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YANGON - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention, a verdict that drew condemnation abroad and will keep her off the political stage...

NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Pakistan to cooperate fully in the probe into the Mumbai attacks but she also warned India against any action that could stoke regional conflict. -...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department announced late on Sunday it was investing $20 billion in struggling Citigroup Inc as one of a series of actions to help the beleaguered bank and it will take...

HONG KONG/LONDON - World leaders headed to Washington to discuss ways to protect the global economy from the effects of the worst financial crisis in 80 years. - - - - MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - Suspected...

HONG KONG - Japan stood ready to offer more than $100 billion to emerging economies as governments scrambled to come to grips with a fast-moving financial crisis that threatened to tip the world into a...

NEW YORK - Fresh signs of economic weakness from China, Japan and Britain reinforced fears of a prolonged recession, and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged the Bush administration to back a second economic stimulus package...

CHICAGO - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, who will inherit the worst financial crisis in decades when he takes office, is expected to announce his pick for some key economic jobs soon and may reveal his...

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Japan is expected to cut interest rates on Friday, joining a growing wave of central banks that are shifting from stabilising credit markets to slashing borrowing costs to cushion their economies against...

TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around...

TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will announce his decision soon to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in an effort to "finish the job" of an unpopular and...