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TOKYO – Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s (search) triumph in parliamentary polls handed the leader a new mandate Monday to harness his revitalized ruling party and turn promises into action for a range of sweeping economic reforms. His landslide victory Sunday boosted his Liberal Democratic Party’s standing in the lawmaking lower …

WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says the Bush administration did not heed some Saudi warnings on occupying Iraq and that he doesn’t believe a new constitution and elections will solve the emerging nation’s problems. Prince Saud al-Faisal (search) also said his country was still holding out the prospect of …

NEW YORK – A widely followed gauge of future economic activity fell for the second straight month during August as consumer confidence sagged even before Hurricane Katrina (search) struck the Gulf Coast. The Conference Board (search) said Thursday its Index of Leading Economic Indicators (search) fell 0.2 percent last month …