Crisis-hit Japan mulls shift to renewable energy
TOKYO (AP) -- Another long, stupefyingly hot summer is looming for Japan just as it shuts down... More
- ELAINE KURTENBACH MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
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Bombs kill 5 people in northwest Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistani official says two bomb blasts targeting anti-Taliban tribal... More
US says it's still trying to help Chinese activist
BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese... More
- MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
US official says seeking to find out Chen's needs
BEIJING (AP) -- A U.S. official says Washington is trying to help the blind Chinese activist who... More
US envoy says activist not forced to leave embassy
BEIJING (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to China says the blind activist caught in a struggle between... More
US-China talks overshadowed by activist's plight
BEIJING (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told China on Thursday that it must... More
- MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
Barbie helps long-hidden Indonesian sisters shine
MOUNT BATUR, Indonesia (AP) -- Putu Restiti and her little sister, Alit, have felt invisible most... More
- NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press
Clinton urges China to protect human rights
BEIJING (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told China on Thursday that it must... More
- MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
Ex-junta prisoner, Suu Kyi takes office in Myanmar
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Aung San Suu Kyi capped a tenacious, decades-long journey from... More
- AYE AYE WIN TODD PITMAN Associated Press
Hu says US, China must respect each other
BEIJING (AP) -- China's President Hu Jintao says that China and the United States must repect... More
Deal undone? Activist now wants to leave China
BEIJING (AP) -- A cloud hung over annual talks between the United States and China on Thursday as... More
- ALEXA OLESEN MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
Fierce clashes stoke tensions ahead of Egypt vote
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's worst violence in months escalated the confrontation between political... More
- HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press
US-Afghan pact achieved despite Karzai's rhetoric
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president has branded his U.S. allies as corrupt,... More
- PATRICK QUINN Associated Press
AP Exclusive: Activist now wants to leave China
BEIJING (AP) -- The blind Chinese activist at the center of a six-day diplomatic tussle between... More
- ALEXA OLESEN MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
Tsunami-swept Harley in container found in Canada
TOKYO (AP) -- It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost... More
- MALCOLM FOSTER Associated Press
Blind activist goes free after promises of safety
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind Chinese activist who fled persecution by local officials in his rural... More
- MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
Friend says Chinese activist pressured into deal
BEIJING (AP) -- A close friend of Chen Guangcheng says the blind legal activist agreed to stay in... More
Tsunami-swept Harley in container found in Canada
TOKYO (AP) -- It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost... More
- MALCOLM FOSTER Associated Press
Myanmar begins new era as Suu Kyi joins parliament
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Aung San Suu Kyi completed her historic journey from political... More
- AYE AYE WIN TODD PITMAN Associated Press
Taliban kill 7 in Afghan capital after Obama visit
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban struck back less than two hours after President Barack... More
- AMIR SHAH CHRIS BLAKE Associated Press
Taliban announce start of annual Afghan offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban have warned they will officially start their annual... More
Israel army closes probe into deaths of 21 Gazans
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military said Wednesday it has closed its investigation into the... More
- AMY TEIBEL Associated Press
Clinton: activist left embassy on his accord
BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says blind Chinese legal activist Chen... More
US: Activist to stay in China, did not want asylum
BEIJING (AP) -- A U.S. official says the blind Chinese activist who sought refuge in the U.S.... More
- MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
US: Blind activist in medical care, to see family
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind Chinese legal activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle... More
- MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
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