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Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T05:29:55Z
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday, killing at least three people and toppling some buildings, emergency services and news reports said. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:31:07Z
BEIJING (Reuters) - While the blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng on Sunday enjoyed his first hours in New York after years of jail and detention, relatives and supporters back home remained locked down by security authorities. Chen's escape last month from 19 months of detention in his home village in eastern China and his six-day stay in the U.S. embassy in Beijing exposed embarrassing gaps in the web of security that the ruling Communist Party uses to stifle dissent. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:20:24Z
Three men have been charged with plotting to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and lob Molotov cocktails at police as days of protest heated up ahead of a NATO summit here. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:08:25Z
Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:23:39Z
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was to spend his first full day in the United States Sunday after praising Beijing's "restraint and calm" as he sought to draw a line under a month-long tussle that tested China-US ties. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T05:41:18Z
Tropical Storm Alberto churned off South Carolina's coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn't officially begin until June 1, forecasters said. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:40:00Z
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