NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Oil prices slid 12 percent on Wednesday, the largest percentage drop in seven years, after a U.S. government report showed crude inventories rose much more than expected in the world's top energy consumer. ... > full story
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 2009 (Reuters) — Officials from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank on Sunday vowed to fight the damaging effects of deflation as the global economy suffers a deep and lengthy recession. ... > full story
BANGKOK, Jan. 2, 2009 (Reuters) — The cause of a fire in a Bangkok nightclub that killed 59 New Year revelers is still not clear so it is premature to file criminal charges, Thai police said on Friday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. ... > full story
TOKYO, Dec. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — North Korea threatened to stop taking apart its nuclear plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium unless Japan provides it with energy aid as part of an international disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency said on Monday. ... > full story
TOKYO, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Japan's industrial output dived at a record pace and core consumer inflation fell faster than forecast in November, putting the shrinking economy on course for a spell of deflation next year. ... > full story
TAIPEI, Dec. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — A pair of giant pandas from China's fog-shrouded mountains reached an excited but wary Taiwan on Tuesday, a symbol of improved relations between the longtime political rivals who once stood at the brink of war. ... > full story
NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp forecast a first-ever annual operating loss, blaming a relentless sales slide and a crippling rise in the yen in what it said was an emergency unprecedented in its 70-year history. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush bailed out U.S. automakers on Friday with $17.4 billion in emergency loans as he sought to stave off a collapse that would have cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview released on Friday only an "idiot" would trust North Korea, which is why the United States is insisting on a way to check its nuclear claims. ... > full story
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"Wild wolf" detected near Beijing's Great Wall Dec. 23, 2008 (Xinhua News Agency) — Police and forestry workers at Badaling, a section of the Great Wall in northern Beijing, are setting traps for an alleged "wild wolf" which some ...
Chinese pandas ready for long-awaited trip to Taiwan Dec. 22, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — Two giant pandas will make their long-anticipated and highly-scrutinised trip from China to Taiwan this week, sealing a year of blossoming ...
Taiwan gets ready for Chinese pandas Dec. 21, 2008 (USA Today) — Taiwan is ready to accept a pair of giant pandas that China has long promised the island, despite opposition warnings the offer may be a communist ...
Chinese, U.S. wildlife protectors sign panda loan agreement Dec. 20, 2008 (People's Daily, China) — Representatives from the China Wildlife Conservation Association and the San Diego Zoo signed a loan agreement on Thursday to extend the zoo's ...
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