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CHINA-US A man has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for importing counterfeit electronic components from China and Hong Kong for use by American customers, including builders
The deadly U.S. attack on a hospital in Afghanistan, which U.S. officials have called a "mistake," leaves open the possibility that the decision to open fire exceeded the authority under which
One of the biggest publishers in the U.S. apologized yesterday for calling slaves brought to America "workers" in a geography textbook used widely in Texas, where the wording went unnoticed
More than 500 million shares were traded in the first two hours and by the end of the day the turnover was 1.08 billion shares - the highest daily volume
Protesters gathered outside the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to stage a mock demonstration against the French impressionist painter. Some carried signs that read, “God Hates Renoir” and “Aesthetic Terrorism”
The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its forecast for global economic growth and says falling commodity prices and jumpy financial markets have raised global risks. The IMF says the world economy
AFGHANISTAN Fighting erupts anew in the embattled northern city of Kunduz after the Taliban attacked a police headquarters overnight and officials warned that food and other emergency aid cannot get
For Volkswagen, the cost of its cheating on emissions tests in the U.S. is likely to run into the tens of billions of dollars and prematurely end its long-sought status
The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries reached a contentious trade pact that cuts trade barriers, sets labor and environmental standards and protects the intellectual property of multinational
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for discovering the “chameleon-like” nature of neutrinos, work that yielded the crucial insight that the tiny particles have mass. The
Afghanistan’s president palace says skulls and bones belonging to two bodies have been uncovered beneath a kitchen during renovation work on the palace grounds. The gender, cause of death and identity
Cruise missiles and bombers have targeted the airports of Kandahar and Kabul and terrorist training camps near Jalalabad. The attacks which began around 1630 GMT were quickly followed by a public
A distraught villager shot and killed his father-in-law and three children yesterday over a dowry feud in the southern Philippines. The attack happened after midnight in the remote town of
Leaders of Nepal’s three main political parties discussed formation of a new government yesterday following the adoption of a new constitution last month. Narayankaji Shrestha of the United Communist Party of
IRAQ A series of car bombings across Iraq yesterday killed at least 36 people and wounded dozens as the government continued its efforts to combat extremism across the country. The
Three scientists from the U.S., Japan and China won the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for discovering drugs to fight malaria and other tropical diseases that affect hundreds of millions of
Stormy political times likely lay ahead for Portugal after a general election delivered a minority government. Minority governments struggle to survive in the bickering atmosphere of Portuguese politics, and only one
The Yugoslav Constitutional Court, which only yesterday morning annulled the 24 September presidential elections, now admits Vojislav Kostunica was the true winner. The Yugoslav army has also publicly withdrawn its support
A Kuwaiti driver who apparently thought having license plates from another Gulf country would help avoid more than 1,600 traffic citations has been hit with a huge fine. The state-run Kuwait
Yi Jianlian combined with youngsters Guo Ailun and Zhou Qi to lead China to a 78-67 win over the Philippines in the FIBA Asia basketball final, helping the host nation
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