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Economic data on China highlighted the fragility of its recovery, and a sudden 7.3 percent plunge in the Japanese stock market underlined worries about the government’s efforts to reignite growth.    

The province where the attacks took place, Baluchistan, has been the site of a separatist insurgency and violence by other militants.    

Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98.    

LeBron James’s layup at the buzzer in overtime rescued the Heat after the Pacers appeared to have sealed a victory on three free throws by Paul George, who finished with 27 points.    

LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday.    

While Wednesday’s I.R.S. hearing felt like an unforgiving, angry inquisition, senators seemed halfhearted in their desire to beat up on Apple, which has been accused of dodging taxes.    

The plan to assure safety in factories, forged after a deadly collapse, could put American retailers at risk for litigation, some specialists say.    

JPMorgan Chase is redoubling its efforts to move beyond a big trading loss following a resounding shareholder endorsement to keep Jamie Dimon as both chairman and chief of the bank.    

The company, using money it raised last week in the markets, is repaying the government nine years before its loan was due.    

A day after admitting the killing of four Americans in drone strikes, the president will announce new limits on the program of targeted attacks. Mr. Obama also plans to renew his effort to close Guantánamo prison.    

From Luxembourg to the British Virgin Islands, the authorities are scrambling to figure out how to change their secretive ways in banking without driving away lucrative foreign clients.    

Amina Ajmal escaped Pakistan, describing years of captivity and forced marriage; now her father is suspected of ordering two murders in retaliation for her escape.    

Some residents who lost their homes were debating whether it was time to move on.    

A friend of the deceased suspect in the Boston bombings was shot dead in Florida in an altercation while being interviewed by F.B.I. and other investigators, officials said.    

International nuclear inspectors said Iran had increased its capabilities, but their report suggested that Tehran had not passed a “red line” that could incite military action.    

Anthony D. Weiner, who has virtually no campaign infrastructure and whose own party has written him off, says his outsider status may be an advantage in the race.    

Daniel Paille and Dan Girardi, longtime friends from Welland, Ontario, are facing each other in the second round of the N.H.L. playoffs.    

‘Beach hair,’ once an unavoidable result of summer weather and activities, has taken on a certain artfulness.    

The Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, supported the central bank’s bond-buying effort, but some officials were already thinking about scaling it back.    

British security officials gathered Wednesday after police officers shot two men suspected of killing a man identified in some reports as a British soldier.