Tokyo's Nikkei up more than 3.0% as yen plunges

TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index soared more than 3.0 per cent by the break on Wednesday as the yen plunged on news that the head of the Bank of Japan had said he would quit early.The Nikkei was up 3.11 per cent, or 343.91 points, at 11,390.83, while the broader Topix index of all first-section shares jumped 2.87 per cent, or 26.93 points, to 966.63.Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor...

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Secret camera spied on Alabama kidnapper's bunker

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Mother praises 'most compassionate people on Earth' for reuniting her with sonNEW: Hostage-taker was difficult to deal with from Day 1, source saysLaw enforcement used a secret camera to see inside bunker, source saysSource: FBI's hostage rescue team practiced the raid for at least a dayMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- An Alabama mother awoke Tuesday to what she will forever remember...

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Gay marriage gets OK from British lawmakers

LONDON British lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage championed by Prime Minister David Cameron, despite strong opposition from within his Conservative Party. In a first House of Commons vote, lawmakers voted 400 to 175 in support of the legislation. There was majority support from the left-leaning Labour Party and Liberal Democrats party, but...

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Boy Rescued in Ala. Standoff 'Laughing, Joking'

The 5-year-old boy held hostage in a nearly week-long standoff in Alabama is in good spirits and apparently unharmed after being reunited with his family at a hospital, according to his family and law enforcement officials.The boy, identified only as Ethan, was rescued by the FBI Monday afternoon after they rushed the underground bunker where suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, was...

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Richard III still the criminal king

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Serbia, Kosovo presidents meet in new sign of progress

BELGRADE: A highly symbolic first meeting between Serbian and Kosovo presidents in Brussels on Wednesday will mark a new sign of the slow but steady progress in EU-sponsored efforts to improve relations between the former foes.The meeting, chaired by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, comes nearly 14 years after the end of the 1998-1999 conflict between Kosovo's ethnic Albanian...

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Boy safe, suspect dead after Alabama bunker standoff

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Mom was whisked away to reunite with child, state legislator saysFBI says boy was rescued after negotiators felt he was in dangerBoy has been taken to a hospital in Dothan, another state legislator saidWitness said he heard explosion followed by gunshotsMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- A 5-year-old child abducted from a school bus six days ago is safe and his kidnapper is dead,...

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Crashed bus owner failed one-third of safety inspections

YUCAIPA, Calif. The company linked to a tour bus involved in a deadly crash in Southern California failed more than a third of federal vehicle safety inspections in the last two years.Play VideoCalif. tour bus crash kills at least 8 17 PhotosTour bus crashes in Calif.U.S. government records show that buses operated by the firm Scapadas Magicas of National City, Calif., flunked 36 percent of random...

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Which Super Bowl Commercial Won the Night?

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Ex-Marine charged with famed US sniper's death

WASHINGTON: An Iraq war veteran believed to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder has been charged with killing a former Navy SEAL whose exploits in the same conflict were detailed in a best-selling book.Chris Kyle, who wrote "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History", and a second man were shot dead at a firing range in Glen Rose,...

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