Daihatsu Motor Company announced Thursday that it was recalling more than 274,000 vehicles for problems with their suspension systems.

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Bahrain’s finance minister said adherence to strict Islamic rules helped his country escape the worst of the global recession.

Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S. sanctions.

Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world’s richest people, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ name was not first.

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in London, his spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted Wednesday that this week’s explosion of violence that claimed at least 200 lives is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims — but by ethnic, social, and economic problems.

Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died early Wednesday, authorities said.

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