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SHOW LOW, Ariz. — As one of the worst wildfires in the history of the West devoured more ground Tuesday, President Bush declared the charred region a disaster area and

The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even sinister, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of r

The leaders of China, North Korea and Russia stood shoulder to shoulder Wednesday as high-tech military hardware and thousands of marching soldiers filled the streets of Beijing.

Discover the centuries-old tradition of rebuilding Japan’s Ise Jingu shrine every 20 years. Explore sacred rituals, ancient craftsmanship, and the spiritual legacy of Shinto culture.

Each generation, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a massive, $390 million demolition and construction job that takes about nine years. It

TOKYO (AP) — Chinese and North Korean state-run media this week devoted thousands of words to