G8 leaders on Saturday praised the “remarkable efforts” of President Thein Sein and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in delivering democratic reforms to Myanmar. (rwad on here …)
A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. (rwad on here …)
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States Saturday on a flight from Beijing a month after escaping house arrest in China, CNN reported. (rwad on here …)
A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. (rwad on here …)
A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards the fringes of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site. (rwad on here …)
A suicide attack on a police checkpost in southeastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed at least nine people, three of them policemen, an official said. (rwad on here …)
A blind Chinese activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital Saturday and boarded a plane that took off for the United States, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. (rwad on here …)
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was on a plane headed for the United States with his family Saturday, US officials said, ending weeks of uncertainty for the now world-famous rights campaigner. (rwad on here …)
New Zealand’s Scott Dixon led the practice session for Saturday’s Indianapolis 500 pole qualifying, turning the second-best lap of the week at the famed 2 1/2-mile (4 kilometer) oval. (rwad on here …)
Years after saying Israel should be "wiped off" the map, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that there is no need to take up arms against his nation's foe, state news reported. (read the story …)
