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Darvish, Texas agree to $60M, 6-year deal

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Darvish, Texas agree to $60M, 6-yr deadline deal

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Darvish, Texas agree to deal at deadline

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Wind turbines stand behind houses in Feldheim, Germany, near Berlin. This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a windswept corner of rural eastern Germany is already putting into practice the nation's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy. (Associated Press)

Renewable spotlight on Germany

By Melissa Eddy - Associated Press

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (left) shakes hands Jan. 12, 2012, with his Japanese counterpart Jun Azumi after their joint press conference in Tokyo. (Associated Press)

Japan to reduce Iran oil imports, supporting U.S.

By Malcolm Foster - Associated Press

President Obama speaks on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, during the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at National Harbor in Oxon Hill. (Associated Press)

MURRAY AND BIER: Avoiding a lost decade

By Iain Murray and David Bier - The Washington Times

Messi wins 3rd straight FIFA player of year award

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

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CHELLANEY: Asia’s natural allies

By Brahma Chellaney - The Washington Times

The cleaned off platform of the South Kesennuma railway station remains in the midst of the obliterated city of Kesennuma, more than nine months after the March 11 tsunami. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

Survivor of Japanese tsunami finds hope in noodle shop

By Christopher Johnson - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Nov. 12, 2011, photo shows the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Japan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)

Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Using traditional techniques, Yasuhiro Ishiwata makes udon noodles by hand — and feet — at his new shop in the disaster zone of Kesennuma, Japan. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

Japan tsunami survivor goes home, finds hope in disaster zone

By Christopher Johnson - Special to The Washington Times

A smartphone shows amounts of radiation on a package of Maitake mushrooms for sale in Tokyo. A small but growing number of Internet-savvy moms in Japan, including Mizuho Nakayama (below), have turned into activists in search of answers about the March nuclear disaster. (Associated Press)

Japan’s web-savvy activist moms could be changing a culture

By Malcolm Foster - Associated Press

Timothy F. Geithner (Associated Press)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** In this photo from June 1, 2011, workers inspect equipments inside the cesium absorption tower, part of the radioactive water processing facilities at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Associated Press/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)

In Europe, debate grows over new nuclear power

By Jason Walsh - Special to The Washington Times

TRANSFORMATIVE: Management guru W. Edwards Deming, seen here in February 1987, found an eager student during the last years of his life in the 1990s in Newt Gingrich. (Associated Press)

Gingrich drew inspiration from management theorist

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

World Briefs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this Sept. 5, 2007, file photo, Nippon Ham Fighters starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Orix Buffaloes in Osaka, western Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

Yu Darvish brings ‘jaw-dropping’ skill to MLB

By Christopher Johnson — Special to The Washington Times

In this image made from KRT television, Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest known son and successor, visits the body of senior Kim with top military and Workers' Party officials in a memorial palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT)

U.S. takes delicate approach to North Korean succession

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times