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Chinese Dissident Leaves US Embassy After Six Days

US, China strike a deal on Chen Guangcheng, who will remain in China after receiving medical treatment

Chinese activist activist Chen Guangcheng (L) is seen in a wheelchair pushed by a nurse at Chaoyang hospital in Beijing, May 2, 2012.

Taliban Kills 7 in Kabul After Obama Visit

Taliban claims responsibility for the assault on the heavily-secured compound housing hundreds of international workers

Afghan investigation team members assess the damage caused at the scene of a militant attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012.

Obama, Karzai Sign US-Afghan Postwar Security Pact

President also delivers an election year message to American people that war is winding down

Military personnel watch on a screen as President Barack Obama makes a live address at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan,  May 2, 2012.

Rights Group Accuses Syria of War Crimes

Human Rights Watch report alleges government forces 'used every minute before the cease-fire to cause harm'

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Kafranbel, near Idlib May 1, 2012. Poster reads: "No need to observe our bleeding..we want who can stop it".

Protesters Killed in Cairo Ahead of Elections

Reports say fighting began at dawn, when assailants raided anti-government protesters' camp

A protester protects a detained "thug" from other protesters who want to beat him during clashes between Islamist protesters and armed "thugs" after an attack on protesters late Tuesday night, in Cairo May 2, 2012.

Burma's Suu Kyi Takes Office With Political Plans Still Unclear

Nobel laureate takes oath of office to enter parliament, but analysts say opposition has little power and a lot to learn about politics

Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd L) along with other elected members of parliament reads her parliamentary oath at the lower house of parliament during a session in Naypyidaw, May 2, 2012.

China's Domestic Security Scandals Expose Unchecked Local Power

Bo Xilai and Chen Guangcheng cases have revealed local abuses of power that are testing China's resolve to reform

Chen Guangchen(l).

Nigerian Activists Demand Accountability, Threaten Protests

Activists say they will lead protests if officials cited for stealing fuel subsidies are not prosecuted

A woman walks past cars buying fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, April 24, 2012.

Cambodian Environmental Activists Press Murder Probe

Shooting of Chut Wutty by military police stirs outrage from rights groups

Chut Wutty, Director of the Natural Resource Protection Group, gestures at Botum Sakor National Park in Koh Kong province, Cambodia, February 2012.

South Sudan Border Clashes Threaten Regional Hunger

World Food Program expands humanitarian aid in South Sudan to assist new wave of refugees

Villagers from Dadinga tribe struggle to get food after World Food Program staff distributed supplies in the village of Lauro in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan, April 2, 2010.

S. Korean Activists Resume Protests Against US Beef

Those who want to re-impose beef ban do not trust US or South Korea's government to properly screen cattle for mad cow disease

South Korean animal rights activists stage a campaign against import of U.S. beef in front of the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, May 2, 2012.

Chinese Company Bets Big on Laos Casino Project

Kings Romans plans to turn huge tracts of jungle and farmland once associated with opium trade into a tourism magnet

A Chinese-run casino in Laos

Kenyan Driving Schools Aim to Decrease Road Fatalities

Kenya has some of the world's worst road fatality statistics, with more than 3,000 people killed annually

Nineteen-year-old Martin Otieno Jr. (R) is paying about $175 for a full driving school course so he can get his license, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 2012.
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