The New York Times A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe | Asian shares closed mixed and European shares were essentially flat Friday after unemployment reports released the day before reinforced the idea that a recovery was still a ways off. | Friday's dec... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
Asia Times Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks | By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by North Korea of a long-range Taep... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Wall Street Journal Total, CNPC Consider Venezuela Oil Block Bids By SIMON HALL | BEIJING -- France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. now plan to bid for two oil large blocks being auctioned in Venezuela, instead of one they'd previously ... (photo: ap / Greg Baker) ChinaPetroleumPhotosVenezuelaWorld
Houston Chronicle World markets slide on grim US jobs report | HONG KONG - Most Asian markets fell Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signaled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy. European stocks also wea... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) Hong KongJobsMarketsUS
China Daily Vietnam sees alarming rise in boy births | HANOI: For every 100 girls born to Vietnamese families, there are 112 boys born, a disparity in the sex ratio that has been rapidly increasing in recent years, an offic... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) ChildrenFamilyHanoiPhotosVietnam
The New York Times Markets in China Fly High Once More | SHANGHAI - Fueled by renewed confidence in economic growth in China and perhaps the kind of frenzied buying that took place a few years ago, Chinese stock prices are on... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) GrowthPhotosPointsPricesShanghai
The News & Observer World markets slide on grim US jobs report | HONG KONG -- Most Asian markets fell Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signaled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy. European stocks also we... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) Hong KongJobsMarketsPhotosUS
Kansas City Star World markets slide on grim US jobs report Kin Cheung Floor traders work at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday, July 3, 2009 in Hong Kong. Asian stocks retreated Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report ... (photo: AP Photo / Vincent Yu) JobMarketsPhotosStockWorld
Al Jazeera Thousands flee south China floods | Days of heavy rainfall has caused flooding and mudslide in parts of southern China, forcing more than 11,000 people to flee their homes in one province alone. | In cent... (photo: AP / Color China Photo) ChinaDisasterFloodsPhotosWeather
