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Chinese activist leaves for U.S. with family
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his family left China on a plane bound for the United States Saturday, ending weeks of uncertainty in a saga that sorely tested China-US relations. Chen was whisked to Beijing’s airport from the hospital where he had been treated after his dramatic escape from house…
Two arrested in US over Chinese student killings
US police and federal investigators arrested two men over the killings of two Chinese graduate students which shocked Los Angeles last month, officials said. The men were detained in separate operations in south LA and Palmdale, north of the city, by teams including the LA Police Department (LAPD), the Federal…
Facebook windfall to help California fill budget hole
Facebook’s initial public offering will make lots of its staff in California rich — and should therefore help the perennially cash-strapped state fill a whopping $16 billion budget hole. According to official estimates, the record-setting IPO Friday will make a windfall of some $2.1 billion dollars for California, whose governor…
Guantanamo tribunal weighs separate 9/11 trials
A special US military tribunal at Guantanamo is weighing whether to hold separate trials for five accused plotters of the September 11 attacks, a defense lawyer said. The men, who are being held at Guantanamo Bay, were formally charged earlier this month with crimes that include murder and terrorism. They…
Obama urges lawmakers to defend Wall Street reform
US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress on Saturday to defend Wall Street reform, arguing the recovering US economy cannot take the risk of lax oversight over the financial sector. “That’s why it’s so important that members of Congress stand on the side of reform, not against it,” the…
Decades after ‘unification’, Jerusalem is divided
Israelis this week mark Jerusalem Day, celebrating the “reunification” of the Holy City, but 45 years on, the contrast between quality of life in the Jewish west and the Arab east remain stark. The status of Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel captured…
German metalworkers union wins 4.3% pay rise
Some 800,000 metalworkers in the German state of Bade-Wurtemberg won a 4.3 percent pay rise in marathon negotiations, their union said on Saturday, raising hopes that years of wage restraint are ending. The regional accord, the first to be signed in Germany this year, sets a benchmark for wage negotiations…
SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS over rocket engine
The California-based company SpaceX on Saturday scrubbed the launch of its Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station at the last second due to a rocket engine problem. The abort came a half-second before liftoff due to high pressure in the center engine of the Falcon 9 rocket, forcing a…
London Olympics 2012 torch relay starts in Britain
Yachtsman Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games. With the Atlantic Ocean behind him at Land’s End, England’s most southwesterly point, the triple Olympic gold medallist waited while the flame was…
Support for British monarchy at ‘highest for decades’
Support for the monarchy in Britain is at its highest level for decades thanks to Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee and last year’s royal wedding, according to a new poll published on Saturday. Some 80 percent of Britons want to remain subjects of the queen, while just 13 percent are…
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