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Japan’s Leader Rejects Visit to War Shrine

Japan’s Leader Rejects Visit to War Shrine


Japan’s Leader Rejects Visit to War Shrine

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 11:19 PM PDT

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused calls to visit a controversial Tokyo war shrine, in an apparent effort to avoid angering Asian neighbors including China.


Republicans Back Down, Ending Crisis Over Shutdown and Debt Limit

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 09:50 PM PDT

President Obama swiftly signed a bill funding the government through Jan. 15 and raising the debt limit through Feb. 7. after the House and Senate approved a last-minute deal.


As Secession Talk Swells in Catalonia, Business Leaders Remain Wary of Costs

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 07:56 PM PDT

Catalan businesspeople worry less about what Madrid owes the region and more about whether political instability could hamper Spain's prospects of returning to precrisis growth levels.


DealBook: JPMorgan to Admit Wrongdoing and Pay Fine in Trading Loss

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:52 PM PDT

A rare admission of fault by JPMorgan Chase underscores the great lengths the nation's largest bank will take to put a multibillion-dollar trading blunder behind it.


News Analysis: Losing a Lot to Get Little

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:45 PM PDT

Republicans could have turned the problem-plagued rollout of the health care law into an argument against it, but instead a failed campaign to strip the law of federal money has left the party in disarray.

Snowden Journalist’s New Venture to Be Bankrolled by eBay Founder

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:16 PM PDT

Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, will finance the news site drawing Glenn Greenwald away from The Guardian, where he reported on the electronic surveillance revelations leaked by Edward J. Snowden.

Facebook Eases Privacy Rules for Teenagers

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 05:56 PM PDT

Teenagers will now be able to post items that can be seen by the public, making it easier for the social network to turn a post into an ad that can be shown widely.

In Greece, the Banking Chief Draws Scrutiny

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 04:58 PM PDT

The governor of the Bank of Greece, Georgios A. Provopoulos, helped keep Greece out of bankruptcy and in the euro zone, but now a banking deal he approved is facing criticism.

Cameron Criticizes The Guardian for Publishing Secrets

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 04:54 PM PDT

In remarks made in Parliament, Prime Minister David Cameron accused the newspaper of damaging national security by publishing material leaked by Edward J. Snowden.


Scattered by War, Syrians Struggle to Start Over

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 04:08 PM PDT

The plight of a family that fled to Jordan shows how the war has forced Syrians to remake their lives in new and often unwelcoming places.

Lifted From a Russian Lake, a Big, if Fragile, Space Rock

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 03:45 PM PDT

As Russian officials on Wednesday retrieved a 1,250-pound fragment of a meteor that exploded last February over Chelyabinsk, the rock broke — and broke a scale.

Merkel Lists Policy Goals, as Coalition Options Narrow

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 03:37 PM PDT

With the Social Democrats demanding a high price for participation in a coalition government, the pressure is on Chancellor Angela Merkel to compromise.


Memo From Hong Kong: Milder Accounts of Hardships Under Mao Arise as His Birthday Nears

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 02:27 PM PDT

As the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth approaches, some are playing down the devastation of the famine that gripped China from 1958 to 1962.


Putin Opponent Spared Prison Term in Russia

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Aleksei A. Navalny, who made a strong showing in the recent election for mayor of Moscow, had been sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement.


Greece’s Parliament Clears Way for More Charges Against 6 Right-Wing Lawmakers

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 11:22 AM PDT

The move paves the way for prosecution of members of the Golden Dawn, an anti-immigrant party that prosecutors have called a criminal organization.

Suicide Attack in Pakistan Kills Provincial Official

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 11:16 AM PDT

The attack, which came as the official was entertaining visitors, was the most high-profile political assassination in Pakistan this year.

Gridlock Has Cost U.S. Billions, and the Meter Is Still Running

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 10:31 AM PDT

Damage to growth, employment and interest rates has already been extensive, economists say, even without a debt default and a continuation of the government shutdown.

Iran Talks Called Substantive, More Talks Nov. 7-8

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

In a statement, both sides described the two days of discussions in Geneva as "forward looking" but did not disclose details.


Plane Crash in Laos Kills 49

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 08:54 AM PDT

The Lao Airlines turboprop ran into bad weather while trying to land and crashed into the Mekong River in southern Laos, the government said.

International Real Estate: House Hunting in ... Northern Ireland

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Prices remain low in Northern Ireland, although a recent spike in sales volume may be a sign of a nascent recovery.

Some Hope for European Auto Sales

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 07:47 AM PDT

Europe suffered another month of dismal car sales in September, but the numbers were a little less grim than a year ago.


Sinosphere Blog: First Water, Then Soldiers, Flood a Chinese Town

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 07:15 AM PDT

Large-scale protests in an eastern Chinese province after the authorities are faulted for their response to flooding.


Special Report: The Art of Collecting: Paris Exhibition Presents the Art, Not the Artist

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 07:01 AM PDT

A show at the Maison Rouge in the French capital highlights the unique collection of the Australian collector David Walsh, and an unusual path to curation.

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