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China hoping to avoid sensitive topics as G-20 summit host

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China's hosting of the Group of 20 industrialized nations summit highlights its role as the world's second-largest economy and a growing force in global diplomacy, but also comes amid sharpening frictions over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, disputes with fellow regional powers South Korea and Japan and criticisms over a sweeping crackdown on dissent at home.

China to tighten regulation of online maps

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China is tightening its regulation of online maps to clarify its territorial claims, state media reported Friday, a move that comes amid sharpening disputes with its neighbors over islands in the East and South China Sea.

China's football revolution kicks into overdrive

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As coaches take notes, teenagers dribble footballs through a course of cones on Ritan Middle School's gleaming artificial field in eastern Beijing, part of a massive program to promote soccer as a pillar of China's rise to global prominence.

Attack on Christian colony in Pakistan leaves 5 dead

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A group of militants attacked a Christian colony near Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, triggering a shootout in which four attackers were killed and one Christian died, police and the military said.

Punishing months-long strike by Haiti doctors ends

10 years 1 month ago
Haiti's longest and most punishing strike by medical professionals officially came to an end Thursday with young doctors returning to their jobs at the nation's biggest hospital after a nearly five-month walkout.
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