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Obama Challenges China Auto Subsidies

The Obama administration is complaining to the World Trade Organization, or WTO, that China is illegally subsidizing exports from its automobile and auto-parts industries. President Barack Obama made the announcement on Monday at a campaign rally in...

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UN-African mission applauds Darfur rebel group's decision to end use of child soldiers

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Child soldiers.

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President's inauguration marks 'new era' for Somalia, says UN envoy

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Special Representative Augustine Mahiga (left) with Somali President-elect Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during a...

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US Defense Secretary Addresses Tension in Asia, Mideast

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says anti-U.S. protests and violence in the Muslim world, sparked by a privately-made video, will likely continue but he says it appears to be leveling off. Panetta has begun a week-long visit to the Asia-Pacific...

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