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Chinese Dissident Tells VOA He Wants to Leave China

Chen Guangcheng says for first time Chinese government responded openly about his persecution

In this photo taken in late April, 2012, and released by Zeng Jinyan, blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is seen at an undisclosed location in Beijing

China says Dissident Can Apply to Go Abroad

Case of Chen Guangcheng, who left US Embassy earlier this week, has overshadowed high-level US-China talks

Chinese security guards block journalists at the entrance of a hospital where blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng is recuperating in Beijing,  May 4, 2012.

Clinton Calls on N. Korea to Change Course

US secretary of state says Pyongyang must change before direct diplomacy with US possible

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Syrian Violence Exposes Sectarian Divide

Year-long crisis raises fears of sectarian strife as Kurds gravitate toward opposition and reprisal killings flare up in restive areas

The Chief of the U.N. Supervision Mission to Syria, Norwegian Major-General Robert Mood (L) and his team meet members of the Free Syrian Army at al-Khalidiya neighborhood during a visit to Homs on May 3, 2012.

Iranians Vote in Runoff That Could Shape Presidential Race

Conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won majority of seats in first round of voting in March

An Iranian woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections, in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, May 4, 2012.

Tensions Boiling Along Sudan-South Sudan Border

Renewed accusations, continued distrust threatening to sabotage promised cease-fire involving world's newest country

SPLA-N fighters practice with a mortar as others watch near Jebel Kwo village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan May 2, 2012.

Bin Laden Documents Reveal Splits in al-Qaida

Al-Qaida leader was frustrated with strategy, tactics of franchise al-Qaida groups in Middle East, North Africa

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is shown with top lieutenant, Ayman Al-Zawahri [not shown], in an image taken from a videotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera, October 2001. (file photo)

HRW: Kenyan Police, Soldiers Abusing Somalis

Human Rights Watch report cites widespread emotional, physical abuses, including rape, during four-month period

Kenyan police officers secure the site of a grenade attack in Nairobi on April 29, 2012 (file photo).

Obama Invites African Leaders to G8 Summit

US president invites leaders of Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Benin to discuss food security at Camp David on May 19

President Barack Obama (file photo)

UN Survey Queries Vietnamese About Corruption

Simmering land disputes put farmers at forefront of effort to stop cycle of graft in Vietnam

Villagers stand next to riot police deployed to Vietnam's northern Hung Yen province during a land dispute protest, April 24, 2012.

India's High Gold Consumption Hurts Economy

Gold consumption has been on rise in last two years despite record high prices

A customer tries on a gold necklace inside a jewellery showroom in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, April 11, 2012.

Coffee Grounds Yield Big Profits for Taiwan Company

Singtex earns millions annually by improving fabrics with coffee waste

Coffee grounds shown in a customer's coffee cup at a shop in Tel Aviv, Israel. (file photo)
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