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May 23, 2013
11:53 pm
Japanese stocks recovered some of the losses sustained on Thursday when the Nikkei plunged more than 7 percent, the biggest one-day drop in two years.
The Nikkei Stock Average was up about 2.5 percent in morning trading on Friday.
Thursday's crash came after weak economic data from China showed a slowdown in manufacturing for the first time since October 2012.
May 23, 2013
12:54 pm
Leading government critics are detained weeks after Malaysia's disputed vote.
May 23, 2013
12:42 pm
Some called for an apology for his commencement comments, while others dismissed the criticism.
May 23, 2013
7:13 am
British-born Muslim converts hack to death a serving soldier; Obama to announce new restrictions on drones; and the oldest man ever summits Mt. Everest. He is, wait for it, 80.
May 23, 2013
5:47 am
Extreme skiier and adventurer Yuichiro Miura reached the summit on Thursday.
May 23, 2013
5:31 am
The bomb tore through a truck transporting security forces in Quetta.
May 22, 2013
6:35 pm
Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, Melinda Gates highest-ranking Americans on Forbes "Power Women" list.
May 22, 2013
6:34 pm
Forbes most powerful women list has Germany's Angela Merkel on top
May 22, 2013
5:47 pm
The US has finally admitted to deliberately killing Anwar al-Awlaki.
May 22, 2013
5:08 pm
For reasons of beauty and culture, many women in sunny Pakistan are deficient in vitamin D.
May 22, 2013
12:58 pm
The UK and Denmark will give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked for British and Danish troops in Afghanistan visas.
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