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Trio wins Nobel for key chemical tool
STOCKHOLM — An American and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.
Gates says too few in US bear the burdens of war
Obama presses for longer school years
WASHINGTON — Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out.
US strategists seek Afghan fixes outside the box
China steps up efforts to reverse ‘Brain Drain’
Death of 9-year-old puts focus on Thai gang wars
Teachers killed in restive southern Thailand
Racial violence changes student _ and school
Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank
Thai teacher caught on cell phone caning students
Japan eases policy, plans new economic stimulus
Marines pour resources into mental health care
Conn. AG sues ex-Wesleyan investment chief, others
New refugee students in NY get ready for US school
Yen emerges from shadow of action stars Chan, Li
Yen emerges from shadow of Chan, Li
HONG KONG — For years, Donnie Yen worked in the shadow of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Having fought both on-screen, the 47-year-old actor was considered a worthy opponent but not necessarily a leading man in his own right.
Indian students demand teachers wear burqas
Does Japan still need 23-yr-old exchange program?
House passes pared-down measure to fund Afghan war
India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
In Havana’s Chinatown, rare droplets of freedom
House war funding bill clears key hurdle
WASHINGTON — A $60 billion-plus war funding measure has survived a crucial test vote in the House despite strong pessimism among many Democrats that Afghanistan is turning out to be a quagmire for U.S. troops.
Vengeful new militant group emerges in Pakistan
China’s young college grads toil in ‘ant tribes’
No punishment after deadly Afghanistan firefight
No punishment after Afghanistan firefight
WASHINGTON — The Army has reversed a decision to punish three officers for command failures that led to one of the deadliest firefights for U.S. forces since the Afghanistan war began nearly a decade ago.
No punishment for officers after Afghan firefight
Officials say Indian students need flexibility
Celeb sex-tape scandal hits taboos in Indonesia
China sentences man to death for school attack
SKorea recovers possible debris from fallen rocket
Israel allows some once-banned products into Gaza
Anxious Gazans trying to leave blockaded territory
Chinese teens compete for entry to elite schools
Security high for China’s college entrance exams
Exiles, Hong Kongers break silence on Tiananmen
US officials: US might send carrier to Korea
Recession hits Canada at National Spelling Bee
Chinese schools banned from charging security fees
Philippines tests sex education in public schools
Internet cafes close ahead of exams in China
Attackers strike sect mosques in Pakistan; 80 dead
New China knife attack wounds 9 students
BEIJING — Men with knives burst into a Chinese college dormitory and slashed nine students in the latest violence in a country shaken by a recent string of rampages at schools.
Report says 13 hurt in latest China knife attack
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