Experts say that unseating Japan underscores China’s clout and bolsters forecasts that China will pass the U.S. as the world’s biggest economy as early as 2030.
Many of the employees who are losing their jobs as state-run banks restructure are organizing and demanding to be rehired or compensated, but they face a daunting task.
Gen. David H. Petraeus began his campaign to convince the public that the coalition can succeed, saying he had not come to Afghanistan to preside over a “graceful exit.”
AP - The crowd at the off-road race could almost touch the trucks as they hurtled and bounced over the desert sand. They were close enough for one mistake to end eight lives.
AP - Shrimpers trawling Louisiana waters Monday in the first commercial season since the Gulf disaster don't know what dangers from the massive BP oil spill still lurk and what market there will be for their catch if consumers don't believe the seafood is safe.
Relief supplies are in Pakistan but the unrelenting rain is hampering its distribution. Millions of Pakistanis are left desperately waiting for help to arrive.
The Afghan National Army has reached its goal of 134,000 trained soldiers, but still has a ways to go before being ready to take over the nation's security.
An autopsy is scheduled Monday in the death of Philip Markoff, who died of an apparent suicide while facing charges in a killing tied to the Craigslist website.
The United States and South Korea began their annual joint military exercise Monday, kicking off an 11-day drill designed to ensure the countries' alliance is "fully prepared to respond to any potential provocations," according to a statement from U.S. forces in South Korea.
The youngest survivor of a plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens last week has been released from a hospital in Alaska, according to his family.
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