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Slumping financial shares pulled the stock market mostly lower Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's prediction that interest rates will remain low failed to galvanize investors. Stocks initially rose Monday afternoon after Bernanke said that forces like unemployment and...

Japan unveiled a fresh 7.2 trillion yen stimulus package on Tuesday to help shore up the flagging economy, troubled anew by continued price falls and the negative impact of a strong yen on exports, with concern growing over the nation's...

About 400 students made for one narrow stairway after evening classes when one fell, setting off the crush, China Central TV said. Seven boys and one girl aged 11 to 14 from Yucai Middle School in Xiangxiang city were reported...

The declaration of martial law has already achieved much of what the AFP wanted to do in any event. Large caches of weapons and munitions have been found at Ampatuan clan properties. It would appear that arms and ammunition that...

The monthly survey of over 400 firms from National Australia Bank showed its measure of business confidence rose 3 points to 19 in November, the highest since May 2002. That improvement came even though the Reserve Bank of Australia raised...

Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean announced on Tuesday that the Australian Government has offered a loan of up to 500 million U.S. dollars to support Australian participation in the development of the world-scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Papua...

South Korea — South Korea says it plans to send up to 350 troops to Afghanistan next year to protect its civilian aid workers. South Korea currently has no deployment in Afghanistan, after withdrawing some 200 troops in 2007. The...

More than 100 world leaders will gather next week in Copenhagen to add to global efforts to fight climate change as the UN's top climate change official called for "significant and immediate action" on Monday at the inauguration of the...

Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt is no "superman" and can be beaten, his compatriot and rival Asafa Powell insisted Tuesday. "Well anybody can be beaten but in the 100 meters right now, Usain is running very fast... So you really...

Saeed is an ideal bowler for Twenty20 and fifty-over cricket, but he has very little exposure when it comes to the Tests. I would have certainly gone ahead with Danish in the Dunedin game and there is solid logic behind...