(NECN/AP TV: Comanesti, Romania) - People in the streets of a central Romanian town performed the traditional New Year's bear dance on Wednesday.
Adults and children wearing bear furs and folkloristic costumes paraded in the streets of Comanesti, about 186 miles north of the Romanian capital Bucharest.
They were dancing, playing musical instruments and singing as part of an old traditional ritual performed at the end of each year.
(NECN/ABC News: Mecca, Saudi Arabia) - The annual Muslim ritual known as the "Hajj" is drawing millions of the faithful to Saudi Arabia. It is said to be the largest gathering of human beings on the planet and that is a problem in this year of the swine flu.
In the Holy City of Mecca, officials are expecting 2.5 million pilgrims from 160 countries to perform the Hajj this year. It is one of the five pillars of Islam in which all able bodied Muslims have to perform the Hajj at some point in their lives. It is meant to test you; your faith in God.
(NECN/AP/ABC News) - President Barack Obama is touting his recent Asian trip as a way to drum up thousands of jobs back home.
In his radio and Internet address, Obama says "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world." He says that commerce "supports millions of jobs back home."
The president pitched his trip as a way to reintroduce the U.S. to those trading partners, including China.
Obama says if the United States can increase exports to the
(NECN/AP/ABC News) - President Barack Obama is touting his recent Asian trip as a way to drum up thousands of jobs back home.
In his radio and Internet address, Obama says "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world." He says that commerce "supports millions of jobs back home."
The president pitched his trip as a way to reintroduce the U.S. to those trading partners, including China.
Obama says if the United States can increase exports to the
(NECN/AP/ABC News) - President Barack Obama is touting his recent Asian trip as a way to drum up thousands of jobs back home.
In his radio and Internet address, Obama says "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world." He says that commerce "supports millions of jobs back home."
The president pitched his trip as a way to reintroduce the U.S. to those trading partners, including China.
Obama says if the United States can increase exports to the
(NECN/ABC) - President Obama is winding down his 10-day trip to Asia with a visit to China.
Mr. Obama and the Chinese President are meeting to discuss a wide range of issues.
President Obama says the U.S. Government is committed to a strategy of spending less and saving more.
Speaking in Beijing alongside China's president, Obama says China has helped the U.S. pull out of the recession.
The United States' budget deficit is soaring to a yearly record of 1.42 trillion and China is the No. 1 lender to Washington.
ABC News reporter Yunji de Nies reports.
(NECN/ABC) - President Obama is taking the American ideal of individual freedom to a Chinese audience Monday morning.
On his first ever trip to China, President Obama took questions during a town hall meeting with students.
President Barack Obama says there are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the U.S. and China cooperate.
ABC News reporter Ann Compton is traveling with the President and reports from Shanghai
TOKYO (AP) - Japan says its economy expanded at an annualized pace of 4.8 percent in the July-September period, posting growth for the second straight quarter.
The result announced Monday represents the biggest climb for the world's second biggest economy since 2007.
Japan's gross domestic product rose 1.2 percent from the previous three-month period. If that rate were maintained for a full year, the economy would grow 4.8 percent.
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(NECN/APTN: Singapore) - President Barack Obama met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev behind closed doors on Sunday, discussing nuclear issues and Afghanistan.
The two leaders have agreed to further sanctions against Iran should it fail to meet international nuclear obligations.
"We believe that the United States and Russia will continue to urge Iran to the path that leads them to meeting its international obligations," President Obama said.
(NECN/ABC) - In a driving rain, President Obama arrived for his first visit to China. It was nearly midnight and he quickly disappeared into a sea of umbrellas to be greeted by local mayors. For this is not Beijing, the capital. This is Shanghai, the bustling, very westernized city where sky scrapers and booming trade are considered hallmarks of the new China, and that's exactly why President Obama chose to start his official events here.
