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Briefs, February 9, 2013

Youths stop commuters during the strike in Karachi. Photo: AFP

Park nominates her prime minister

SEOUL - South Korean president-elect Park Geun-hye has nominated former prosecutor Chung Hong-won as prime minister. Chung, 68, began his legal career as a prosecutor and until August 2011 served as chief director of the Korean Legal Aid Association. Park, 61, will be inaugurated on February 25 as South Korea's first woman leader. Bloomberg