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In China, will transition bring real change?
February 11, 2012 01:27 
washingtonpost.com
BEIJING — As measured by China’s state-run media, the country’s leadership transition is already well underway. Vice President Xi Jinping, who will move up to Communist Party general secretary later this year and president of China in...
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Woe for Federer as Swiss crash, Spain cruise
February 11, 2012 01:24
reuters.com
(Reuters) - Roger Federer suffered defeat for the second day in succession as United States completed a surprisingly comfortable victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup World Group first round in Fribourg on Saturday.
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Lin outduels Kobe, leads Knicks to another win
February 11, 2012 01:10
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Linsanity" reigned at Madison Square Garden for another night on Friday as blossoming point guard Jeremy Lin outdueled Kobe Bryant to lead the New York Knicks to a fourth consecutive win with a 92-85 victory over the Los...
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India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say
February 10, 2012 12:56
washingtonpost.com
NEW DELHI — Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India’s...
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Settlement launches foreclosure reckoning
February 10, 2012 12:52
washingtonpost.com
The government’s $25 billion settlement Thursday with banks over fraudulent foreclosure practices begins a long-promised reckoning with the financial industry over its role in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, officials...
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Military kills 11 militants in NW Pakistan: officials
February 10, 2012 12:50
reuters.com
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces killed 11 militants and wounded 19 in the northwest on Friday, security officials said, in a crackdown in the Kurram tribal region near the border with Afghanistan.
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Conservative group to sponsor NASCAR driver in election
February 10, 2012 12:37
reuters.com
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NASCAR racing cars typically are painted with ads for products like coffee, beer, or tires.
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Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation
February 10, 2012 12:35
reuters.com
FUKUSHIMA (Reuters) - On the snowy fringes of Japan's Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls of thousands left dead or missing after the earthquake and tsunami nearly one year...
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The Circuit: Google privacy suit, patent squabbles, E-Rate fraud
February 10, 2012 12:35
washingtonpost.com
Google privacy suit: A federal court said Thursday that it would accelerate a lawsuit that aims to punish Google for alleged privacy violations, The Washington Post reported. The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia agreed to a request...
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Afghan orphans embark on U.S. road trip
February 10, 2012 12:17
cnn.com
Six kids, one RV, 10 weeks and dozens of U.S. states.
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