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In China Visit, Obama Walks a Tightrope

President Barack Obama weighs multiple concerns on his first trip to China. Among those are how he can enlist China's help in aiding global problems while also addressing the country's human rights record. So far, he stresses the positives in their relationship, earning him criticism for being too soft on the Communist giant.
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Cops Search for Missing 5-Year-Old

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Acting on a tip, authorities search for missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis in south-central North Carolina. Police have charged the girl's mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, left, with human trafficking and other offenses. She reported her daughter missing on Tuesday.
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Brits Apologize for Shipping Off Poor Kids

For 350 years, poor British children were shipped off to the colonies. Now British Prime Minister Gordon Brown intends to apologize for child migrant programs that sent boys and girls as young as 3 to Australia, Canada and other former colonies. Sandra Anker, who was 6 when she was sent to Australia in 1950, says the British government has "a lot to answer for."
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Ten-year-old twins Brian Thomas, left, and Kevin James Sullivan carry their luggage as they leave London bound for Auckland, New Zealand, in October 1950. Britain and Australia are saying sorry to thousands of British children who were promised a better life overseas, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.

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Giuliani Calls 9/11 Trials Too Risky

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani decries the Obama administration's plan to bring five suspects in the attacks to his city to stand trial. The proceedings will put New York at risk and show "an over-concern with the rights of terrorists," he says. Also See: GOP, Democrats Clash Over Trials
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Illinois May Get Guantanamo Inmates

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The Obama administration is considering buying a prison in western Illinois to house a limited number of detainees from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, White House officials say. The 1,600-cell Thomson Correctional Facility would also be used for federal prison inmates.
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Clinton: I'm Not Running for NY Governor

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denies rumors that she will quit her post to run for governor of New York. On ABC's "This Week," the former first lady says that she wishes to quell speculation of any interest on her part of becoming the state's top elected official. "I'm committed to the job that I have," she says.
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Baby at Center of Court Battle Dies

A disabled British boy dies after his father agrees to remove him from life support. "Baby RB" had a rare genetic condition that made his muscles weak and caused him to struggle to eat and breathe. His condition sparked a court battle as the father fought the decision by his wife and the hospital to switch his son's ventilator off.
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Hawaii's White Beaches Washing Away

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