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- U.S. seeking options in Chinese activist's case
Chen Guangcheng's statement that he wants to leave China has complicated high-level talks between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Chinese government.
- Bin Laden letters paint picture of al-Qaeda at its worst
The seventeen documents released by the Obama administration are calculated to highlight the President's foreign-policy successes.
- Why Chinese activist now seeks US asylum: His family
Chen Guangcheng's sudden change, he says, is concern about the threats to his wife, two children, and mother. Will Beijing let Chen Guangcheng leave?
- Four dead after attack on Syrian anti-government student protesters
Reports say fellow students who backed the Assad regime joined forces with Syrian security to assault those involved in a protest march on a college campus in Aleppo.
- Blind Chinese activist now wants to leave country
Chen Guangcheng left the US embassy after a tense negotiation with the Chinese government, but he now says he fears for his family's safety if he remains in China.
- Aung San Suu Kyi takes Myanmar parliamentary oath
The longtime activist, who had been under house arrest for many years, joined her new colleagues in the country's parliament on Wednesday.
- 11 dead in Cairo protest clashes
Reports say armed men attacked Egyptian protesters outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo Wednesday.
- World's largest McDonald's: A big ad for obesity, say British doctors
World's largest McDonald's will be built in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The world's largest McDonald's will seat 1,500 and has an exclusive franchise in the Olympic village.
- 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 shadow
Human rights lawyer 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 fear
Continuing economic turmoil around the globe gave this year's May Day rallies an undertone of angry class conflict.
- UK Parliament: Murdoch unfit to lead
The 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 eagle
Chen 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 Sunday
French 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 arrest
Chen 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 Idlib
A pair of deadly explosions rocked the northern Syrian city, damaging state security buildings.
- Titanic II: Replica to make same voyage, but be made in China
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer announced today that he signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build a Titanic replica in a shipyard there.
- Escaped dissident ruffles US-China relations ahead of Clinton visit
The US rushes a top diplomat to Beijing to work out tensions over dissident Chen Guangcheng and a possible US arms sale to Taiwan.
- London neighborhood sealed off by armed police after suicide bomb threat
Scotland Yard said in a statement that police were called to Tottenham Court Road, a busy central London avenue, just before noon and had sent a negotiator to the site.