- Abe vows stronger U.S. ties, says 'Japan's back'
- 7 nabbed for international organ trafficking
- N.K. leader visits military units for three straight days
- S. Korean man under investigation for hurling bottle of human feces into Japan Embassy
- Minor opposition UPP elects ex-presidential candidate as new leader
- Japan PM wants 'good relationship' with S. Korea
- Teenager confesses to raping, beating 46-year-old woman to death
- Microsoft added to hacker hit list
- U.S. military halts test flights for F-35 fighter
- John Kerry embarks on sweeping tour of Europe, Mideast
- Britain loses AAA rating in Moody's downgrade
- At least six tanks leaking at U.S. nuclear waste site
- U.S., Japan say trade talks wouldn't exempt areas
- Japan PM won't 'tolerate' China island challenge
- U.S. budget cuts can be avoided: Obama
- Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman to present Oscars
- Presidential Day-Lewis set for record third Oscar
- More suicide bombs hit Mali after battle that kills 20 Islamists
- Oscar Pistorius gets bail as murder trial looms
- U.S. probes J&J on recalled hip implant marketing
- Boeing proposes battery fix for 787s: sources
- U.N. envoy warns of possible new Congo conflict
- Seoul shares expected to trade higher on new gov't hope
- New York faces 90-minute flight delays in plan for U.S. cuts
- Japan identifies cause of Dreamliner fuel leak
- China reports year's second fatal case of bird flu
- Syria opposition condemns 'international silence' over war
- Obama asks Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ban
- Canada ambassador says he feels slighted by "Argo"
- Adele, 'Les Miserables' cast sing on Oscar stage
- Rival parties locked in standoff over Park's government rearrangement proposal
- N.K. warns U.S. commander against upcoming military drills
- U.S. joins fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong
- U.S. digs out from one winter storm as another looms
- China energy consumption rises 3.9% in 2012