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Andy Wong/The Associated Press A couple with their grandchild in Beijing on Friday, International Children's Day. Millions of Chinese children, their parents working in distant cities, are being raised by grandparents. At about 3 p.m. on Sunday, May...
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Ex-Officer Sentenced to 12 Years After Being Convicted of Spying for U.S. Published: May 31, 2012 A Moscow court has sentenced a retired Russian military officer to 12 years in prison for spying for the United States, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Talks Over Tuition Increases and Student Strike Collapse in Quebec Published: May 31, 2012 Talks aimed at ending a 16-week strike over tuition increases by students in Quebec collapsed on Thursday evening. The suspension of the negotiations...
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Kidnapped German Killed During Raid on Suspected Terrorists Published: May 31, 2012 Kidnappers stabbed a captive German engineer to death on Thursday as soldiers unaware of the hostage's presence raided a home in northern Nigeria , officials said,...
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Supreme Court Judge Is Killed Published: May 31, 2012 Assailants on a motorcycle shot and killed a Supreme Court judge as he headed to work in the capital, Katmandu, on Thursday, the police said. The judge, Rana Bahadur Bam, had been accused of...
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May 31, 2012 Six explosions hit neighborhoods across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens more in the most deadly attacks in the Iraqi capital in recent weeks. The attacks a truck bomb in a market, a car bomb and...