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Japan rescues crew members from missing Chinese ship
Obama: Trade agreement with S.Korea is weeks away
North Korea mourns top military officer
Accused captor is an unholy hypocrite, Smart says
Amazon.com title defending pedophilia sparks boycott call
Clinton: U.S. 'disappointed' with Israel's settlement decision
Suu Kyi's house arrest winds down, but release is uncertain
Galleries, photographers capture spirit of children in need of homes
Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend face off in court
Rolling Stone: Phil Collins admits suicidal thoughts
Costa Rica ready to appeal to higher bodies in border dispute
Draft deficit plan launches likely grueling political battle
Increase in food costs hikes China's CPI to 25-month high
Obama pays tribute to Americans who have served in S. Korea
Federal grand jury indicts alleged 'barefoot bandit'
Crippled cruise ship expected in San Diego Thursday
Governments, Catholic archbishop decry attacks on Iraqi Christians
Veterans Day data
In Staten Island neighborhood, turkeys strut their stuff -- every day

Japan rescues crew members from missing Chinese ship

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:48 PM PST

The Japanese Coast Guard on Thursday rescued four survivors after a Chinese cargo ship went missing, officials and state media said. One of the four was in critical condition.

Obama: Trade agreement with S.Korea is weeks away

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:47 PM PST

Free trade needs to grow even freer, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday as he and President Lee Myung-bak held a joint news conference in Seoul.

North Korea mourns top military officer

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:46 PM PST

High ranking officials in North Korea on Wednesday paid their respects during the state funeral of the country's second-highest ranking military officer, Jo Myong Rok, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

Accused captor is an unholy hypocrite, Smart says

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:44 PM PST

They were the words Elizabeth Smart waited eight years to say, and when she spoke them from the witness stand Wednesday, they poured out with an intensity that brought jurors to the edge of their seats.

Amazon.com title defending pedophilia sparks boycott call

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:33 PM PST

An e-book that was for sale on Amazon.com that appeared to defend pedophilia has sparked hundreds of angry user comments and threats to boycott the online retailer unless it pulled the title.

Clinton: U.S. 'disappointed' with Israel's settlement decision

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in New York, a day after she said the United States is "deeply disappointed" with Israel's decision to build new housing units in sensitive areas of east Jerusalem.

Suu Kyi's house arrest winds down, but release is uncertain

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:40 PM PST

Speculation abounds as Saturday nears -- the day when Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest is to end in Myanmar.

Galleries, photographers capture spirit of children in need of homes

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:21 PM PST

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but for foster children in New York City and across the country, a picture is worth improved self-esteem, and potentially, a new home and family.

Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend face off in court

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:39 PM PST

A family court judge refused Mel Gibson's request to prohibit the actor-director's ex-girlfriend and her lawyers from talking to reporters about their child custody battle Wednesday.

Rolling Stone: Phil Collins admits suicidal thoughts

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:23 PM PST

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, on stands in the digital archives this Friday, Phil Collins says he believes that he may have lived past lives -- and that he's contemplated suicide.

Costa Rica ready to appeal to higher bodies in border dispute

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:23 PM PST

Costa Rica will take its border dispute with Nicaragua to the United Nations and the International Court of Justice, if a resolution is not found, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said.

Draft deficit plan launches likely grueling political battle

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:05 PM PST

The release Wednesday of a draft proposal for reducing the federal deficit made clear how hard it will be to devise a sustainable plan that can win the necessary political support.

Increase in food costs hikes China's CPI to 25-month high

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:43 PM PST

An increase in the cost of food helped hike China's consumer price index to a 25-month high of 4.4 percent last month, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Obama pays tribute to Americans who have served in S. Korea

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:33 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute Thursday to American troops who 60 years ago fought a Communist regime that he said continues to be a provocative threat to peace in the region.

Federal grand jury indicts alleged 'barefoot bandit'

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:23 PM PST

Accused "barefoot bandit" Colton Harris-Moore was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with a series of airplane and boat thefts in the Pacific northwest, federal prosecutors in Washington state said.

Crippled cruise ship expected in San Diego Thursday

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:11 PM PST

Thousands of passengers on a towed cruise ship will disembark in San Diego, California, Thursday with their own tales from a three-day ordeal that left them without air conditioning and hot showers. Their diet became Spam and Pop Tarts rather than steak and chocolate mousse.

Governments, Catholic archbishop decry attacks on Iraqi Christians

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:10 PM PST

The United States, the U.N. Security Council and an American Catholic archbishop expressed concern Wednesday about continuing attacks on Christian and other religious groups in Iraq.