Survivors grow desperate as toll rises

PALU, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered more rescuers to be sent in to find victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday as the official death toll rose above 1,200 and looting raised fears of growing lawlessness.

New NAFTA deal 'won't fix' loss of competitiveness

MEXICO CITY - The revamped North American Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States fails to address the region's eroding competitiveness, according to a leading Mexican economist.

Abe keeps 'firm foundation' as key ministers retain cabinet posts

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe retained key ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday in the hope of maintaining the "firm foundation" as he pushes for his long-cherished goal of revising Japan's pacifist Constitution.

Scientist suspended in sexism row

A top scientist who claimed before an audience of young, female physicists that physics "was invented and built by men" and that men were now suffering from pro-female discrimination has been suspended from working with the European nuclear research center CERN.

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Indonesia rushes to aid victims as deaths climb

PALU, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities scrambled on Monday to get aid and rescue equipment to earthquake-and tsunami-hit Sulawesi island and started to bury some of the more than 1,200 dead, as shaken survivors streamed away from their ruined homes in search of food and shelter.

US, Canada deal saves NAFTA as a trilateral pact

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON - The United States and Canada forged a last-gasp deal on Sunday to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, rescuing the three-country, $1.2 trillion open-trade zone that had been about to collapse after nearly a quarter-century.

Iran launches missiles over attack on parade

TEHERAN - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said on Monday that it had launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria, targeting militants whom the force blamed for a recent attack on a military parade in Iran.

5-year study: British workers placed under increasing strain

People in the United Kingdom are working harder and faster, with increasing numbers coming home exhausted every day, according to a major research project related to infrastructure.

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Interns make a case for time at top court

Lawyer Xu Fenfen encountered her first criminal case involving a fatality when she was an intern at China's top court last year.

Conditions need to be considered

Zhang Jieying, 27, a doctoral student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, recounted her six-month experience as a legal intern at the Supreme People's Court to Cao Yin, saying she hoped the program could be kept and suggested that students be provided with more cases.