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Activist's fate deepens US-China suspicions
By News on May 3, 2012
BEIJING (AP) -- The diplomatic disarray deepened Thursday after a blind activist reversed course and asked to leave China with his family, abandoning an arduously negotiated agreement even though he had left the protection of the U.S. Embassy and was in a Beijing hospital ringed by Chinese police....
Virginia profile rises in presidential contest
By News on May 3, 2012
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Move over Ohio and Florida. Virginia is becoming the hottest new battleground in this year's race for the White House....
9/11 families prepare for Guantanamo arraignment
By News on May 3, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) -- It has been a year of milestones for the families of those killed on Sept. 11, with the death of Osama Bin Laden followed by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Now another painful chapter is set to begin: the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11....
Family concerns key to Chinese activist's choices
By News on May 3, 2012
BEIJING (AP) -- Chen Guangcheng's sudden change of heart to leave China after insisting for days he wanted to stay has caught his American supporters off guard. But his reason was simple: His family's safety came first....
US uses bin Laden letters to degrade al-Qaida
By News on May 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Letters from Osama bin Laden's last hideaway, released by U.S. officials intent on discrediting his terror organization, portray a network weak, inept and under siege - and its leader seemingly near wit's end about the passing of his global jihad's glory days....
