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A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.
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China's Papers, Web Users Hail Briton's Execution
By LORETTA CHAO | BEIJING -- Using language charged with nationalist emotion, state media and ordinary Internet users hailed the execution of a British national for drug smuggling as a victory for Chi... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
A police officer stands guard outside the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, in China's Hebei Thursday Jan. 22, 2009.
China   Drug   Execution   Photos   UK   		 China Daily 
Execution won't hurt longterm Sino-UK ties
| Drug smuggler's case 'isolated' and Britain should respect the law | The recent dispute between China and the United Kingdom over the execution of a British drug trafficker may bruise diplomatic tie... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
champagne - bubbly - wine - liquor - alcohol - drink - beverage - wnhires (rt1)  The Press Democrat 
Is it OK to let the kids drink bubbly?
| Should parents let their teenagers have Champagne at home on New Year's Eve? | One argument says no, it sends the wrong message that underage drinking is OK. The other side argues that a ceremonial ... (photo: WN)

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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, stands with Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili, right, at the opening of the Geneva talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme in Geneva, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.  Zeenews 
EU condemns China's execution of 'mentally ill' Briton
Moscow: The European Union (EU) on late Tuesday condemned the execution by China of a British man said to be suffering from a mental illness on drug-smuggling charges. | Akmal Shaikh, 53, was put to d... (photo: AP / Keystone, Dominic Favre, Pool)
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UK livid over execution in China
| Maxim Duncan | Reuters | URUMQI, China: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at China's execution of a Briton caught smuggling heroin on Tuesday, pr... (photo: Creative Commons / Cory M. Grenier)

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In this Saturday, April 25, 2009 file photo, soldiers pass out surgical masks in Mexico City. Mexico City canceled hundreds of public concerts, sporting events and meetings over the weekend as authorities in the overcrowded capital tried to contain an outbreak of a deadly new form of swine flu that world health officials warned could become a pandemic. CBS News
WHO Chief: H1N1 Flu Pandemic Not Over
But Worst of Outbreak is Over in U.S., Canada and Britain, Dr. Margaret Chan Says | Font size Print E-mail Share 1 Comment | "One thing we need to guard against is the se... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull, File)

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China executes Briton despite UK, family pleas
| China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed by lethal injection a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured... (photo: Public Domain / MartinHagberg)

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President Barack Obama waves to photographers as he is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, obscured, at Kantei, the prime minister's official residence, in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. CBS News
Key Travel Agencies Lack Permanent Heads
Transportation Security and Customs and Border Agencies Led by Acting Heads for Almost a Year | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Play CBS Video Video Obama Gives R... (photo: Creative Commons / Charles Dharapak)
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A man in white overall and police officers stand near court vehicles parked outside a building where British Akmal Shaikh is expected to be executed near the Xishan detention center in western China's Urumqi province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed the British man convicted of drug smuggling whose relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into the crime. Britain's prime minister condemned the execution China's first of a European citizen in nearly 60 years. The Guardian
China's execution of Akmal Shaikh enrages British leaders
| Gordon Brown, ministers and the opposition condemn regime's treatment of Briton said to have been mentally ill | Akmal Shaikh, who was sentenced to death in China for p... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)

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A watch tower overlooking a building where British Akmal Shaikh is expected to be executed near the Xishan detention center in western China's Urumqi province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. The Star
China, Britain clash over heroin case execution
| URUMQI, China (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at China's execution of a British citizen caught smuggling heroin on Tuesday, prompti... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)

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A Chinese paramilitary police officer runs up a hill side to stop journalists from taking photos of a building where British Akmal Shaikh is expected to be executed near the Xishan detention center in western China's Urumqi province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. The Independent
China defiant after Briton's execution
| China remained defiant today in the face of condemnation from the UK Government and human rights campaigners over the execution of a Briton said by his supporters be su... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)

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A Palestinian boy looks up from the entrance of a smuggling tunnel on the Palestinian side of the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt and Rafah in the south of Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. During its offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel said it destroyed most of the hundreds of tunnels in repeated bombing runs by Israeli jets. But Wednesday, smuggling was under way ag Egypt's Gaza wall months from completion - Israel The Star
File - An aid convoy arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the border between Egypt and southern Gaza, on March 9, 2009 in the border town of Rafah. We Must Learn to Stress Borderless Acts of Goodness WorldNews.com
Peacekeeping in Western Darfur Sudan - Member of the military component of the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) speaks with one of the villagers during a patrol routine. NATO disputes Afghan reports of civilians killed in raid Seattle Times
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Peter Moore, with the Corporate Entertainment Business Entertainment and Devices Division, speaks during the Microsoft E307 Media Briefing at Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. (ss2) 'I thought they were going to shoot me': Iraqi kidnappers release British hostage after two-and-a-half years The Daily Mail
A Pakistani police officer observes the area at a checkpoint in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Year Ender: The world in 2009 Arab News
A U.S. soldier stands guard following a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. A suicide car bomb attack on a heavily guarded road between the German Embassy and a U.S. military base set the embassy on fire Saturday, killing an Afghan child and wounding 21 people, including five U.S. tr Americans killed in Afghan attack Al Jazeera
War on Terrorism
An aerial view of the Pentagon. Location: PENTAGON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) %lt;table Obama considering military strikes after Christmas Day aircraft plot The Times
President Barack Obama during taping of the weekly address, Sept. 25, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama cites intelligence flaws amid reprisal strike report Daily Star Lebanon
President Barack Obama walks along the White House Colonnade in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21,2009, before departing to Troy, N.Y., to talk about the economy. Yemen becomes the focus of conflict for President Obama The Times
Terrorist Organization Profiles
President Barack Obama, center, with Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., second from left, walks out of the Senate Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. The Senate is meeting in a rare Sunday session to debate health care overhaul. Closed meeting on open records a sign of slow progress on Obama pledge Star Tribune
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is interviewed by the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 19, 2006, in Washington. When Obama travels to Africa next month for a five-nation, 15-day tour, he will have one credential no other U.S. senator can claim: he is the son of an African. ``As the only African-American in the U.S. Senate, there is obviously some symbolic power to my visit,'' Obama said. Obama orders 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan with vow to begin withdrawing US forces in 2011 Star Tribune
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the death of late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, in his mausoleum just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Revolutionary Guard Takes Over Iran's Intelligence Wall Street Journal
NATO
A U.S. soldier stands guard following a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. A suicide car bomb attack on a heavily guarded road between the German Embassy and a U.S. military base set the embassy on fire Saturday, killing an Afghan child and wounding 21 people, including five U.S. tr Americans killed in Afghan attack Al Jazeera
Peacekeeping in Western Darfur Sudan - Member of the military component of the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) speaks with one of the villagers during a patrol routine. NATO disputes Afghan reports of civilians killed in raid Seattle Times
091217-A-1744T-007 U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Cumbie, assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, along with Afghan National Army Capt. Bashir (right), Commander of 3rd Company, 3rd Kandak speak with village members during a patrol in the Kolak village in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 17, 2009. DoD photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leonardo Torres, U.S. Army. (Released) Protests erupt in Afghanistan over civilian deaths Zeenews
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