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at 06:43 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China - A blind, self-taught activist lawyer who documented forced abortions and other abuses was released from a Chinese prison Thursday and promptly confined in his rural village with limited access to communication, a relative said.
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at 06:33 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
BEIJING, China - Myanmar junta chief Gen. Than Shwe met top Chinese leaders on Thursday in further signs of Beijing's long-term support for his repressive regime ahead of controversial elections.
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at 05:56 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
BERKELEY, Calif. - Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in California with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim-American leaders.
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at 05:55 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
KABUL - Afghanistan's top prosecutor said Thursday that while President Hamid Karzai backs the work of Western-supported anti-corruption teams, he wants investigations to be led by Afghans and free of interference from international advisers.
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at 05:54 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
Kosovo's deputy prime minister says new talks with Serbia will not deal with the country's contested statehood.
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at 05:49 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
BERLIN - German prosecutors say they have charged two Libyans with espionage for allegedly spying on exiled supporters of the North African country's opposition.
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at 05:47 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
KIEV, Ukraine - Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jewish men from around the world are gathering in the small Ukrainian city of Uman to mark the Jewish New Year at the tomb of their spiritual leader.
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at 05:46 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Prosecutors say Amsterdam police have arrested an Australian woman suspected of abducting her son in 2008, and the child's father says he is hoping to be reunited with the 6-year-old soon.
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at 05:41 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
BRUSSELS - The European Union presidency has said that Iran's suspension of a stoning sentence against a woman convicted of adultery is not enough and demands it be completely overturned.
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at 05:39 on September 09, 2010, EDT.
SAN'A, Yemen - A Yemeni security official says gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint in south Yemen, killing three soldiers and wounding four others.
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