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Free lodging in China, but only if you speak English

With the cost of one hour of English tuition costing up to 500 yuan ($73.26) — unaffordable for the vast majority of Chinese — a not-for-profit …
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Eurocontrol: Ash cloud moves toward southeast France

The ash cloud was impacting southern and central Spain as well as Portugal including the Canary Islands and Madeira on Tuesday morning, the agency …
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Volcanic ash closes 7 Spanish airports

The Spanish National Airport Authority says airports in the Canary islands of Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera are closed since 5 a.m. (0300 GMT, 11 …
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Two years after China quake 17,921 still ‘missing’

Chinese law says relatives can apply two years after a disaster to have their loved ones registered among the dead. Not many are expected to do so. …
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Britain’s big parties scramble for power-sharing deal

Brown’s announcement, designed to keep his Labour Party in power, disrupted efforts by the centre-right Conservatives to broker a power-sharing deal …
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French official: Politics to hurt British markets

Jean-Pierre Jouyet, who was European affairs minister from 2007-2008, told Europe 1 radio that Britain’s refusal to sign up to a $1 trillion package …
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Euro loses some of gains made on European Union rescue plan

The 16-nation currency bought $1.2687 early Tuesday — down from $1.2804 in late New York trading on Monday. Following the weekend’s news of the €750 …
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Toll for devastating Iraq attacks rises to 114

The medical official at the Basra morgue said 30 people died, nearly twice as many as were originally reported, in the string of three bombings that …
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No deal in sight as Thai protesters refuse to quit

The anti-government "red shirts" are refusing to halt their protest, which has paralysed an upmarket commercial district and scared off tourists, …
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Factbox: Philippines’ Aquino’s policy plans

A first-time senator, Aquino, armed with an economics degree from the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University but with very little administrative …
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Oil spill swells to 4 million gallons; fixes days off yet

At the site of the ruptured well a mile (1.6 kilometer) underwater, a remote-controlled submarine shot chemicals into the maw of the massive leak to …
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New York judge: Torture no grounds to dismiss indictment

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the ruling in Manhattan after months of consideration of documents, much of their contents redacted, that …
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Update: U.S. missiles kill at least 14 in Pakistan

It was the third drone missile strike on militants in northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, since a failed bid to set off a car bomb in New …
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China wagers on long-term stake in North Korea

After Beijing ended its official silence about Kim’s five-day visit that ended on Friday, Chinese media reported that North Korea was willing "to …
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Protesters blast Haiti president’s quake response

Trucks filled with riot police rolled behind the protesters as they jogged past tarps and shanties shouting insults at Preval, who has been …
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China’s April inflation rises to 2.8 percent

Food price inflation accelerated to 5.9 percent over a year earlier, up from March’s 5.2 percent rate, the National Bureau of Statistics announced …
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Pakistan under pressure after New York car bomb

New calls from Washington for the army to move into North Waziristan could backfire because they would create the impression the force was acting on …
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Five dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokesman Jerry Lojka said two people were killed in Oklahoma City and three were killed in Cleveland …
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