Airlines Disaster Photos Volcano Independent online New Zealand volcano erupts Wellington, New Zealand - | A New Zealand volcano erupted with a brief blast of dark ash on Wednesday, cancelling flights but causing no significant damage. | Schoolchildren and dozens of other hikers... (photo: AP / GNS)
Sun Sentinel Ex-PM Hatoyama, who led Democrats to power, to retire | TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, 65, who led his Democratic Party to a historic election win three years ago, will retire from politics and not contest the December 1... (photo: AP / Kyodo News) Japan Photos Politics Tokyo Wikipedia: Yukio Hatoyama Philadelphia Daily News S'pore opposition leader freed from bankruptcy | The Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 3:14 AM | SINGAPORE - The government says Singapore opposition leader Chee Soon Juan has been discharged from bankruptcy after an unprece... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E) Finance Lawmaker Photos Politics Wikipedia: Chee Soon Juan Top Stories CNBC Asian shares, euro fall on uncertainty over Greek bailout | TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro skidded on Wednesday and Asian shares fell after European officials failed to reach a deal on another bailout for Greece, a day after Federal... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Business Finance Market Photos Wikipedia: Euro CNBC WestJet sees big lift from "premium economy" seats | TORONTO (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd expects a multi-million dollar lift from its new "premium economy" seating, and is planning a new in-flight entertainment syste... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Hamilton) Airlines Economy Photos Toronto WestJet Wikipedia: WestJet CNBC Stocks flat at midday | NEW YORK - Stocks are flat at midday on Wall Street. | Just before the lunch hour, the Dow Jones industrial average is down 14 points at 12,781. The Standard & Poor's 5... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) Hewlett-Packard Nasdaq Photos Stock Exchange Wikipedia: Hewlett-Packard The Guardian Chinese premier visits Thailand to boost ties | BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has begun a two-day visit to Thailand as part of a regional tour before he steps down next year. | Wen is expected to discus... (photo: AP / Adrian Bradshaw) Asia China Photos Thailand Wikipedia: China Xinhua Philippine stocks rally on hopes U.S. fiscal cliff will be averted | MANILA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine stock market rallied to a record high on Tuesday on hopes that the U.S. government will reach a deal to avert the fiscal clif... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Manila Market Photos Stock Wikipedia: Philippine Stock Exchange Herald Tribune How Asia sees Obama's pivot to the Pacific | TOKYO - A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word - China. Fuele... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) Asia Pacific Photos Tokyo Wikipedia: Panetta (surname) Business Day Asian shares rise but French downgrade hits euro | TOKYO — Asian shares rose on Tuesday on hope of a compromise in the US fiscal crisis, while the euro fell after Moody’s Investors Service scrapped France’s top-no... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi) Asia France Nikkei 225 Photos Wikipedia: Nikkei 225 The Times Of India Manmohan Singh meets Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda in Cambodia PHNOM PENH: After they missed an opportunity of meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda met today to review the bilate... (photo: PIB of India) India Japan Leaders Photos Wikipedia: IndiaJapan relations