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Justin Bieber in Rolling Stone on politics: “whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad”

Widdle Justin Bieber is on the cover of Rolling Stone’s March issue with his hair all mussed up and a leather jacket hanging off his shoulder. Rolling Stone has put an excerpt online, and Bieber kind of impressed me when he was talking about Canada’s healthcare system. He’s a religious kid but didn’t say teens should wait to have sex until they’re married, just until they’re in love. He also said he was pro-life and sounded largely clueless when it comes to politics “whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad .” On waiting to have sex until love “I don’t think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them,” Bieber says. When asked if he believes in abstinence until marriage, Bieber – who is reportedly dating fellow teen star Selena Gomez – seems wary: “I think you should just wait for the person you’re…in love with.” Selena Gomez is his computer background Near the end of their time together Grigoriadis caught a glimpse of Bieber’s desktop image on his laptop: It was him and Gomez against an orange sunset. Bieber quickly closed the computer when he noticed that Grigoriadis had seen the picture. On Canada’s healthcare system The Canadian-born Bieber never plans on becoming an American citizen. “You guys are evil,” he says with a laugh. “Canada’s the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don’t need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you’re broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard’s baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby’s premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.” On politics and abortion He isn’t sure what political party he’d support if he was old enough to vote. “I’m not sure about the parties,” Bieber says. “But whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad.” He does have a solid opinion on abortion. “I really don’t believe in abortion,” Bieber says. “It’s like killing a baby?” How about in cases of rape? “Um. Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.” On his voice changing Bieber’s voice began to change on his last tour. He’s now working with a vocal couch, which involves doing 20 push-ups before before a session to warm up his chest. “He’s got a nice tone tone to his voice now,” says his vocal coach Jan Smith. “It’s a good texture, but it doesn’t sound like what his fans think he sounds like. He’ll get four octaves eventually. He’s still young.” [From Rolling Stone ] Did anyone see the episode of “30 Rock” a couple of weeks ago (with Matt Damon!) where Jack and Avery have to have their baby in Canada and get all indignant when they’re told it’s free? That cracked me the hell up. I liked what Bieber had to say about how healthcare is a basic human right, I’ll give him that. He may not have known that there’s a North and South Korea, but he thinks people shouldn’t go bankrupt to pay for medical bills. I would love it if some conservative pundits go after him for calling the US “evil.” Bieber was also on Chelsea Lately this week. When she asked him how he felt about losing out for Best New Artist category at the Grammys this weekend he tried to be be gracious about it. He said he was upset about it and that “ I’m not going to lie, people are expecting me to say something else, but I am disappointed… I’m really excited for her [Esperanza Spalding] she’s worked hard ?” You could tell he didn’t really mean it, but at least he tried. He could have told his fans to step off of her online though. Bieber also said he knew about the website “ Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber ” and seemed ok with it but didn’t say much. He also confirmed that Willow Smith is coming on tour with him overseas. I think the kid is a twit with an overinflated sense of self, but he tries. I was ready to rip on him, but after I watched his Chelsea Lately interview I found him kind of funny. He even ripped on Lady Gaga’s outfits , calling them “weird,” and cracked a joke to Chelsea. She asked him “ when do you have time to look at pictures of me ,” and he said “ I do that all the time. The ones with you and 50 [Cent] .” If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, fast forward to 4:00 in to this interview. Bieber is shown at the Brit Awards on 2/15/11. Credit: WENN.com

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Japan vs Korea highlights 5:3

Japan#39;s midfielder Keisuke Honda vies for the ball with South Korea#39;s midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng (right) during their 2011 Asian Cup semi-final match in Doha. The Asian Cup semi-final between arch-rivals Japan and South Korea went to extra-time at Doha#39;s Al Gharafa Stadium, after the match finished 1-1 at full-time Japan survived a last-minute equalizer in extra time Tuesday to reach the Asian Cup final with a 3-0 penalty shootout win over South Korea following a 2-2 draw. Defender Yas

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Jun Hye Jin Profile

Profile for Jun Hye Jin * Name: 전혜진 / Jun Hye Jin (Jeon Hye Jin) * Profession: Actress * Birthdate: 1988-Jun-17 * Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea * Height: 168cm * Weight: 49kg * Star sign: Gemini * Bloody type: O TV Shows * What#39;s Up? (MBC, 2010) * Oh! My Lady (SBS, 2010, cameo) * Smile, You (SBS, 2009) * Family#39;s Honor (SBS, 2008) * Just Run! (KBS2, 2007) * One Million Roses (KBS1, 2003) * Honest Living (SBS, 2002) * Ruler of Your Own World (MBC, 2002) * Eun Shil 은실이 (SBS, 1998) Mo

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Chiu Yong Qin Picture:Chiu Yee-Fong father

Chiu Yee-Fong, 30, told the court on Monday that she intends to plead guilty and her parents would be making restitution on her behalf. Her father, Mr Chiu Yong Qin, a regular on Taiwanese drama serials, was also in court on Monday. A Taiwanese celebrity#39;s daughter who was working as a croupier at Resorts World Casino faces charges of stealing casino chips worth more than S$110,000. Speaking to Channel NewsAsia, Mr Chiu said: “Now that it has happened, we must face the facts and take respo

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South Korea drills 2010 picture

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally denouncing the South Korea#39;s live-fire drills on Yeonpyeong Island, in front of Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. South Korea said it was going forward Monday with live firing drills from the front-line island despite North Korea#39;s threat to retaliate, sharply ramping up tensions as the U.N. failed to find any solution. South Korea fired artillery in a 90-minute drill from a front-line island Monday and laun

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FIFA 2022 World Cup location

A map locating the countries bidding to host the 2018 (orange) and 2022 (green) World Cups. The 2018 race has seen England, Russia and Spain-Portugal vying for supremacy in an increasingly acrimonious bidding war. The favourites for the 2022 tournament are the United States, Australia and Qatar, with Japan and South Korea seen as rank outsiders. America’s final pitch to host to the 2022 World Cup was left to a former president and an Oscar-winning actor, who talked of diversity and outlined an

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Breaking: Ban on Offshore Drilling is Back! Sort of.

Photo: eschipul , Flickr, CC President Obama can’t seem to make up his mind about banning offshore drilling — does he want a drilling moratorium in place or not? Now, it once again looks like he does — sort of, anyway. The White House is announcing today that the administration plans on maintaining most of the initial ban. Certain waters will be kept off limits, though some will still be opened for drilling. Here’s where we stand now…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sri Lanka Turns Battleground Into Elephant Sanctuary

Sri Lanka’s Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. Photo: S J Pinkney / Creative Commons . The escalation last week of hostilities between North Korea and South Korea has surely been a setback to plans to create an ecological corridor out of the

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USS George Washington aircraft carrier strike group off to the Yellow Sea for naval exercises with South Korean forces.

The Obama administration called on China Wednesday to rein in North Korea after its artillery attack on a South Korean island, as the Pentagon ordered the USS George Washington aircraft carrier strike group to the Yellow Sea for naval exercises with South Korean forces. Search crews on the island located off South Korea's west coast also recovered the charred bodies of two civilians Wednesday. China, which has a defense agreement with communist North Korea, is the key to changing Pyongyang's behavior, said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. “We do believe that China has influence with North Korea,” he said. “We don't want to understate or overstate that. It's not that China can dictate a particular action to North Korea. It is that China, together with the United States and other countries, have to send a clear, direct, unified message that it is North Korea that has to change.” At the United Nations, Security Council, members held talks on the attack, but news reports indicated that action on the matter was unlikely. The Security Council took months to condemn North Korea's sinking of a South Korean warship and then did not mention North Korea by name. An unidentified relative of Seo Jeong-woo, a South Korean marine killed on Yeonpyeong Island by North Korea's artillery attack, weeps during a memorial service at a military hospital Wednesday. (Associated Press) At Incheon, South Korea, residents of the bombed island told stories of the midafternoon artillery barrage. “Over my head, a pine tree was broken and burning,” said Ann Ahe-ja, who was among the hundreds of evacuees from Yeonpyeong Island arriving at the port. “So I thought, 'Oh, this is not another exercise. It is a war.' I decided to run. And I did.” In addition to the two civilians, two South Korean marines were killed and 18 wounded in the artillery strike, which destroyed 30 homes. The shelling followed South Korean military exercises involving artillery fire south of the island. Wang Baodong, a Chinese Embassy spokesman in Washington, said all parties in the crisis must “help relax the tension.” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/24/us-sends-carrier-yellow-sea-exer… added by: im1mjrpain

Taylor Swift Announces World Tour, Gets Serenaded by Dane Cook

Taylor Swift will soon be coming to an arena near you. The artist has announced a whirlwind 2011 tour that will take her to 87 cities in 19 countries, beginning February 9 in Singapore. What the heck is going on in this photo? Find out NOW ! “I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!” Swift said. “The Fearless tour was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can’t wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now!” We’ve listed all the tour dates and locations below. February 9 Singapore February 11 Seoul, South Korea February 13 Osaka, Japan February 16 & 17 Tokyo, Japan February 19 Manila, Philippines February 21 Hong Kong March 6 Brussels, Belgium March 7 Rotterdam, Holland March 9 Oslo, Norway March 12 Oberhausen, Germany March 15 Milan, Italy March 17 Paris, France March 19 Madrid, Spain March 22 Birmingham, UK March 25 Belfast, Northern Ireland March 27 Dublin, Ireland March 29 Manchester, UK March 30 London, UK May 27 & 28 Omaha, Nebraska May 29 Des Moines, Iowa June 2 & 3 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida June 4 Orlando, Florida June 7 Columbus, Ohio June 8 Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 11 Detroit, Michigan June 14 & 15 St. Paul, Minnesota June 18 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 21 Buffalo, New York June 22 Hartford, Connecticut June 25 Foxborough, Massachusetts June 30 Greensboro, North Carolina July 1 Knoxville, Tennessee July 2 Louisville, Kentucky July 8 Charlotte, North Carolina July 9 & 10 Atlanta, Georgia July 14 Montreal, Quebec July 15 & 16 Toronto, Ontario July 19 & 20 New York, New York July 28 Grand Rapids, Michigan July 29 Indianapolis, Indiana July 30 Cleveland, Ohio August 2 & 3 Washington, DC August 6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 9 & 10 Chicago, Illinois August 13 Lexington, Kentucky August 14 St. Louis, Missouri August 18 & 19 Edmonton, Alberta August 23 & 24 Los Angeles, California September 1 & 2 San Jose, California September 3 Sacramento, California September 6 Portland, Oregon September 7 Seattle, Washington September 10 & 11 Vancouver, British Columbia September 16 & 17 Nashville, Tennessee September 21 Tulsa, Oklahoma September 24 Kansas City, Missouri September 27 Denver, Colorado September 28 Salt Lake City, Utah October 4 Little Rock, Arkansas October 5 New Orleans, Louisiana October 8 Dallas, Texas

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