Obama seeks to calm Iran fears

Flight delays decrease in 2011

More US kids living in high-poverty areas

'Artificial leaf' may yield power source

Syrian FM urges foreign journalists to respect rules

Self-immolation acts condemned by deputies

Al-Qaida, Taliban rift emerges

Aussie FM resigns in leadership spat

Investment to be stimulated

Texas school district embarks on widespread iPad giveaway

Hearing ends without ruling over iPad name

Gillard says she has colleagues' strong support

Expats get wide range of services at new Pudong center

Despite ban, smoking is rampant in Internet bars

Deputy FM in Syria to urge end to violence

Rapid-fire attacks kill 50 across Iraq

Worker wakes up without left kidney

Yemen's Saleh to seek exile in Ethiopia

Expats fuel demand for domestic helpers

At least 7 killed in Afghan Quran burning protests

More US films set for China

Shanghai court postpones iPad decision

Gillard 'confident' she will stay as PM

Anti-austerity protests fall flat in much of Europe

Lifeline thrown to city's bookstores

Putin's foreign policies likely to tilt toward Asia

Foreign ambassadors note strength of China's growth

EU undeterred by threat on oil supply

Bin Laden's compound demolished

Human rights added to draft law