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Sat, 19 May 2012 22:15:31 GMT

AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EDT
WPXI Pittsburgh
AP BEIJING (AP) — 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 US-China relations. Chen Guangcheng, sitting in a ...

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:14:59 GMT

Blind Chinese activist to complete US odyssey
Jakarta Globe
"I remain gravely concerned about Chen's relatives and fellow human rights advocates who remain in China and face retribution by a Beijing regime that denies the most fundamental freedoms to the Chinese people," said Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican ...

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Sat, 19 May 2012 22:14:46 GMT

Chinese Activist Takes A Sudden Journey To The West
New Hampshire Public Radio
The Chinese activist whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis abruptly boarded a plane bound for Newark, NJ, early this morning. Accompanied by his wife and two children, Chen left Beijing and is purportedly on his way to study law at ...

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