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TOKYO – Japan agreed Wednesday to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports, pending planned inspections of U.S. meat processing plants, the agriculture ministry said. The Asian nation imposed the ban over concerns about mad cow disease. The breakthrough resolves a thorny, long-running trade dispute between the allies, and gives …

The silence from the human rights groups is grotesque. Two American soldiers are captured. Time for the insurgency to prove they can abide the Geneva Accords, or any standard of decency. Or time for them to prove they can confine their barbarity to simple aggressive interrogation techniques. Or time for …

LONDON – British and U.S. authorities are investigating alleged price-fixing in passenger fares and fuel surcharges by British Airways PLC and other airlines, the carrier said Thursday, and two senior executives have been placed on leave. BA said it was assisting the Office of Fair Trading and the U.S. Department …