TOKYO - A MODERATE 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's largest island on Saturday but there was no risk of a tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, and no immediate reports of damage.
ON A dark wintry night 30 years ago this month, 18 famished farmers in this remote village huddled together and sealed an act of defiance that would transform the Chinese countryside forever.
Pressing their red-inked thumbs onto a crumpled piece of paper, these farmers in central China's Anhui province agreed to do away with the collective farming that had suppressed grain production and left them hungry for years.
MUMBAI - ROUND-the-clock news coverage of the Mumbai attacks has made Indians nervous but analysts said on Friday it was also stoking anti-Pakistan public opinion and risks shaping policy before elections due by May.
