PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – On a history-making trip, President Barack Obama on Monday paid the first visit by an American leader to Myanmar and Cambodia, two Asian countries with troubled histories, one on the mend and the other still a cause of concern.
Obama, Wen hail US-China relationship as co-operative, constructive, most important in world
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – President Barack Obama says the U.S.-China relationship is “co-operative and constructive” and that it’s important that the two nations set “clear rules of the road” for trade and investment.
Asian shares rise on hopes for U.S. fiscal deal
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Tuesday on hopes of a compromise in the U.S. fiscal crisis, while the euro fell after Moody's Investors Service scrapped France's top-notch credit rating, reminding in vestors of the downside risk from the euro zone debt woes. With risk assets from stocks to commodities rallying over the past two sessions, recovering some of last week's sharp losses, markets were prone to profit taking as trading will likely slow ahead of Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The dollar steadied against a basket of key currencies after Monday's 0. … FBI: 4 California men arrested on terrorism charges, planned to join al-Qaida
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Federal authorities say four California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans overseas and in the United States by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Asia tensions loom as Obama meets Japan, China leaders
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – In his first meeting with a Chinese leader since his re-election, U.S. Pr esident Barack Obama said on Tuesday Washington and its chief economic rival must work together to "establish clear rules of the road" for trade and investment. Obama's comments, on the final leg of a three-day Southeast Asian trip, come amid simmering tensions in Asia over China and its territorial claims as leaders from the Asia-Pacific meet in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. … Analysis: Logitech caught in accessories mousetrap
ZURICH (Reuters) – As retailers stock up for Christmas, the No. 1 maker of computer mice is fighting to increase its share of the computer accessories market in an increasingly mouse-less wor ld. Founded in a farmhouse near the small Swiss town of Romanel-sur-Morges in 1981, Logitech's star rose rapidly in the 1980s when it marketed the first modern computer mouse, developed at the nearby Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. … U.N. court ruling expands Nicaragua's offshore rights
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that a cluster of disputed small islands in the western Caribbean belonged to Colombia and not to Nicaragua, but drew a demarcation line in favor of Nicaragua in the nearby waters. The court said the territorial waters extending out from the seven islets, which are nearer Nicaragua’s coast than Colombia’s, should not cut into Nicaragua’s continental shelf. The ruling reduced the expanse of ocean belonging to Colombia. …
U.S.-China have special responsibility on growth: Obama
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday that their two countries had a "special responsibility" to lead the way on bal anced, sustained global economic growth. "As the two largest economies in the world, we have a special responsibility to lead the way in ensuring sustained and balanced growth not only here in Asia but globally," Obama said at the start of bilateral talks with Wen in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; editing by Stuart Grudgings) 
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