Asia stocks muted on prospect Fed to trim stimulus
By KAY JOHNSON A man walks past an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Asian stocks rose Wednesday after the Dow Jones industrial average hit an all-time…
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Indonesia summons Aussie ambassador over spy claim
By KRISTEN GELINEAU Security officers stand guard at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Australia’s ambassador met with Indonesian government officials who summoned him…
Chinese journalist tries to crowdfund his career
By LOUISE WATT In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, Yin Yusheng poses for a photographer in Beijing, China. Yin hopes to craft a new kind of journalism in…
Japan, Russia to keep talking territorial issue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida prior to their meeting in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Japan and Russia…
US manufacturing expands at best pace in 2 ½ years
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, employees at Sheffield Platers Inc. work on the factory floor in San Diego. The Institute for…
China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, a man digs a trench near a mushroom shaped heating exhaust shaft near the newly constructed US embassy in…
NKOREA DEFECTOR TESTIFIES AT UN RIGHTS PROBE IN US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the…
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS BO XILAI CONVICTION, LIFE TERM
By ARITZ PARRA and GILLIAN WONG A convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai head to Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court in Jinan, in eastern…