BEIJING (AFP) - China on Friday hit back at US President Barack Obama over his comments on the value of the yuan, saying the issue was not a political one and was not the solution to global trade imbalances, Dow Jones reported.

PEMALANG, Indonesia (AFP) - Slain Islamist militant leader Dulmatin was buried amid a heavy police presence in his Indonesian home village on Friday, three days after he was killed in a police raid, AFP saw.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday made a rare call for "firm steps" to stem the yen's recent strength, after recent rises hit exporters' earnings.

TOKYO (AFP) - An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand was arrested in Japan Friday for trespassing after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, the coastguard said.

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese whaling ship with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist on board on Friday sailed into Tokyo port where he was expected to face arrest for trespassing on the vessel, an AFP reporter saw.