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India's minister of commerce and industry said on Friday that progress in concluding global trade talks was behind schedule but that it was up to political leaders to decide if they can meet their own year-end deadline for a deal.
A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads in the city for the second day, in a bold attempt to impede security patrols.
South Korean navy men welcome USS John S. McCain, a US Aegis-equipped ship, as it enters a port in Donghae, about 280 km (174 miles) east of Seoul, March 19, 2010. The US navy ship arrived in South Korea for a joint military drill with South Korean troops.
The United States must be a part of pan-Asian institutions to safeguard the region's future, former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said during a lecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday.
US law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information.
Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin said Thursday the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter succeeded in vertical landing test for the first time earlier in the day, a rare piece of good news for the problem prone program.
A house fire has killed two Chinese and injured two others later Thursday in South Korea's north central province of ChungCheongbuk-Do, the consulate office of the Chinese Embassy to South Korea said Friday.
Pyongyang recently sent improved signals regarding its return to the stalled Six-Party Talks, Seoul's top diplomat told China Daily in an interview Thursday.
The trial of Rio Tinto executives next week, involving Australian passport holder Stern Hu and three other Chinese employees, should not be deliberately politicized, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
