is the King of Cambodia. He is the eldest son of Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Previously Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, he was named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004. Before ascending the throne, Sihamoni was best known for his work as a cultural ambassador in Europe and as a classical dance instructor.

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Sihamoni was born in 1953. At the time of his birth and that of his younger brother, his mother, a Cambodian citizen of Italian and Khmer ancestry, was one of King Sihanouk's companions, though it was not known if she was officially one his concubines.[1][2] (A granddaughter of HRH Prince Norodom Duongchak of Cambodia, Queen Monineath is a daughter of Pomme Peang and her second husband, Jean-François Izzi, a French-Italian banker.) The Royal Ark website entry about the genealogy of the Cambodian royal family states that Sihanouk and Monineath were married twice, once on 12 April 1952, when she was 15, and again ("more formally", according to the website) on 5 March 1955; she is described as Sihanouk's seventh wife.[2] King Norodom Sihamoni has 12 half-brothers and half-sisters by his father's various relationships; his only full sibling, a younger brother, HRH Samdech Norodom Narindrapong (born 1954) died in 2003.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Sihamoni

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