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WORLD
Nov 27, 2014
Drone close-calls with airliners a daily occurence in U.S., FAA reports
Civilian drones are flying so close to airplanes so frequently that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is receiving almost one incident report a day.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2014
China considers suing 'economic fugitives' in the U.S.
China is considering suing people suspected of committing economic crimes who have fled to the United States and elsewhere with billions of dollars, an unusual step in a widening anti-graft campaign, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2014
In raid on al-Qaida hideout, Yemeni forces free eight hostages
Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al-Qaida kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2014
For Ferguson teen's family, civil lawsuit may be only recourse to justice
Without a criminal indictment, Michael Brown's family might have no better legal recourse than to sue local authorities for the African-American teenager's fatal shooting by a white police officer from Ferguson, Missouri.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2014
In Ferguson, a riot foreseen but not avoided
It was a riot everyone saw coming. For three months police and protesters had drilled separately to prepare for the worst if the grand jury decided not to indict white policeman Darren Wilson for the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2014
U.S. senator calls for declaration of war against Islamic State
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a possible Republican candidate for president in 2016, is calling for a formal declaration of war against Islamic State militants who control parts of Iraq and Syria, the New York Times reported Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2014
Honda faces record $35 million U.S. fine for 1,700 unreported claims
The company blames the underreporting on 'inadvertent data entry or computer programming errors' that spanned 11 years, according to an internal review submitted to U.S. authorities.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2014
U.S. physicists solve mystery of why cats rule, dogs drool
Popular web videos showing that "cats rule and dogs drool" have new scientific evidence to support that felinophilic sentiment, at least when it comes to drinking.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2014
Iran has no easy 'Plan B' if nuclear talks with major powers collapse
Iranian officials say they can turn to Beijing and Moscow if talks in Vienna fail to end Western sanctions, but with oil prices falling, China's economy slowing and Russia in its own sanctions-induced slump, Tehran's "Plan B" hardly looks ideal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2014
In opaque Pentagon deal with Russians, big profits for a tiny Florida firm
For months, a powerful U.S. senator has been pushing for details of a murky deal under which a Russian manufacturer supplies the rocket engines used to launch America's spy satellites into space.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2014
Kremlin allies behind sales of crucial RD-180 engine to U.S.
He has money, media power and the ear of President Vladimir Putin. Such is his influence that some observers have described Yuri Kovalchuk as the Rupert Murdoch of Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 22, 2014
U.S., Iranian officials discussing new ideas to break nuclear impasse
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are discussing new ideas aimed at breaking the deadlock in nuclear talks between Tehran and six world powers, sources close to the talks said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2014
Canadians plan to fight Islamic State
Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in the coming weeks, with at least one already in Iraq, Canadian media reported Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the Kurds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2014
Newtown massacre shooter indulged dark obsessions online: report
By the time Adam Lanza massacred 26 children and adults at a Connecticut school two years ago, he was living in nearly complete isolation, communicating with no one except an online network of people obsessed with mass murder, a report released on Friday said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2014
Residents battle worst snow in memory in New York state
The death toll from the worst snow in memory in western New York has risen to at least 10.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2014
Russia: North Korea ready for renewed nuclear talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday North Korea was ready to resume stalled international talks on its nuclear arms program.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2014
Citizen Watch opens flagship store in New York
New York
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 19, 2014
San Francisco's huff with Hashimoto over 'comfort women' reveals double standards
San Francisco's reaction to Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's comments about 'comfort women' says much about equality between nations, about how we judge each other through cultural lenses and blinders, and how we have to keep finding ways to address grievances from our past.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2014
Obama to ease rules on millions of undocumented immigrants: source
U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to give relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or of permanent legal residents, according to a source familiar with White House deliberations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 19, 2014
Freezing temperatures hit all 50 U.S. states
Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of weather moved across the country. Heavy snow prompted a state of emergency in western New York.

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