Google China Exit Means Growth Rests on Korea, Japan ... - Bloomberg
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. ’s looming withdrawal from China adds to pressure to expand in South Korea and Japan, where the Web-search company has won a fraction of the popularity it enjoys in the U.S. and Europe. There is little doubt that ...
Americans hammer past Japan for gold - Edmonton Journal
The 2009 world sledge hockey champions regained the Paralympic honours Saturday, with the United States topping Japan 2-0 in the gold-medal showdown at UBC Thunderbird Arena. With the ... Paralympic debut in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994, Norway won ...
LaHood's Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety - The Guardian
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he'll go to Japan this summer for talks with Toyota executives about the sudden acceleration problem plaguing some Toyotas. LaHood also says he'll examine Japan's high-speed rail system. He ...
Japan Welcomes Failure of Tuna Fishing Ban - CBS News
... fishing industry say an outright trading ban is too drastic a step, and that catch quotas set by another body, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, should ... number caught," said Kazuhiro Takayama, a fish ...
Japan planning 14 nuclear plants: Report - IndiaTimes
TOKYO: Resource-poor Japan is planning to ... reliance on other countries for its energy needs, a report said on Sunday. The world's second biggest economy, which wants to double its provision for its fuel consumption, will make an announcement in ...
Japan police seek criminal charges in Prius crash - Huffingtonpost.com
TOKYO — Japanese police are recommending criminal charges against a driver who says his Toyota Prius crashed because of brake failure after an analysis of "black box" data showed no defects. The 37-year-old driver, whose identity is withheld ...
U.S. wins sledge hockey gold over Japan - Concord Monitor
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The United States sledge hockey team has struck gold with a 2-0 victory over Japan at the Vancouver Paralympics. The U.S. didn't give up a single goal in the tournament and jumped on Japan four minutes into yesterday's ...
Japan thwarts Atlantic bluefin tuna export ban - San Francisco Chronicle
Let's take science and throw it out the door," Susan Lieberman, director of international policy with the Pew Environment Group in Washington, said sarcastically ... The fish is too valuable for its own good." Japan, which imports 80 percent of the ...
U.S. wins sledge hockey gold over Japan - Concord Monitor
... struck gold with a 2-0 victory over Japan at the Vancouver Paralympics ... yesterday's gold-medal game when Alexi Salamone scored on the power play. Japan was awarded a penalty shot in the second period, but American netminder Steve Cash made a ...
Russia says ship resumes sailing off Japan - Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Russian Navy says one of its surveillance ships has resumed sailing through the Sea of Japan after reports that it was drifting ... The statement released Sunday says the ship, the Pribaltika, dropped anchor during a short period ...
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Donors conference raises $850 million for Darfur
An international donors conference on Sunday raised $850 million for projects intended to ensure the safe return of nearly 3 million people displaced during the war in Darfur.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
China state media accuses Google of political agenda
China's state media on Sunday accused Google Inc of pushing a political agenda by "groundlessly accusing the Chinese government" of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas.
Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension
Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.
Iran's supreme leader cold to Obama overture
Iran's supreme leader sharply denounced the United States on Sunday, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President Barack Obama for better cultural ties with Iran.
Iceland fears eruption could spark another
 A volcano in southern Iceland erupts for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
Transport strikes, marches on Tuesday in France
French train lines, public transport, schools and day care centers face disruptions on Tuesday as unions strike to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's policies on jobs and the economy.
Explosives found aboard India plane
Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.
164 people face charges over massacres in Nigeria
A Nigerian police spokesman says 164 people will be charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorism, for their suspected roles in the slaughter of more than 200 people in central Nigeria this month.
Pope amid abuse furor: Refrain from judging sinners
 Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebukes Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
Officials: U.S. missiles kill 4 in Pakistan
Suspected U.S. drones fire missiles at a house and car in a militant-dominated tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least four people, officials said.
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