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To-Do List: Economic Growth Slows; Dissident Escapes
To know: U.S. economic growth slowed last month; the economy expanded at an annual rate of only 2.2 per cent … The U.S. agreed to move nine thousand soldiers off of Okinawa … Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest and is in hiding … There were eight trades in the first round of the N.F.L. draft last night; as expected, Andrew Luck went first, to the Indianapolis Colts … Bison are returning to American prairies, but not without controversy.
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Chinese dissident 'under US protection'
US and Chinese officials were staying silent on the whereabouts of escaped dissident Chen Guangcheng on Saturday. A leading figure in China’s human rights movement, Chen escaped house arrest in Shandong province last week after 18 m... Read Post
Who Is Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng?
Chinese guards march outside the U.S. embassy compound in Beijing. Photo by Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images. The whereabouts of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng remain unclear Monday. He escaped house arrest in his village last week ... Read Post
Blind Chinese Dissident's Family 'Tortured'
The family of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest, has told Sky News how they have been beaten and tortured by government officials seeking retribution. Chen Guangcheng spent 19 months under house a... Read Post