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China’s Chen Guangcheng is safe in U.S., but worry persists for friends, family
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose daring escape to the American embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis, flew out of China Saturday, arriving 13 hours later in Newark, N.J., to begin a fellowship at New York University.
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HEALTH
Eclipse crosses Asia, US: Millions look skyward
From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire" eclipse.
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WORLD
Nepal police detain protesters enforcing strike
Officials say protesters enforcing a general strike for the second day have clashed with local residents in parts of the Nepalese capital.
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BUSINESS
Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.
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NEWS - AP
Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese.
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WORLD
Myanmar: New deal to end fighting with Shan rebels
A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks to end fighting with army troops in the country's east, the latest reported deal between the new reformist government and various ethnic separatist movements.
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WORLD
Nationalist wins Serb presidential runoff
Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency on Sunday, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its attempts to join the European Union.
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WORLD
Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail
A court in Bahrain granted bail Sunday for a jailed rights activist, but he remained in detention to await another court hearing later this week, a defense lawyer said.
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WORLD
Bangladesh opposition protests jailed activists
Hundreds of opposition protesters rallied Sunday in Bangladesh's capital to demand that authorities release 33 of their leaders and find a missing opposition official.
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WORLD
Lawyers for fugitive Iraqi VP quit case in protest
Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president charged with running death squads quit the case on Sunday in protest after judges rejected their request for evidence for his defense.








