HIROSHIMA REMEMBERED John Roos will be the first U.S. ambassador to Japan to attend the annual commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 Japanese but helped end World War II and prevented an American land invasion that could have cost the lives of an estimated 500,000 U.S. soldiers ...

Sixty-rive years after the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the US ambassador to Japan will attend the city's annual memorial ceremony for the first time.

American officials were dead-set against the release of the Lockerbie bomber and warned Scottish authorities that scenes of jubilation in Tripoli over his return would upset victims families, a newly released document showed Monday.

Kia ora, namaskar, welcome to Asia:NZs June media newsletter. So far this month; the Crouching Tiger Hidden Banana conference hits its mark, the storm over Schappelle Corbys sentencing rumbles on, theres an upcoming visit by Pakistans President Pervez Musharraf and one by a celebrity Thai chef.

There are times when Kosuke Kimura finds himself alone in the right corner of the Colorado Rapids' defense, needing to pounce on an attacker and eliminate the threat with sheer willpower.

A group of governors representing 14 prefectures hosting U.S. military bases in Japan said Thursday it will ask for the establishment of a standing panel

Ann White Kurtz was a senior majoring in German and French literature at the exclusive Wellesley College in 1942 when she was plucked from class and spirited away to do top-secret work for the U.S. government's war effort.

Big Society has little chance

In The Drowsy Chaperone , the 2006 show about one mans obsession with Broadway musicals, the lead character contrasts the shows of Broadways Golden Age with the musicals of today: You know there was a time when people sat in darkened theaters and thought to themselves, What have George and Ira got for me tonight?

He drives an American sports car, loves rhythm and blues and lives in Asia's most capitalist country, but Jong Tae-Se is now the international public face of North Korea.

Kevin Rudd has stepped out in Washington, hurrying between a series of appointments amid speculation that the deposed prime minister is hunting for an international posting as an alternative to staying in federal Parliament.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley were sued by a Boston area-based fund seeking reimbursement for losses related to subprime loans, according to lawyers for the firm.

MR. TONER: Just a few quick things at the top and then well get to your questions. Deputy Secretary Steinberg will take part in a panel on relations between the United States and Latin America at the Aspen Ideas Festival today. Other panelists include ...

The biggest boost that President Obama could give our economy would be to bring the soldiers home. Fast action is needed before the country becomes the dustbowl of this century.

Konishiki, a 490-pound Samoan-American from Hawaii, became only the second non-Japanese to win a sumo wrestling tournament Sunday in Tokyo.

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The CNN Washington Bureaus morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. WASHINGTON/POLITICAL For the latest political news: www.CNNPolitics.com CNN: Republicans line up on opposite sides over latest Steele controversy Republicans lined up on opposite sides Sunday over comments by the chairman of the Republican National ...

It is extraordinary the lengths to which some people will go to reorganize history to suit their own ends. There are still voices, for example, claiming that Emperor Hirohito knew nothing about Pearl Harbor, the aerial attack that launched Japan's holy war. As historian John Dower has noted, the emperor "was well briefed on the Pearl Harbor strategy, right down to the reason for choosing Sunday ...

Nicolas Hayek, who died last week at the age of 82, helped save a Swiss watch industry that was still reeling from the Japanese onslaught. His "10 franc watch" became a worldwide phenomenon.