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Francis's challenging papacy begins
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14 Mar 2013

Pope Francis is beginning his first day at the helm of the Catholic Church, attempting to set out his vision for his papacy amid a testing schedule. He will lead cardinals in his first Mass, begin appointing senior Vatican staff and may visit his predecessor, Benedict, Pope Emeritus. The first Latin American and Jesuit pope has received a flood of...
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Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Two African Cardinals in the Running to Be Pope
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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How Do They Choose the Pope?
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 20 Feb 2013
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Last Pope Breaking! New Prophecy Saint Malachy - End of the World 2013 Apocalypse - March
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Of Buenos Aires NEW POPE
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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New Pope Francis I SPEECH _ First Appearance (13.03.2013)
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Papal Conclave 'Will Not Be Short' Says Cardinal Donald Wuerl HD
‘God Particle’ is no ‘super-Higgs’, CERN scientists say
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14 Mar 2013

Zeenews Bureau Geneva: Physicists have announced on Wednesday that the subatomic particle discovered at CERN last year looked like a basic Higgs boson rather than any "super-Higgs". Physicist Brian Petersen of Atlas, one of two research teams working in parallel...
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This undated image made available by CERN shows a typical candidate event including two high-energy photons whose energy (depicted by red towers) is measured in the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter.
photo: AP / CERN

updated 04 Jul 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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The Moment: CERN Scientist Announces Higgs Boson 'God Particle' Discovery
updated 07 Jul 2011; published 07 Jul 2011
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What is a Higgs Boson?
updated 13 Dec 2011; published 13 Dec 2011
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Scientists May Have Observed Elusive Higgs Boson "God Particle"
updated 04 Jul 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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Higgs Boson Particle may have been found!! 2012, says CERN scientists.
updated 16 Nov 2012; published 16 Nov 2012
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NONET Pseudo-Goldstone Boson Higgs Mechanism Particle Mass Formula ALEPH CERN WOW
updated 05 Jul 2012; published 05 Jul 2012
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Inside Story - Is the search over for Higgs boson?
China names Xi Jinping president, capping his rise
Full Article Newsday
14 Mar 2013

Photos BEIJING - (AP) -- China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise to the top Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need more time and cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public that is increasingly clamoring for change. The elevation of Xi to the presidency by the...
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Outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, poses with his successor Xi Jinping after Xi was elected at a plenary session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, March 14, 2013.
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updated 03 Nov 2012; published 03 Nov 2012
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China's Rise Comments by China Vice President Xi Jinping
updated 15 Nov 2012; published 15 Nov 2012
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China's new leadership : who is Xi Jinping, the new country's president ?
updated 18 Nov 2012; published 18 Nov 2012
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The rise of China's Xi Jinping
updated 07 Nov 2012; published 07 Nov 2012
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China's New leaders: Just who is Xi Jinping?
updated 15 Nov 2012; published 15 Nov 2012
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Xi Jinping new President of China Communist Party after 18th CPC national Congress
updated 17 Nov 2012; published 17 Nov 2012
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China's Princeling President a 'More Decisive Leader' (LinkAsia: 11/16/12)
Argentina’s Bergoglio elected first Latin American pope
Full Article Khaleej Times
14 Mar 2013

Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis on Wednesday, becoming the first Latin American pontiff in an astonishing decision that raises hopes of greater openness for the troubled Catholic Church. The 76-year-old railway worker’s son emerged smiling onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cries of ‘Long live...
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, center in white, talks to the crowd, flanked by cardinals including Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, right, Giovanni Battista Re, second from right, and Agostino Vallini, second from left, from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
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updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Argentine Jorge Bergoglio Elected Pope Francis
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio chooses name Pope Francis I
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio Elected Pope Francis
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis I
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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New Pope Elected: Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio Elected as New Pope
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Profile: Pope Francis
Dead pigs in China river spotlight heedless industry
Full Article Reuters
13 Mar 2013

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The rotting bodies of about 6,000 pigs in a river that supplies tap water to Shanghai has drawn attention to an ugly truth - China's pig farms are often riddled with disease and one way or another, sick animals often end up in the food chain. Authorities have found traces of a common pig virus in some of the animals...
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A dead pig floats on the river Monday, March 11, 2013 on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.
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updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
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DEAD PIGS in CHINA RIVER UP 6000 (Swine Flu Soup?)
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Debt Behind China's Railway Restructuring - NTD China News, March 11, 2013
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Over 1000 Dead Pigs Fished From Shanghai River(1)
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
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Animal cruelty violent murder on Pig farm 'P-u-r-a-t-o-n-e', Winnipeg,Canada. MFA
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Man gets arm stuck in Chinese laundry mangle
updated 29 Jun 2008; published 29 Jun 2008
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Disney Porn? (Subliminal Messages)
White Smoke We Have A New Pope
Full Article The Examiner
13 Mar 2013

White smoke came from the Sistine chapel on Wednesday, after 155 cardinals elected the latest pope in the 224th conclave election. The Pope's name has not yet been released but he is expected to greet the world today sometime before 8pm. It now remains to be seen who will be the Pope. The candidates were: Francis Arinze (Nigeria):If chosen he would...
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White billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
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updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Is Petrus Romanus The Next Pope? "Peter the Roman"
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Conclave Date set for March 12 Cardinals Set March 12 Date for Conclave to Choose New Pope
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
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Papal Conclave Begins and More
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
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NEW POPE - Chicago Catholics waiting for conclave to begin
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Pope Steps Down in Fulfillment of Malachy Prophecy {MIRRORED}
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
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Choosing a New Pope: Requirements for the Job
Pope Francis elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff
Full Article The Guardian
13 Mar 2013

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio takes name of Francis after accepting his election as 266th head of Roman Catholic church • Live reaction to Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is now Pope Francis. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images The Roman Catholic church has a new pope: Cardinal Jorge...
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Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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New Pope Francis I SPEECH _ First Appearance (13.03.2013)
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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New Pope Francis I Elected as White Smoke Rises Over Vatican
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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nuevo papa 2013 NEW POPE Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio elected as Pope Francis I
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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new pope was elected the new pope
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Has Been Elected The Roman Catholic's New Pope
President Obama upbraids China over cyber attacks
Full Article BBC News
13 Mar 2013

President Barack Obama has said in a TV interview that the US is engaging in "tough talk" with China about its alleged cyber attacks on America. Mr Obama told ABC News some, but not all,...
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File - President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House with Chief of Staff Jack Lew and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Jan. 10, 2013.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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US accuses China of cyber security breaches
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 20 Feb 2013
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Chinese Hacking Allegations Country Allegedly Tied to Cyber Attacks on US.
updated 02 Jun 2012; published 02 Jun 2012
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President Obama orders more cyber attacks on Iran
updated 04 Feb 2013; published 04 Feb 2013
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Broad Powers for Obama to Respond to Cyber Attack on America
updated 19 Feb 2013; published 19 Feb 2013
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Mandiant: Chinese Military Unit Behind Sustained Cyber Attacks
updated 12 Nov 2008; published 12 Nov 2008
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Chinese Cyber Attacks Target White House, Presidential Candidates
Five killed in militant attack on Kashmir police camp
Full Article The Star
13 Mar 2013

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Two militants wielding automatic rifles opened fire on a paramilitary camp on the Indian side of the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing five Indian personnel and wounding five, police said. The militants were killed in a gunfight that ensued...
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The body of an alleged militant lies on a school compound following an attack against Indian paramilitary personnel in Srinagar on March 13, 2013. Five paramilitary police were killed March 13 in an ambush on security forces in the main city of Indian Kashmir carried out by two militants who were then shot dead, a senior officer said.
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updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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J&K;: Militants attack CRPF camp, 5 jawans killed - NewsX
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Jammu & Kashmir Militants attack CRPF camp, 5 jawans and 2 ultras killed
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Firing starts again at CRPF camp in J&K;'s Bemina, 5 CRPF men dead
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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5 security men killed in CRPF camp attack; Govt hints at Pak
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Five CRPF personnel killed in attack on Kashmir camp - Tv9
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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J&K; Terror attack in Srinagar, 5 jawans killed
The cost of war: 2 million Syrian youths afflicted by trauma, disease, malnutrition
Full Article CNN
13 Mar 2013

March 13, 2013 -- Updated 0435 GMT (1235 HKT) (CNN) -- The Syrian civil war has taken a massive toll on the most innocent of victims, the aid agency Save the Children said Wednesday. More than 2 million children have been afflicted by trauma, malnutrition or disease, the group said. In addition, one in three children have been injured in the...
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A Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013.
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updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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Syria conflict takes its toll on two million children
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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LATEST NEWS : Children trapped in Syria conflict
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
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NEW NEWS : World leaders seek aid for Syrians
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Prince Charles Visits Refugee Camp In Jordan
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
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NEW NEWS : Syrians seek shelter in ruins
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 09 Jan 2013
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Syria - Orphan Of Syrias Civil War

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Who is Pope Francis?
Houston Chronicle
| March 13, 2013 | Updated: March 13, 2013 2:32pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 VATICAN CITY — The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the...
Karzai’s Bet: Vilifying U.S.
The New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — The longest shadow in Afghan politics is cast by a traffic post that used to stand in Ariana Square outside the presidential palace: the Taliban hanged...
Benedict a stealthy retiree these days
Philadelphia Daily News
Associated Press Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 3:01 AM VATICAN CITY - As cardinals move to elect a new pope, the Vatican has seemed intent on getting people to forget the last...

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Argentine leader wishes pope well despite clashes
In this Dec. 12, 2008 photo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, shakes hands with Buenos Aires' Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio in Lujan, Argentina. Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, was chosen as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013.
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MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press= BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Cristina Fernandez will travel to the Vatican to attend her fellow Argentine Jorge Bergoglio's first Mass as...
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Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary dies
Former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, center, stands up in the dock as judges come into the courtroom for a hearing Monday, June 30, 2008, at the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Ieng Sary appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal Monday to press for his release from pretrial detentio
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Zeenews Bureau Phnom Penh: Khmer Rouge co-founder Ieng Sary, who was on trial for the killings of an estimated 1.7 million people during the brutal movement in Cambodia in 1970s, died on Thursday morning at the age of 87. Sary was Khmer Rouge's most...
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Israel 'reaches deal' on new coalition
Israelis wait for transportation under election campaign billboards of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Israel's Labor party candidate Shelly Yachimovichin, in the central Israeli city of Ramat gan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
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A compromise has been reached towards a final coalition deal in Israel after the newly formed centrist Yesh Atid party reportedly agreed to give up demands for the interior ministry, local media have reported. The new coalition government,...
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Samsung set for crucial Galaxy S4 smartphone launch
People walk past an advertisement poster of Samsung Electronics' product at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.
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Samsung is set to launch a device in its flagship premium smartphone range, expected to be named the Galaxy S4. It follows the S3, a handset that has sold more than 40 million units. The Galaxy handsets are seen as the closest competitor to...
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North Korea’s leader oversees artillery fire near disputed islands
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left waves as North Korean military officers clap in a stadium in Pyongyang during a mass meeting called by the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling party on Saturday April 14, 2012.
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SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a live artillery drill close to a disputed sea border with South Korea, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, in the latest sign of increased tensions between the two Koreas. KCNA did...
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Xi Jinping poised for China presidency
China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting with foreign experts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012.
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Leaders in Beijing are expected to name Xi Jinping president at the annual parliament session, completing China's 10-yearly transition of power. Mr Xi, appointed to the Communist Party's top post in November, replaces Hu Jintao, who is...
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Obama Meets Libyan Premier and Names Envoy
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WASHINGTON — On the day he named a replacement for the United States ambassador slain at the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in September, President Obama also met with Prime Minister Ali Zeidan of Libya and stressed the need...
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