http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M13G01&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:41:11 GMT (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING CAUSE OF DEATH, BACKGROUND) Former Chinese Communist Party chief Hua Guofeng, who was the successor to Mao Zedong as the country's paramount leader, died in ... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M11500&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:36:09 GMT (Kyodo) _ A Japanese man was found stabbed to death Wednesday inside his massage clinic in the Philippines, police said. Police identified the victim as 66-year-old "Masaaki Kiuchi... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M0SG00&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:26:13 GMT TOKYO, Aug. 20 (Kyodo) _ The completion of an offshore runway at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture will be delayed by two years to March 2011, the... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M0N9O0&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:06 GMT (Kyodo) _ Striker Shinobu Ono has called on her teammates to make history when Japan take on world champions Germany on Thursday in the women's soccer bronze medal match at the Beijing... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M0LFG0&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:11:14 GMT Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that launched an economic boom, died Wednesday at the age of... AP http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLK13576520080820?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:52:18 GMT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora vowed on Wednesday to strengthen ties with Iraq, calling for it to be "reintegrated into the Arab world", as he became the second... Reuters http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M0C200&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:51:08 GMT (Kyodo) _ ---------- Hua, successor to Mao as Chinese leader, dies at 87: Xinhua BEIJING - Former Communist Party chief Hua Guofeng, who was the successor to Mao Zedong as China's... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M09N00&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:46:09 GMT (Kyodo) _ U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer on Wednesday called on Japan to consider further measures to improve the situation in Afghanistan, in addition to its ongoing refueling Kyodo http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLK20548220080820?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:41:30 GMT HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC said on Wednesday plans by President Robert Mugabe's government to convene parliament would endanger power-sharing talks between the... Reuters http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M05U01&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:38:04 GMT KABUL, Aug. 20 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Afghanistan on Wednesday and met with French troops in a show of support for the multinational ... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92M00Q80&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:27:08 GMT (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Former Communist Party chief Hua Guofeng, who was the successor to Mao Zedong as China's paramount leader, has died in Beijing, the official Xinhua News... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080820103545.1k7inuh9&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:36:07 GMT Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and moved to deport him to Britain, one day after he finished prison time in Vietnam for child sex... AFP http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LV8T00&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:36:07 GMT (Kyodo) _ The downward trend of land prices became noticeable in both residential and commercial areas in major cities in Japan amid an economic slowdown, according to a quarterly survey... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LV7180&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:09 GMT (Kyodo) _ (EDS: CHANGING DATELINE; RECASTING WITH PRESS CONFERENCE) Defense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi pledged Wednesday to try to speed up work on settling the stalled issue of... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LV5HO1&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:28:59 GMT North Korea stepped up criticism of ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercises, warning Wednesday that it would boost its "war deterrent" _ a euphemism for its nuclear programs. North... AP http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LV3R80&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:25:23 GMT Lebanon's prime minister traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday in only the third such visit by a top Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion five and a half years ago. Fuad Saniora called... AP http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LUV2O0&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:15:12 GMT (Kyodo) _ Sales at convenience stores in Japan jumped 11.7 percent on a same-store basis in July from a year earlier to 689.1 billion yen, posting a double-digit increase for the first... Kyodo http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LUT4G0&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:11:02 GMT Twin car bombings rocked a hotel and military headquarters in the Algerian town of Bouira on Wednesday, killing 11 people a day after a suicide bombing in a neighboring region killed 43,... AP http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LUR4G0&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:06:45 GMT Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to... AP http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92LUJA80&show_article=1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:04 GMT (Kyodo) _ Japan's Ai Fukuhara got off to a winning start to her singles campaign in the Beijing Olympic table tennis competition Wednesday, cruising past the third round with a five-game... Kyodo