Japan's Noda tells Obama all trade issues on table

2011-11-13 11:26:24

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told President Barack Obama on Saturday that Tokyo would put all goods and services on the negotiating table.

DiCaprio, defying convention

2011-11-13 09:25:08

To transform himself into an aging J. Edgar Hoover, Leonardo DiCaprio sat for hours while makeup artists gave him liver spots, yellow teeth and a bulging stomach.

Unscarred for life

2011-11-13 09:17:46

After months of pain, a former racist skinhead has put a new face forward.

Cartoonist delivered hugs

2011-11-13 07:59:30

Bil Keane's Family Circus comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century.

Military hot line smooths rocky relationship

2011-11-12 08:42:12

Sino-US military leaders and the countries' defense ministries have held "multiple phone conversations" since a top-level command hot line was set up in 2008, the Ministry of National Defense of China said on Friday.

Mexican official killed in helicopter crash

2011-11-12 07:17:25

Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake was killed in a helicopter crash on Friday, a blow to the government as it fights powerful drug cartels.

ConocoPhillips 'is to blame' for oil spills

2011-11-12 05:26:35

China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said Friday that spills at an oilfield operated by ConocoPhillips in the Bohai Bay resulted from defects in the company's production and management.

UC Berkeley to set up Shanghai campus

2011-11-12 05:13:18

The University of California, Berkeley on Friday signed a deal with Shanghai to establish a campus, as China pushes to boost its higher-education credentials.