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China sets the course

The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years hit Haiti, Tens of thousands feared dead.

The World Health Organization announced the A(H1N1) flu is now formally a pandemic.

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PHILADELPHIA — An indictment against a woman from suburban Philadelphia accused of recruiting jihadist fighters online and moving to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist is a rare case of an US woman aiding foreign terrorists, authorities say, and shows the evolution of the threat of terrorism.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported on Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD — Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said.
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Newark, New Jersey — Chinese student Jiang Haisong, who breached security in January at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, was on Tuesday sentenced to 100 hours of community service and slapped with a $500-fine by the Newark City Court.
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OKCULAR, Turkey — Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing at least 51 people.
A really big star is born in Australia
BY Agencies
Taronga Zoo veterinarians give treatment to a newborn elephant calf in at Sydney's main zoon on Wednesday. The mother elephant surprised the staff vets and keepers, who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indo­nesian counterterror authorities won international praise on Wednesday for killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings.
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ANKARA — Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan cancelled his trip to the United States in response to the US House of Representatives' adoption of a resolution labelling the incidents of 1915 as "genocide," local Daily News reported on its website this week.
By Ai Yang
Beijing — Liu Hongcai, who was earlier in the year appointed as the ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), arrived in Pyongyang last week to take up his duties, according to Foreign Ministry.
By Qin Jize and Cai Xiao
BEIJING — China formally approved key ambassadorial appointments, announced earlier, on Tuesday, but speculation continues over who will represent the nation at Washington.