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  • FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in Greenville, S.C. While Romney faults President Barack Obama for a weak American economy, Republican governors across the country are merrily trumpeting tales of business growth and falling employment. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell runs TV ads hailing the state's business growth. Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells anyone who will listen that 100,000 jobs have been created or retained on his watch. And Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder promotes a state budget that's on solid ground for the first time in a decade.


    May 18th, 2012

    Romney, GOP guvs have differing takes on economy

  • File photo of U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke talking on a mobile phone as he accompanies blind activist Chen Guangcheng in a car, in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he has left a hospital in Beijing, where he has been for the past three weeks since he sought refuge in the U.S. embassy, and was waiting at the airport. Chen said he believes he will be headed on a flight to the United States, but added he was still uncertain of it. The departure of Chen and his family would mark the removal of a sticking point in already difficult U.S.-China relations that have been marred by China's handling of human rights. The U.S. embassy was not immediately available for comment. ...


    May 19th, 2012

    Blind Chinese activist Chen says is at Beijing airport

  • File handout photo from US Embassy Beijing Press office shows blind activist Chen Guangcheng sitting in a wheelchair as he is accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke at a hospital in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - China has allowed blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng to leave a hospital in Beijing for the United States, a U.S.-based Christian advocacy group said on Saturday. Chen Guangcheng told Bob Fu, the president of Texas-based ChinaAid, that he and his family were heading to the Beijing airport now, according to an emailed statement from the group. Chen and his family "were informed to pack up and get ready to leave China" for the United States on Saturday, the statement said. Chen could not immediately be reached for comment. ...


    May 19th, 2012

    Chinese activist Chen on way to airport, bound for U.S.

  • In a photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard the unmanned Japanese fishing vessel Ryou-un Maru dirfts northwest in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 164 miles southwest of Baranof Island Wednesday April 4, 2012. The vessel has been adrift since it was launched by the tsunami caused by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last year. The Coast Guard is monitoring the vessel, which is currently considered a hazard to navigation. (AP Photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis, U.S. Coast Guard)Blind Chinese activist leaves hospital, says he expects to leave for the U.S. later Saturday.


    May 19th, 2012

    AP NewsAlert


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