No word from China’s imprisoned Nobel winner as wife’s phone cut off

No word from China’s imprisoned Nobel winner

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize: China reacts with fury, blocks the news

Dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize, enraging China

China denounces award of Nobel Peace Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo

China denounces award of Nobel Prize to dissident

EU Naval Force: Somali pirates seize Taiwanese fishing boat in southernmost hijacking to date

Somali pirates seize Taiwanese fishing vessel

Chinese company, CEO plead guilty to selling human growth hormone, to pay $7.5M

Chinese company, CEO plead guilty in HGH probe

Chinese company, owner to plead guilty to selling human growth hormone, will pay $7.5M

Chinese company to plead guilty in HGH probe

Gov’t drops presidential threat case against Army vet, charges him with bogus-bomb felonies

Gov’t drops presidential threat charge vs Army vet

Soaring cabbage prices catch kimchi-loving South Koreans in inflationary pickle

Soaring cabbage prices hit kimchi-loving SKoreans

Global survey of lawyers finds corruption tainting legal profession in many countries

Survey finds corruption tainting legal profession

Contender for Nobel Peace Prize is a jailed Chinese dissident who called for political reform

Contender for Nobel prize is in Chinese prison

Favorite for Nobel Peace Prize is a jailed Chinese dissident who called for political reform

Top bet for Nobel Peace Prize is in Chinese prison

Court in eastern China sentences 2 men to death for trafficking 40 infants

China sentences 2 to death for child trafficking

DOJ says China Airlines to plead guilty, pay $40M fine in price-fixing conspiracy

DOJ: China Airlines agrees to plead guilty

Police investigate Beijing security firm for illegally detaining petitioners in ‘black jail’

Beijing firm investigated for running ‘black jail’

Group urges Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese dissident who called for political reform

Group urges Nobel award for Chinese dissident

NKorean insistence on resuming tours holds up talks on reunions of families separated by war

Talks on split families’ reunions held up

SEOUL, South Korea — Talks between the two Koreas were held up Friday after North Korea insisted that tours to its scenic Diamond Mountain resort be resumed before reunions of divided families can be held there, South Korea’s Red Cross said.

Japan prosecutors to release Chinese captain held in boat collision that raised tensions

Japan to release Chinese boat captain amid dispute

China investigates 4 Japanese accused of illegally filming military targets, state media says

China says 4 Japanese filmed military targets

Philippine court sentences father to 14,400 years for near daily rape of 13-year-old daughter

Philippine dad convicted of rape gets 14,400 years

North and South Korea meet again to arrange reunions of families separated by war

2 Koreas hold talks on split families’ reunions

Mental fitness testing ordered for Illinois man accused of bomb charge, threatening Obama

Man accused of threatening Obama ordered tested

FIFA says it has no intention to investigate arrested former referee Byron Moreno at this time

FIFA has no intention to investigate Moreno

Trapattoni hopes fans look back on his reign as Italy coach differently after Moreno arrest

Ref Moreno’s arrest sparks anger in Trapattoni

Japan denies Paris Hilton entry because of drug plea; she heads home to US, cancels Asia trip

Japan bars Paris Hilton because of drug plea

Japan denies Paris Hilton entry after drug case; she heads home to US, cancels Asia trip

Japan denies Paris Hilton entry after drug case

Paris Hilton denied entry into Japan after drug plea; she heads home to US, cancels Asia trip

Japan bars Paris Hilton after drug plea

NARITA, Japan — Paris Hilton canceled her Asia tour and returned home when she was denied entry at Tokyo’s airport Wednesday following a drug violation in the U.S. — running afoul of strict Japanese laws that have tripped up celebrities from Paul McCartney to Diego Maradona.

Paris Hilton denied entry into Japan after drug conviction, returning home to US

Paris Hilton denied entry into Japan

NARITA, Japan — Paris Hilton has been denied entrance into Japan and is returning home to the U.S.

Paris Hilton in Tokyo airport as Japan mulls whether to let her enter after drug case

Japan delays Paris Hilton’s entry after drug case

Japanese officials delay Paris Hilton from entering country for promotional tour

Drug case delays Paris Hilton from entering Japan

Japanese officials delay Paris Hilton from entering country for promotional tour, rep says

Japan officials delay Paris Hilton from entering

China fines Toyota Motor Finance for alleged involvement in bribery amid diplomatic standoff

China fines Toyota finance arm for alleged bribery

26 tons of toxic milk powder found, 7 arrested, as China continues to battle tainted food

7 arrested in China’s latest tainted milk scandal

Gunmen fire at tourist bus outside New Delhi mosque, wounding 2 Taiwanese

Gunmen fire at tourist bus in Delhi, wounding 2

China suspends ministerial-level contacts with Japan over boat dispute

China halts ministerial-level contacts with Japan

Chinese would-be opposition party activist released after 11 years in prison

Chinese opposition activist released from prison

China postpones senior official’s visit to Japan amid diplomatic dispute over ship collision

China postpones visit to Japan amid ship dispute

Chinese man sentenced in San Diego for smuggling restricted US military equipment

Chinese man sentenced in military smuggling case

Report: South Korea indicts Christian activist for violating security laws

SKorea indicts pastor over illegal trip to NKorea

Philippines says police might have shot some hostages in bungled rescue of HK tourists

Philippines says police might have shot hostages

Blind Chinese activist lawyer released from prison but promptly confined in rural village

Chinese blind activist lawyer released from prison

Chinese anti-corruption official sentenced to death for taking $1 million in bribes

China anti-corruption boss sentenced to death

Blind Chinese activist lawyer released from prison but promptly locked down in rural village

China’s blind activist lawyer released from prison

Onyx Pharma gets Japanese drug development deal with potential value of more than $300 million

Onyx Pharma enters Japanese drug development deal

Heavy security surrounds home of blind Chinese activist lawyer as prison term comes to end

Blind activist lawyer set to be released in China

Japanese journalist tricked captors into using Twitter to send out message he was alive

Japan reporter tricked captors into using Twitter

Abducted Japanese journalist returns home the day after release in Afghanistan after 5 months

Abducted Japanese reporter returns home

TOKYO — A Japanese journalist returned home Monday after militants in Afghanistan released him from five months in captivity.

2 Greenpeace Japan activists convicted of stealing whale meat from controversial research hunt

2 activists convicted of whale meat theft in Japan

Abducted Japanese journalist freed in Afghanistan after 5 months

Afghan captors release Japanese reporter

TOKYO — A Japanese journalist who was abducted by militants in Afghanistan five months ago has been freed by his captors and left the country, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.

Abducted Japanese journalist freed in Afghanistan after 5 months, reports say

Reports: Afghan captors release Japanese reporter

Suspected jewelry thief thought to belong to Pink Panthers gang charged in Japan in 2007 heist

Pink Panthers jewel heist suspect charged in Japan