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Chinese AIDS activist flees to United States after harassment

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BEIJING (AP) — Wan Yanhai is used to being harassed by authorities, but the un­wanted attention got steadily worse this year for the founder of a prominent Chinese AIDS advocacy group.

Sen. Benigno Aquino III promises a lean and graft-free Philippine government

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president-apparent and nominees to what he pledged would be a lean, graft-free Cabinet prom­ised last Wednesday to travel over­seas less, investigate corruption and renew peace talks on ending decades-long insurgencies.

Thousands of Asians rally for jobs and more pay on May Day

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers thronged the streets of Asian cities Saturday in annual May Day marches, demanding job creation and minimum wage hikes.

High food costs force Indians to do more with much less

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Food inflation that has been in the double digits for a year has had a deep impact on school lunches, family meals, and holy offerings. Anger with high prices erupted into protests

Vietnam celebrates 35th anniversary of war’s end

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Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the Communist victory in the Vietnam War with a grand military parade Friday through the former Saigon, with the government basking more in its economic achievements than its historic military defeat of the United States …

Boxer Pacquiao runs for office in Philippines

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SAN MIGUEL, Philippines (AP) — The pounding beat of “Eye of the Tiger” from “Rocky III” blared from the speakers as Manny Pacquiao’s black Hummer pulled up at an open-air basketball court on a recent humid evening.

Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China

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DAFENG, China (AP) — When asked why she and her husband don’t want a second child, Shi Xiaomei smiles at her pudgy 9-year-old son and does a quick tally of the family budget.

Indonesia court upholds controversial blasphemy law

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s constitutional court upheld a controversial blasphemy law Monday that critics say limits religious freedom in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, ruling that the law is vital to religious harmony.