Nation & World

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June 17, 2012

China proud to launch country’s first female astronaut

China is hoping to join the United States and Russia as the only countries to send independently maintained space stations into orbit.
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June 17, 2012

Myanmar leader gives delayed Nobel speech

Aung San Suu Kyi says the Peace Prize helped to shatter the isolation of herself and her country.
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June 17, 2012

World Dispatches

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Another crown prince dies; brother likely choice as heir For the second time in less than a year, Saudi Arabia was thrown into the process of naming a new heir to the country’s 88-year-old king following the death Saturday of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz. King Abdullah has now outlived two designated […]
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June 16, 2012

China sends first woman into space

China launched its most ambitious space mission in history on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues.
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June 16, 2012

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef has died; new heir needed

Nayef was a hard-line interior minister who spearheaded Saudi Arabia's fierce crackdown on al-Qaida after the 9/11 attacks.

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June 16, 2012

Egypt faces key presidential runoff vote this weekend

The Muslim Brotherhood pins its hopes on the vote after a court order dissolves the parliament.
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June 16, 2012

Woman forced to undergo late abortion; China apologizes, suspends three officials

BEIJING – China suspended three officials and apologized to a woman who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy in a case that sparked an uproar after photos of the mother and her dead baby were circulated online. The moves appeared to be aimed at allaying public anger over a case […]
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June 16, 2012

Girl wins her food fight over school lunch blog

Town officials relent after banning the 9-year-old from posting photos of her school's lunches.
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June 16, 2012

Romney tour tries to appeal to middle class

MILFORD, N.H. – Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney launched a multistate bus tour through small-town America on Friday, charging that President Obama hasn’t given the middle class “a fair shot.” The tour, unusual for Romney, marked an attempt to upend Obama’s core argument against his challenger: that the Republican is disconnected from the ordinary folks […]
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June 16, 2012

Berlin police: ‘Forest boy’ admits he made up story

BERLIN – Berlin police said Friday that an English-speaking teenage boy allegedly called Ray who wandered into the city nine months ago saying he’d been living in the forest for the last five years has been spinning a yarn. After publishing his picture earlier this week, police said a former girlfriend identified him as a […]