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After Epic Escape From China, Exile Is Mired in Partisan U.S.

After Epic Escape From China, Exile Is Mired in Partisan U.S.


After Epic Escape From China, Exile Is Mired in Partisan U.S.

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 06:42 PM PDT

After a year in the United States, Chen Guangcheng finds himself enmeshed in controversies over partisan politics.
    


Republicans in House Resist Overhaul for Immigration

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 06:39 PM PDT

Republicans indicated they would not take up anything resembling a bill that passed the Senate, putting in jeopardy the future of sweeping legislation that includes a path to citizenship.
    


Differences on Cybertheft Complicate China Talks

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 05:56 PM PDT

The Obama administration's hopes of persuading Chinese leaders to crack down on the daily barrage of theft and espionage over the Internet are likely to be difficult.
    


Egypt’s Government Broadens Its Accusations Against Islamists

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 05:37 PM PDT

The new military-led government accused Mohamed Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood of a campaign to incite violence before and after his ouster as president.
    


Accident’s Toll Grows Further in Quebec

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 05:11 PM PDT

The police reported that the remains of 20 people had been found.
    


Tightening Siege by Syrian Rebels Stirs Anger

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:48 PM PDT

Syrian rebels tighten a siege on government-held areas of Aleppo to get civilians to go elsewhere, but it seems to be undermining support for their cause.
    


Study Finds Benefits in Delaying Severing of Umbilical Cord

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:35 PM PDT

An analysis found that delaying clamping for at least a minute after birth significantly improves iron stores and hemoglobin levels in newborn babies.
    


Japanese Nuclear Plant May Have Been Leaking for Two Years

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:29 PM PDT

The finding brings into sharp relief the precariousness of the cleanup at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, where three of the six reactors suffered core meltdowns.
    


Apple Loses Antitrust Case on E-Books

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:26 PM PDT

A judge in federal court Wednesday held that the company had violated antitrust law in helping set the retail price of electronic books, and said a trial for damages would follow.
    


Marathon Bombing Suspect, in First Court Appearance, Pleads Not Guilty

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 03:11 PM PDT

About three dozen victims and their family members looked on as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev entered his pleas to 30 federal charges.
    


Moscow Journal : Russian Circuses Offer Animals as Props

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 03:01 PM PDT

In Russia, land of the risk taker, circuses routinely allow children to have their picture taken with dangerous animals.
    


News Analysis: Germany a Hurdle to European Unity on Banks

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Germany's resistance to sharing risk with its European Union brethren is at odds with the unified approach to problem-solving that Brussels wants.
    


Pitcher Who Stayed in Japan Doesn’t Stay on Mound

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 11:52 AM PDT

To sweeten his contract, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters allowed Shohei Otani to play the field on some nonpitching days, a concession in an age of specialization.
    

U.S. Retailers Offer Safety Plan for Bangladeshi Factories

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Walmart, Gap, Target, Kohl's, Macy's and a dozen other retailers are unveiling their own alternative to a European-led plan to improve safety at apparel factories in Bangladesh.
    


Czech President Swears in Government Led by Ally

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 10:52 AM PDT

President Milos Zeman's confirmation of a leftist loyalist as prime minister was done in open defiance of the main parties in Parliament.
    


Drones in Niger Reflect New U.S. Tack on Terrorism

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 10:31 AM PDT

A drone base established in February to track militants in Mali is the latest indication of the priority Africa has become for the United States, but the strategy has limitations.
    


India Ink: Remains of the Day in Kokrajhar

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 10:12 AM PDT

A series of award-winning photographs chronicle the ethnic violence that broke out in the Kokrajhar district of Assam in the summer of 2012.
    

Update: Green Acres by Singapore’s Skyscrapers

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 09:37 AM PDT

As Singapore connects with its agricultural past, tourists are gaining new ways to explore the city-state's farms and gardens of today.
    

Law Spoils Tobacco’s Taste, Australians Say

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 07:46 AM PDT

Sales figures are not available to help determine the effectiveness of an Australian law requiring graphic images on cigarette packages. But some smokers swear there has been a change in the tobacco.
    


Rainstorms Flood China’s Sichuan Province, Killing Dozens

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:08 AM PDT

The flooding, coupled with frequent earthquakes and soil erosion, has called into question efforts to populate areas along rivers that snake through deep canyons.
    


Lens Blog: Chronicling China’s Changing Cities

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Jimmy Lam, a former hedge fund manager, has been photographing China for 20 years in an attempt to show the country's rapid transition into an urban consumerist society.
    

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