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TOKYO – Nearly two-thirds of Japanese support the country’s much-criticized whaling program, a poll showed Friday, reflecting growing sentiment in the country that the international anti-whaling campaign is fueled by Western cultural bias. The Asahi newspaper said 65 percent of respondents to a telephone survey favored the hunts, while 21 …

BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbia’s president rejected Kosovo’s declaration of independence Sunday, calling it a “unilateral and illegal” move and vowing to retake the territory Serbs consider their historic heartland. Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas and staged repeated baton charges in an effort to disperse hundreds of ultra-nationalist …

BEIJING – An early morning factory fire left 15 people dead and three others severely wounded in Shenzhen, a state news agency reported Wednesday. Xinhua News Agency said the fire in Shenzhen, a booming industrial city in Guangdong province, broke out several hours before dawn. It said 15 were confirmed …