World-briefly

Obama seeks equal partnership in Asia; welcomes China's growing economic muscle TOKYO (AP) - President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.

Analysis: Outrage over arrest of Harvard scholar a signpost on bumpy road to equality It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore.