Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has stabilized, officials say

More than four months after it was crippled by an earthquake-generated tsunami, Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stabilized...

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U.S.-South Korean team investigates claim of buried Agent Orange

Using such modern tools as ground-penetrating radar and conducting analyses of water and soil core samples, a team of investigators in South...

Clinton says U.S., India 'allies' in terrorism fight

Clinton says U.S., India 'allies' in terrorism fight

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday offered India continued U.S. support in its fight against militants as the two...

Pair charged with illegally lobbying for Pakistan

Two American citizens were charged with illegally lobbying the U.S. government about the territorial dispute over Kashmir without disclosing...

Animal rights activists oppose rodeo in China

Animal rights activists oppose rodeo in China

Animal rights activists in Beijing are directing their attention away from fur farms, dog meat and zoos toward a less likely target in...

Chinese police and protesters clash; four dead

At least four people were killed Monday when police and protesters clashed in China's restive Xinjiang region, the official New China News...

Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan

Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan

A new U.S. commander, Marine Gen. John R. Allen, formally took control of the war in Afghanistan on Monday, inheriting a nearly decade-...

Women's World Cup was more than a game for Japan

Women's World Cup was more than a game for Japan

As Japan's Saki Kumagai prepared for her decisive penalty kick in the shootout that ended Sunday's Women's World Cup final, a wounded nation...

Korean DJ is Seoul's master of Western rock

Korean DJ is Seoul's master of Western rock

Kang Hyun-min remembers the first time he slid an album from its cardboard jacket and delicately, almost reverently, placed it on the...

Barracks shooting prompts South Koreans to call for military reform

Barracks shooting prompts South Koreans to call for military reform

His emotional pressure valve apparently blew: The distraught South Korean Marine Corps corporal decided he'd endured enough abuse from his...

In Beijing, redevelopment threatens last bathhouse

In Beijing, redevelopment threatens last bathhouse

In his twilight years, Zhang Shan has simplified his daily schedule to the bare essentials: Wake up, eat breakfast, walk to Shuangxing...

Finding his lost family is Japanese man's mission

Finding his lost family is Japanese man's mission

For months now, the drill has been the same: Maromu Oikawa grabs a shovel and chainsaw and gathers up the three precious photographs.

China's high-speed rail glitches: Racing to make errors?

China's high-speed rail glitches: Racing to make errors?

China's high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai has been beset by glitches in the two weeks since it opened to great fanfare on...

Canada's exit highlights Afghanistan challenges

Canada's exit highlights Afghanistan challenges

The air conditioning in the cavernous military assembly hall didn't generate enough of a breeze to flutter the long strings of plastic...

China seeks to stem Bohai Sea oil spills

China seeks to stem Bohai Sea oil spills

China is moving to contain two oil spills in the Bohai Sea off the nation's northeast coast amid complaints from environmental groups and...

Australia's carbon tax plan 'a big turning point'

Australia's carbon tax plan 'a big turning point'

After 10 months of negotiations and sometimes nasty public debate, Australia's government has finally announced the details of a carbon...

Indian attacks were 'not a failure of intelligence,' official says

Indian attacks were 'not a failure of intelligence,' official says

Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters Thursday it is too early to blame any particular militant group or individual...

China tries to put brakes on overheated economy

China tries to put brakes on overheated economy

While the Obama administration struggles to jump-start the stalled U.S. recovery, policymakers in Beijing have an opposite but equally...

Three explosions in Mumbai kill at least 21

Three explosions in Mumbai kill at least 21

For the second time in three years, Mumbai suffered a major terrorist attack Wednesday as three explosions rocked India's financial capital,...

Indian prime minister reshuffles Cabinet

Indian prime minister reshuffles Cabinet

In a bid to jump-start a flagging government and move beyond persistent corruption scandals, India's ruling coalition Tuesday announced a...

Relief and worry after slaying of Hamid Karzai's half brother

Relief and worry after slaying of Hamid Karzai's half brother

For the Americans trying to pacify the south of Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai might prove even more troublesome in death than he was in...

U.S. decision to withhold military aid to Pakistan could backfire

U.S. decision to withhold military aid to Pakistan could backfire

Washington's decision to hold back $800 million in military aid to Pakistan probably won't prod Islamabad into clamping down on militancy,...

Copper mining will crush ancient Afghan site

Copper mining will crush ancient Afghan site

The ruins poke out of a monotonous stretch of scrub and beckon the world to visit Afghanistan as it was more than 1,400 years ago, when...

Malaysia fires tear gas at protest, arrests 1,667

Malaysia fires tear gas at protest, arrests 1,667

At least 20,000 Malaysians defied government warnings by marching for electoral reforms Saturday, as police fired tear gas and detained more...

Strong earthquake rattles tsunami-weary Japan

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday, prompting a brief tsunami warning for the area still...

U.S. suspends some aid to Pakistani military

U.S. suspends some aid to Pakistani military

With ties between the two nations strained after American commandos killed Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani garrison city, the Obama...