Japanese PM visits war (Web promotion) shrine; irritates China, SKorea - UPDATE

Japanese PM visits war (Web promotion) shrine; irritates China, SKorea - UPDATE

Japanese PM visits war shrine; irritates China, SKorea - UPDATE
Forbes - 40 minutes ago TOKYO (AFX) - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made another visit to a shrine here to Japanese war dead, drawing complaints from China and South Korea, which see the shrine as a symbol of Japanese militarism in the past.

Astros move within one win of Series
Miami Herald - 57 minutes ago Morgan Ensberg's sacrifice fly broke a tie, and Willy Taveras made a key catch as Houston went up 3-1. BY CLARK SPENCER. HOUSTON - Red is the primary color worn by the St. Louis Cardinals. It was also the angry

US urges China to reform economy
BusinessWeek - 44 minutes ago OCT. 17 3:13 AM ET Treasury Secretary John Snow and other top American economic officials on Monday urged China to move faster in market-opening and currency reforms, laying out guidelines they said would

RIM's Helping Hand from Palm
BusinessWeek - 3 hours ago A pact with the handheld-device giant may help Research In Motion in its aim to become a software provider. But it still faces big challenges. weights interested in a stake in AOL. Who's likely to win? In late

Refco's Futures Brokerage May Be Sold to Flowers, People Say
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Refco Inc., the futures broker that's facing insolvency because of a bad-debt scandal, is close to an agreement to sell part of the company to a group led by JC Flowers & Co., two people briefed on the discussions said.

Every Washington scandal has its memory lapses
Newsday - 27 minutes ago By PETE YOST. WASHINGTON -- Every Washington scandal has its moments of memory lapse, and the Valerie Plame affair is no exception. New York Times reporter Judith Miller says she told a federal grand jury she

Words and pictures
London Free Press - 33 minutes ago By KEVIN WILLIAMSON, Special to The Free Press. So it's a revelation, and a bewitching one at that, when Kirsten Dunst -- questioned by journalists about her own professional trajectory -- reminds them all of one simple fact. Easy enough to forget.

Rift with West widens as Iran accuses Britain in deadly bombings
Boston Globe - 33 minutes ago By Paul Hughes and Saul Hudson, Reuters | October 17, 2005. TEHRAN -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Britain yesterday of being behind weekend bombings that killed five people in Iran. His comments reflected