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An American woman teaching English in Japan has been found dead, her family said Monday. Taylor Anderson, 24, had been missing since the tsunami struck earlier this month. She’d been teaching in Ishinomaki, Japan for the last three years, according to her parents. Ishinomaki, a city in Miyagi Prefecture, was hit hard by the 9.0-magnitude [...]

When you’re a young, beautiful and largely unknown actress, one of the biggest decisions you’ll have to face is whether or not you’re willing to appear nude in a movie that could launch your career. There’s no right or wrong answer to that question — each actress has to decide that for herself — but [...]

As Cyclone Yasi approaches the Queensland coast, social media has once again brought people together. Hundreds have taken to Facebook and Twitter, among other social media platforms, either to vent their frustrations with Mother Nature or to help update people on the category five cyclone. “My brother will be spending tomorrow organising helicopters to rescue [...]

North Korea’s minister of armed forces said on Thursday its military was prepared to wage a “holy war” against the South using its nuclear deterrent after what he called Seoul’s attempt to initiate conflict. Minister Kim Yong Chun repeated Pyongyang’s charge that the South had been preparing to start a war by conducting live-fire drills [...]

Tensions are near the boiling point on the Korean peninsula after North Korea shelled a South Korean island, killing two South Korean soldiers. What’s behind this latest spike in hostilities between the longtime adversaries, and just how concerned should we be — especially since we have 25,000 military personnel stationed in South Korea? Here’s what [...]