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City Once Led by Deposed Politician Chooses Party Conference Candidates
The list for Chongqing includes some officials considered allies of Bo Xilai.
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Brother of Chen Guangcheng Escapes Guarded Village
Chen Guangfu, a brother of Chen Guangcheng, slipped through a security cordon and went to Beijing, said a lawyer who met him there.
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Pakistan Says U.S. Drone Strike Kills Suspected Militants
At least 10 alleged militants were killed on Thursday when an American drone struck a compound in northwestern Pakistan, government officials said.
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India Ink: Is This Kashmir's Road Map for Peace?
Findings of a newly issued report, compiled after speaking to thousands in Kashmir.
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India Ink: Image of the Day: May 24
Telugu Desam Party activists in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, protest the 7.54 rupee petrol price hike by the central government.
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India Ink: India's Faltering Economy Could Get Worse
A bearish economist's plea to Sonia Gandhi to allow economic reforms.
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India Ink: A Conversation With: Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan
The new president of the Maldives criticizes his predecessor and says he is committed to democracy.
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Facing Trial, Ex-Mongolia President Calls Charges Political
Some see the prosecution as evidence of a slide away from democracy, while other say it is overdue justice.
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4 Aid Workers Confirmed Kidnapped in Afghanistan
The four are employees of Medair, an international humanitarian organization that specializes in emergency relief work and also does food aid and nutrition projects.
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Jail Term for Pakistani Who Helped Find Bin Laden
A Pakistani doctor who helped the C.I.A. locate Osama bin Laden using a vaccination campaign as cover was convicted of treason and given 33 years in prison, a Pakistani official said.
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Tongren Journal: Technology Reaches Remote Tibetan Corners, Fanning Unrest
The technology revolution has transformed ordinary life and helped raise a political consciousness that has found expression through a campaign of self-immolations.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Mysterious Inquiry About a Blood Sample
A prominent American forensic scientist, Henry C. Lee, said a police detective from the city of Chongqing contacted him about analyzing a blood sample from someone who had died after drinking.
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Turkmenistan: Gas Deal Signed With India and Pakistan
Three countries involved in a plan to build a natural gas pipeline across Afghanistan signed an agreement on Wednesday in Avaza, Turkmenistan.
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China: General?s Trip to Japan Is Canceled
One of the top generals in China, Guo Boxiong, has canceled a high-level trip to Japan scheduled for this week after a rise in political tensions between the two nations.
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Fed by Indians, Monkeys Overwhelm Delhi
The monkey population of New Delhi has grown large and aggressive, overwhelming the city?s efforts to control it, but Hindu tradition calls for feeding the monkeys twice a week.
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The Female Factor: Mobile Phones Offer Indian Women a Better Life
In India, researchers are beginning to study the effects that the explosive growth in the mobile phone market has had on women's lives, in some cases, breaking the pattern of marital isolation.
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Renato Corona, Philippines Judge, Testifies at Impeachment Trial
At times weeping on the stand, chief justice Renato C. Corona, testified for the first time in his impeachment trial in the Philippine Senate.
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In Malaysia, Opposition Leader Charged Over Protests
The opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, accused of inciting protesters to break through barriers, says the prime minister is using the courts to intimidate him.
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Images Show More Work at North Korean Nuclear Site
After the United States said that North Korea would face more sanctions if it conducted a nuclear test, the North warned that such action would force ?countermeasures.?
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Tycoon Gets Reprieve
A self-made tycoon sentenced to death for financial fraud has been resentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, meaning her sentence will probably be changed to life after two years of good behavior.
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U.S. Ambassador to Leave Afghan Post
Ryan C. Crocker says he will step down for health reasons, after helping to secure a strategic partnership deal.
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General Fonseka Is Released From Prison in Sri Lanka
Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who led the military campaign that ended two decades of civil war, then ran unsuccessfully for president, was freed after nearly two years in prison.
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North Korea Urged to Back Down on Nuclear Test
American, Japanese and South Korean diplomats warned on Monday that North Korea would face more sanctions if it conducted a nuclear test following its failed rocket launch last month.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: North Koreans Free Detained Fishermen
At least 28 Chinese fishermen who had been detained by North Korean gunmen for 13 days returned home on Monday, according to reports in the Chinese state news media.
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Malaysian Opposition Leader to Face Charges Over Protest
The street protest, one of the largest in Malaysia in recent years, turned violent after demonstrators broke through barriers around Independence Square on April 28.
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NATO Formally Agrees to Transition on Afghan Security
The agreement to give the Afghans the lead role in securing their country next summer begins the end of the United States?s involvement in the war.
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NATO Summit Shadowed by Tensions Over Pakistan
A NATO summit meeting on long-term security for Afghanistan opened in Chicago with the United States and Pakistan still divided over reopening supply routes for the war.
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Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Cartoon Contest
The government blocked access to the social networking service on Sunday, after holding Twitter responsible for promoting a blasphemous cartoon contest, officials said.
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Bomber Strikes U.S. Soldiers in Southern Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked a group of American soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, apparently killing and wounding an unconfirmed number of them.
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Bo Xilai?s Fall in China Put Allies in Peril
The fall of Bo Xilai from the Communist Party?s top echelons has shed light into how some of his closest allies became entwined in his fate.
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Schools Go Into the 'Cloud' to Embrace the Popularity of Social Media
New companies are offering online services that let teachers create, share and manage academic content, and also let students collaborate on platforms that are similar to Facebook's.
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Blind Chinese Dissident Leaves on Flight for U.S.
Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer whose escape from house arrest jolted relations between the United States and China, followed a hastily arranged flight with an open-air news conference in New York.
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In Afghanistan, New Insurgent Group Emerges
The emergence of Mullah Dadullah Front, a new, more extreme insurgent faction of the Taliban, could trouble any efforts to restart the peace process.
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Chinese Security Chief Seems to Keep Grip on Power
Zhou Yongkang completed a tour of the volatile region of Xinjiang last week, a sign that he still had a firm hold on his post despite having opposed the purging of Bo Xilai.
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Obama?s Journey to Reshape Afghan War
President Obama concluded in his first year that the Bush-era dream of remaking Afghanistan was a fantasy. The lessons he has learned there have shaped his presidency.
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Pentagon Study Says China Military Getting Stronger
The annual appraisal of China?s military modernization also suggests Beijing leaders want to project power while avoiding confrontation with neighbors and the United States.
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Chinese Tycoon Gets Life Sentence for Smuggling
Lai Changxing, a peasant-turned-billionaire, was given a life sentence on Friday for his role in a corruption scandal, according to the state news media.
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Monument in Palisades Park, N.J., Irritates Japanese Officials
Officials in Palisades Park, N.J., have refused to remove a plaque in memory of sexual slavery during World War II, and the episode has irritated South Korea-Japan relations.
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Burlington Journal: Vermont?s Refugees Rebuild After Irene Floods
Refugees from Africa and South Asia are rebuilding their livelihoods after last summer?s devastating flood that ruined 10,000 acres of land.
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Special Report: Education: Business Schools: Looking Local for a Global Reach
Prospective business school students from Brazil, Russia, India and China are increasingly exploring possibilities at home.
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White House to Ease Ban on Investment in Myanmar
The Obama administration will give American businesses far greater license to make investments in Myanmar, responding to the country?s political and economic opening over the last year.
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World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Mexicans Sentenced to Death
A court convicted three Mexican brothers and two other people on Thursday and sentenced them to be hanged for drug trafficking.
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?Princelings? in China Use Family Ties to Gain Riches
The authorities are eager to paint the fallen official Bo Xilai, whose family has a substantial fortune, as a rogue operator. But other officials? relatives have also amassed vast wealth.
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Taliban Strike Afghan Governor?s Office
At least 11 people died after Taliban insurgents on Thursday attacked a provincial governor?s office, but were beaten back by security forces, Afghan officials said.
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Catalog of Wounded in Afghan War Could Be Model
Col. Michael D. Wirt?s database of injuries and treatment in his corner of the Afghan war could be a model for improving care, but the military has yet to follow his example.
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India Ink: From Bleak Central India, a People's Movement
In the Pati region of Madhya Pradesh, villagers are fighting for their basic rights and entitlements.
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Eurovision Takes Baku
The glamour of Eurovision overshadows the human rights issues that mar Azerbaijan.
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WORLD: Monkey Patrol
As urbanization has steadily encroached on their habitat, monkeys have become the scourge of New Delhi. The solution for now: a bigger monkey.
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Afghan Soldiers Increasingly Attack American Counterparts
The rise in ?green on blue? killings ? Afghan forces turning on their American trainers ? has threatened the goal of leaving Afghanistan in the hands of a stable security force.
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At War Blog: At Fort Hood, a Welcome Home for Veterans of a War Long Past
With the recent crop of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan on many minds, some military bases have decided that Vietnam veterans need their own recognition.
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At War Blog: Confronting a False Meme: Libya's Deadly 'Stinger Equivalents'
The meme asserting otherwise began in earnest Sept. 7 with a post on a CNN blog that the network broadcast as an exclusive. The headline read, "Libyan Missiles Looted."
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At War Blog: Government Report Says Medical Discharge Process Is Getting Slower
The Government Accountability Office reports that a joint medical evaluation system created to expedite the medical discharge process is actually increasing processing time--the latest bad news about long delays in medical evaluations and disability ratings by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
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The Lede Blog: Sentiment Against Foreigners Flares in China
The search giant Baidu and the huge social media hub Sina Weibo are urging users in China to help crack down on "misbehaving foreigners."
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The Lede Blog: Territory Claimed by China and Philippines Is Mainly Underwater
A skirmish over who owns a band of coral rocks in the South China Sea - China or the Philippines - would have to be small, since the land mass is almost comically tiny.
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The Lede Blog: China Vows Investigation Into Pills Said to Contain Human Remains
Chinese authorities are investigating disturbing reports that thousands of pills intercepted by South Korean border officials were manufactured in China to contain the desiccated powder remains of human babies.
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It?s the Economy: The Syria Paradox
Aren?t countries with diverse economies supposed to be good at deposing dictators?
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Letter from India: The High Price India Pays to Maintain the Status Quo
It's not government incompetence holding up crucial reforms, it's the demands of India's "Greeks" -- rural voters who want immediate welfare and turn out to elect the substandard politicians who deliver it.
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