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...repair foundering relations with the world's third largest economy. Meanwhile, Japan, the world's No. 2 economy, has been calling for a more "equal" (read: less submissive) relationship with the U.S. That's because the Democratic Party of Japan, which came to power last year for only the second time in half a century, won votes by pledging to break with past governments that hewed too closely to American foreign policy. (See pictures of President Obama visiting Asia...
...Train Your Dragon, $43.3 million, first weekend 2. Alice in Wonderland, $17.3 million; $293 million, fourth week 3. Hot Tub Time Machine, $13.7 million, first weekend ?4. The Bounty Hunter, $12.4 million, $38.8 million, second week 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, $10 million; $35.8 million, second week ?6. She's Out of My League, $3.5 million; $25.6 million, third week 7. Green Zone, $3.4 million; $30.4 million, third week 8. Shutter Island, $3.2 million; $120.6 million, sixth week 9. Repo Men, $3 million; $11.3 million, second week 10. Our Family Wedding, $2.2 million; $16.8 million, third week...
...attend a rally with about 2,000 troops at Bagram Air Base, and he plans to visit with wounded soldiers at the base hospital. "We plan to engage president Karzai," said National Security Advisor James Jones, in a briefing during the flight, "to make him understand that in this second term there are things he has to do." Among the issues on the table: government corruption, continued narcotrafficking, the reintegration of former Taliban insurgents into Afghan society and Karzai's appointments of "key government officials." (See pictures of life in the Afghan National Army...
...standoff over how judges are selected could have far-reaching implications in a political order feeling its way towards democracy, with the different branches of government are "attempting to first stretch the bounds of their authority and second, to learn how to work with each other," says Samina Ahmed, Pakistan director for the International Crisis Group, a global policy-research center. "The problem in Pakistan has [historically] been with the military's intervention, transitions have been disrupted, and the judiciary in the past has supported every military intervention...
Sophomore Jane Alexander was hit by a pitch and then advanced to second on an illegal pitch. Francis followed with her fourth RBI of the game, a single that brought Alexander home and narrowed the deficit to only five runs heading into the fifth inning...