US senator, first in a decade, arrives in Myanmar for talks with military leadersYANGON, Myanmar — Days after the world slammed Myanmar for sentencing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to more house arrest, U.S. Senator Jim Webb arrived in the military-ruled country’s capital Friday. Taiwan president says 500 killed by floods, mudslides unleashed by Typhoon MorakotTAIPEI, Taiwan — Floods and mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Morakot last weekend have killed about 500 people on the island, Taiwan’s president said Friday as he called on rescue crews to step up their efforts. Traveling through 7 African nations, Clinton always in shadow cast by US presidentsSANTA MARIA, Cape Verde — They followed her every step of the way. From Kenya to Cape Verde, the personalities and policies of the last three American presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — dogged Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton through an 11-day tour of Africa. South Korea to renew its aid offer to North Korea in return for nuclear disarmamentSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea plans to renew its offer to give aid to North Korea if the impoverished communist country gives up its nuclear ambitions, the president’s office said Friday, a day after the North freed a South Korean worker detained for months. Asian markets mixed amid new signs the world economy emerging from deep recessionBANGKOK — Most major Asian markets advanced Friday with commodity stocks rising amid more signs the world economy is emerging from a deep recession. European shares traded higher. Obama heading to mountain West, a microcosm of his vulnerability with the national electorateDENVER — Perhaps no region of the country better illustrates President Barack Obama’s political vulnerabilities than the mountain West. Merkel-Medvedev meeting in Russia to focus on energy, economyMOSCOW — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a visit expected to include Kremlin pressure for Germany to attract other countries to a Russian gas pipeline project. Analysis: Will latest airline passenger stranding clear government reforms for take off?WASHINGTON — When Washington learned 47 people were stuck overnight aboard a small plane at a Minnesota airport, Capitol Hill reverberated with demands to protect the public from a recurrence, and the Obama administration launched an investigation. Sharpton, Gingrich join education secretary to push cities to fix failing schoolsWASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan is joining forces with two unlikely allies, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to push cities to fix failing schools. Grape growers keep eye on weather and financial clouds as 2009 harvest beginsST. HELENA, Calif. — The chilly economic climate is casting a shadow over this year’s wine harvest, with some predicting expensive grapes will be a tough sell in a market that has developed a parsimonious palate. Bronze bores: State statues of forgotten figures at US Capitol replaced by well-known namesMILAN, Ohio — Lawmakers looking for a famous Ohioan who best represents their state have a diverse group to choose from: a Rat Pack crooner, brothers who were first in flight, or maybe a great inventor. VP Biden to join Shriver and Kennedy families for Eunice Kennedy Shriver’ private funeral MassHYANNIS, Mass. — Vice President Joe Biden is expected to join Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s family and friends to bid final farewell to the founder of the Special Olympics in a Massachusetts church long associated with her family. Asian markets gains amid new signs the world economy emerging from deep recessionBANGKOK — Most major Asian markets advanced Friday with commodity stocks rising amid more signs the world economy is emerging from a deep recession. European shares traded higher. Oil rises to near $71 in Asia as investors ignore bad US economic news, bet on recoverySINGAPORE — Oil prices rose slightly to near $71 Friday in Asia as investors brushed off bad U.S. economic news, betting instead the American economy, the world’s largest crude consumer, will recover later this year. Retail sales bleak for July, reinforcing fears consumers won’t spend; flat prices forecastWASHINGTON — Retail sales dropped in July, government data showed, reinforcing concerns among economists that consumers won’t spend enough to help a recovery take hold. But Friday is expected to bring better news: July inflation is expected to have remained flat, and industrial production is likely to have grown for the first time in nine months. Palin stands by ‘death panel’ claim, says Obama makes light of health care reform concernsWASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin refused to retreat from her debunked claim that a proposed health care overhaul would create “death panels,” as the growing furor over end-of-life consultations forced a key group of senators to abandon the idea in their bill. Source: China’s Yanzhou in talks to buy Australian coal miner Felix Resources for $2.9 billionSYDNEY — China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining is in talks to buy Australian coal miner Felix Resources Ltd. in a cash takeover bid worth about 3.5 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion), a person close to the negotiations said Tuesday. The Nation’s WeatherA cold front is expected to sweep across the country on Friday bringing more heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Southern Plains and East. |
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