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Nation & World
China's dust becomes Korea's problem
For the third year in a row, yellow dust storms have plagued the city of Seoul, South Korea.
Originating in the Gobi Desert in China which is about 750 miles from the Seoul, these storms have become more frequent in Korea because the desert has been steadily growing due to overfarming, overgrazing and a prolonged drought.
The enormous clouds of dust that passed through the city earlier this month caused schools to close and the hospitals to fill with people complaining of breathing problems. Two or three more storms are expected to hit Korea this month.
Huge upset occurs in French election
On Sunday, extreme-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen qualified to run against current President Jacques Chirac in the French presidential election according to media projections based on exit polls.
Political analysts called the outcome a political earthquake since polls taken before Sunday consistently showed that Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin were the two candidates that were expected to run against each other.
Le Pen, who is the head of the National Front party, violently opposes immigration, blaming them for high unemployment and urban violence. He also once described the Holocaust as "a detail" of history.
The two will face off in the final election May 5.
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