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Most Asian markets fell Tuesday amid investor concerns about the intensifying debt crisis looming over the euro zone and the worsening global economic downturn.

Asian shares crawled higher on Tuesday after sharp losses the day before but gains were limited as investors, worried about a global economic deceleration, waited for Chinese trade data due later in the day that could set the tone for risk appetite.

Even the president of South Sudan recognizes that true independence has not been achieved, but China and Japan may help change that.

Japan, which is still floundering from last year's earthquake-tsunami, is once again nearing a recession, economists say.

The world's major economies extended their slowdown in May, with conditions deteriorating significantly in India and Italy, according to a statistical indicator released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Monday. Even in Brazil, one of the few economies surveyed that is expanding, the pace of growth slowed.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered that security forces in the country find the Taliban who executed a woman in public.

U.S. stock index futures point to a lower opening Monday, as investor sentiment remained fragile amid concerns of a gloomy global economic outlook.

Asian markets fell Monday as investor sentiment turned negative with economic data from Japan and the U.S. indicating the faltering economic growth.

Asian stock markets face the week with sentiment leaning negative as economic news, particularly from China, is likely to disappoint investors.

Most Asian markets rose this week as investor confidence was boosted by expectations of stimulus measures from central banks globally to regain the economic growth momentum.

As the U.S. government spends an unprecedented amount of money to fix the economy, there's an equal need to raise the cash needed to pay for those fixes. As a result, Uncle Sam is forced to borrow from countries with high savings rates, such as China, to help cover the budget deficit.

Species issues in general are not a matter for the General Assembly but for competent fisheries agencies, Norway's representative to the International Whaling Commission, Ole-David Stenseth, said at an IWC meeting in Panama City on Friday.

Hopes that emerging markets will lead the world out of the global economic slowdown are beginning to dim.Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), voiced her concerns over the strength of the global economy, emphasizing that emerging markets, which currently account for two-thirds of global growth, were showing signs of weakening.

Orders for dozens of fighter jets worth as much as $200 million each don't happen often. When they do, manufacturers fight tooth and claw, and that's just what's happening in South Korea.

A major study released by Japan's first-ever independent commission appointed by Parliament says the nuclear disaster was ultimately caused by government-business collusion but lays blame on Japan's society as well.

Samsung is the number one brand among Asian consumers, according to the Campaign Asia-Pacific 2012 Asia's Top 1000 Brands report.

Asian markets fell Thursday with the revival of investor concerns about the euro zone?s debt crisis intensifying and the economic downturn deepening.

At the Fourth of July Nathan's International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York, Joey Chestnut scarfed down 68 hot dogs to win the 2012 title. But across town, his competitive eating rival Takeru Kobayashi ate 68.5 at the Crif Dog Classic.

70 years ago Wednesday, one of the legendary fighter squadrons of World War II disbanded. A restaurant, of all things, remembers the heroic feats of the American pilots, but to find it you'll need to travel to a faraway part of China.

Chinese, Indian and Japanese navies in the Gulf of Aden show a sense of pragmatism and cooperation among their forces, but wariness of China's military is unlikely to lift anytime soon in East Asia.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Wednesday on hopes that major central banks around the world would act to tackle the deteriorating global economic conditions.