• SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea state media claimed Saturday that an elderly U.S. tourist detained for more than a month has apologized for alleged crimes during the Korean War and for "hostile acts" against the state during a recent trip.
• North Korean authorities released video showing 85-year-old Merrill Newman, wearing glasses, a blue button-down shirt and tan trousers, reading his alleged apology, which was dated Nov. 9 and couldn't be independently confirmed.
• Pyongyang has been accused of previously coercing statements from detainees. There was no way to reach Newman and determine the circumstances of the alleged confession. But it was riddled with stilted English and grammatical errors, such as "I want not punish me."
• "I have been guilty of a long list of indelible crimes against DPRK government and Korean people," Newman purportedly wrote in a four-page statement, adding: "Please forgive me."
• The statement, carried in the North's official Korean Central News Agency, said the war veteran allegedly attempted to meet with any surviving soldiers he had trained during the Korean War to fight North Korea, and that he admitted to killing civilians and brought an e-book criticizing North Korea. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.
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• LONDON (AP) -- Scottish police say at least one person has died from the crash of a police helicopter onto a crowded Glasgow pub.
• Chief constable Stephen House says the number of fatalities is expected to rise.
• He told reporters Saturday that 32 people were taken to hospitals after the crash on the roof of The Clutha pub in central Glasgow.
• House says specialist search and rescue teams are working to make sure everyone is recovered from the scene.
• Scotland's leader Alex Salmond called it a "black day" for the nation.
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