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China Poblano

2013-05-23 14:09:00

� This is the place taste buds go when they die — if they’ve been good.� Jos� Andr�s, best known for introducing Americans to avant-garde and traditional Spanish cuisine, has married the food cultures of China and Mexico at his latest...

H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find

2013-05-23 14:53:00

Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in China and Taiwan since February. The latest research into the virus, which before this year had never been...

Pearl S. Buck to publish new novel ... 40 years after her death

2013-05-23 10:46:00

A new novel by Pearl S. Buck will be published in October, more than 40 years after her death. Buck, best known for her novel "The Good Earth," won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. "The Eternal Wonder" was discovered in storage and will be...

Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International Prize

2013-05-22 17:26:00

Lydia Davis, known for writing powerful, compact short stories, was announced as the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for fiction Wednesday. The prize, which was presented at a ceremony in London, comes with an award worth more than $90,000....

Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate

2013-05-21 13:45:00

MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...

Report: Life in prison sought for suspects in Bangladesh collapse

2013-05-21 14:48:00

A government inquiry in Bangladesh will recommend life in prison for nine people arrested in connection with the deadly collapse of a garment factory complex just outside the capital, Dhaka, according to a report Tuesday by the Reuters news agency. At...

President Obama to meet China's Xi Jinping in California

2013-05-21 11:30:00

President Obama is to meet with President Xi Jinping in California next month, their first meeting since the Chinese leader took office in March. The meeting is scheduled for June 7-8 at Sunnylands, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg estate in Rancho...

Ai Weiwei releases profanity-filled music video

2013-05-22 10:31:00

Not surprisingly,�Ai Weiwei's new music video features wall-to-wall profanity and an aggressive anger aimed at�China's ruling Communist party. The celebrated Chinese artist has released a new heavy-metal music video about the 81 days he spent in...

Syria, Israel exchange fire across cease-fire line

2013-05-21 11:57:00

BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China

2013-05-22 10:04:00

PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...

More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons

2013-05-18 18:40:00

SEOUL — Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too. Even in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and...

North Korea seizes another Chinese fishing boat, crew

2013-05-20 18:30:00

DALIAN, China — Among fishermen in this historic seaport city, the danger of steering their boats near North Korean waters is well known. North Koreans took three Chinese ships and their crews hostage a year ago, and Chinese maritime officials...

The chef's table at China Grill, Fort Lauderdale

2013-05-22 07:31:00

DENGFEN, CHINA - MAY 20: Students train at the Tagou Martial Arts School near the Shaolin Temple on Songshan Mountain on May 20, 2013 in Dengfeng of Henan Province, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 169318381

2013-05-22 00:00:00

In this image provided by China's official Xinhua News Agency, Wang Jiarui, right, the head of the Chinese leadership's international affairs office, meets with North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing.

2013-05-22 00:00:00