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A gunman in Japan who said he was a gangster shot and wounded three people before killing himself Friday in Yokohama near Tokyo, police and news reports said. The man entered a real estate agency and said he was a...

Making his third trip to China for this event, where he was a runner-up in his two previous starts, Woods had a 67 for the second straight day on the Sheshan International course. Both Woods and Watney birdied the 18th...

IPO debut Shares of Chinese printing equipment supplier Duoyuan Printing Inc. fell Friday after its initial public offering raised $63 million, pricing at the bottom of its expected range. Shares of Chinese printing equipment supplier Duoyuan Printing Inc. fell Friday...

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he was adopting a "wait-and-see" approach on the current conflict with the neighbouring country. Speaking via telephone conference from Tokyo, Foreign Ministry Kasit Piromya said the circumstances surrounding the MoU had changed as Thaksin was...

Military intelligence also points to one Aloy Al Ashree as the leader of the kidnappers who abducted an Irish priest, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Victor Ibrado said Friday. �The initial information that we got is like that. We...

Tokyo�s Fujimi district worth at least P3 billion and FTI complex in Taguig, among others. �Why is the administration in a huff�in a mad rush�to sell those assets in the closing months of its incumbency?...Commissioner Ricardo Abcede who denied on...

The toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae in central Vietnam has risen to 109, the country's Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Control reported Friday. The authority said 16 people remained missing, and local media were reporting death figures as high...

Both nasal flu mist vaccine and shots will be given as long as supplies are available. The clinic will be1 to 5:30 p.m. at 250 Georgia St. Vallejo. Solano Public Health encourages those individuals in the CDC high-priority groups to...

Aboitiz Power Corp.'s subsidiary, Hedcor Inc., is looking at building nine new mini hydro projects with a combined capacity of 160 megawatts (MW). According to Rene Ronquillo, Hedcor president and chief operations officer, these proposed projects are still under thorough...

Japan pledged 500 billion yen in new aid Friday to five countries along the Mekong River to fund development projects over the next three years.   Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced the aid at a meeting in Tokyo of leaders...