Tiananmen leader denied in bid to return to China
FILE – In this June 4, 2012 file photo, former student leader in the Tiananmen protests of 1989, Wu’er Kaixi, speaks to media before addressing hundreds of people attending a…
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NY CASE SHEDS LIGHT ON METH COOKING IN NORTH KOREA
By TOM HAYS In this Nov. 21, 2013 courtroom art, five men appear in a New York City courtroom accused of plotting to smuggle 100 kilograms of highly potent methamphetamine…
COMPROMISE BREAKS DEADLOCK AT UN CLIMATE TALKS
By KARL RITTER Delegates attend the closing session of the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. The…
CHINA SETS AIR DEFENSE ZONE OVER EAST CHINA SEA
In this Sept. 2012 photo, the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese are seen. The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday, Nov.…
NORTH KOREA DETAINS US WAR VETERAN, 85, SON SAYS
By MARTHA MENDOZA This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer, in Palo Alto, Calif. An 85-year-old American…
Markets remain lackluster in run up to Fed minutes
By TOBY STERLING An invested looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013 in Shanghai, China. World stocks were muted Tuesday as a…
Fed stimulus, China reform promises buoy stocks
By SARAH DiLORENZO A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above 1,800, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The DJIA…
Stocks boosted as incoming Fed head backs stimulus
By EILEEN NG People walk outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Asian stock markets bounced higher Thursday after prepared testimony for the confirmation hearing of incoming…