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China activist Chen Guangchen: 'I'm free. I've received clear assurances'A blind Chinese legal activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Washington and Beijing left the US Embassy Wednesday to receive medical care in Beijing and be reunited with this family.
Clinton arrives in Beijing, but blind lawyer's case casts shadowHuman rights lawyer聽Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest and is presently being sheltered in the US embassy; his status is sure to impact Secretary Clinton's arrival for high-level talks.
May Day: Around the world, anger and fearContinuing economic turmoil around the globe gave this year's May Day rallies an undertone of angry class conflict.
UK Parliament: Murdoch unfit to leadThe damning language came amidst further investigation into the phone hacking scandal which has enveloped British media and politics.
Blind Chinese activist: The path from acupunture to legal eagleChen Guangcheng is a self-taught lawyer, who was supposed to be an acupuncturist, a traditional trade for the blind in China. But he started winning lawsuits, and won a popular following.
Le Pen rebuffs Sarkozy, tells supporters to make own choice in French vote SundayFrench far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen refused to support President Nicolas Sarkozy in his reelection bid and released her supporters to vote for whomever they wished this Sunday.
Blind Chinese activist makes dramatic escape from house arrestChen Guangcheng is now sheltering in the US embassy.
Will China punish the family of blind Chinese activist?The European Union tells China to use 'utmost restraint' in responding to the escape of blind dissident Chen Guangcheng. Top British diplomat urges China not to harass Chen Guangcheng's wife and daughter.
Syrian bombings kill nine, injure 100 more in IdlibA pair of deadly explosions rocked the northern Syrian city, damaging state security buildings.- Titanic II: Replica to make same voyage, but be made in ChinaAustralian billionaire Clive Palmer announced today that he signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build a Titanic replica in a shipyard there.聽
- Escaped dissident ruffles US-China relations ahead of Clinton visitThe US rushes a top diplomat to Beijing to work out tensions over dissident聽Chen聽Guangcheng and a possible US arms sale to Taiwan.聽
London neighborhood sealed off by armed police after suicide bomb threatScotland Yard said in a statement that police were called to Tottenham Court Road, a busy central聽London聽avenue, just before noon and had sent a negotiator to the site.
Osama bin Laden's family leaving Pakistan for Saudi ArabiaOsama bin Laden's three wives and 11 children left Pakistan early on Friday morning.聽'They're being deported to Saudi Arabia,' said the family lawyer.
Why new North Korea missiles are fakesThe new North Korea missiles - carried on the biggest mobile launchers ever seen - are fakes, say arms control experts. The KN-08 missiles, displayed during a parade, raised false concerns that North Korea may be getting closer to building intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Madeleine McCann: Why British police want to reopen missing child caseMadeleine McCann went missing five years ago. British police say they have 195 possible leads and are trying to get Portugal to reopen the case.
Peru is evaluating extradition request for Joran Van der Sloot to USPeru is evaluating a request to extradite聽Dutch citizen聽Joran Van der Sloot to the US in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, his lawyer said on Monday.
One dead, three wounded in separate Damascus attacks TuesdayA car bomb wounded three early Tuesday near the Old City part of the Syrian capital. Meanwhile, a Syrian agent was found dead in another Damascus neighborhood.- Mob in Sudan torches church frequented by South SudaneseThe mob in Khartoum shouted insults at South Sudanese. Sudan and South Sudan are on the brink of a full-scale war over oil.聽
French head to the polls at critical moment for EuropePresident Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande are among the 10 presidential candidates vying to be the two finalists in a May 6 runoff.- Syria shells suburb of Damascus as UN expands monitoringThe UN Security Council voted Saturday to expand the number of observers in Syria from 30 to 300, but fighting continues.
