AUSTIN, Texas – Lance Armstrong’s cancer fighting charity has formally dropped him from its name and will officially be known as the Livestrong Foundation.
Myanmar says 450 prisoners to be freed in amnesty
State media in Myanmar say President Thein Sein has ordered more than 450 prisoners freed in an amnesty.
Myanmar to free 452 prisoners, dissidents included
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar plans to free 452 prisoners including an unidentified number of political prisoners, government officials said on Thursday, just days before a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the former military state. State media said the prisoners will be freed with the “intent to help promote goodwill and the bilateral relationship”. An official in the Home Ministry said “prisoners of conscience” will be among those pardoned. The timing of the amnesty is significant, coming days ahead of Obama’s visit on Monday, the first to the country by a sitting U.S. president. …
US deplores murder of Honduran teen by military
U.S. officials are demanding answers after learning soldiers who were trained, vetted and equipped by the U.S. government chased down and killed a 15-year-old boy in Honduras, a country plagued by crime where the U.S. is already withholding tens of millions of dollars in police and military aid due to concerns about human rights violations. Chinese Communist Party to unveil new leadership
BEIJING (Reuters) – China's ruling Communist Party unveils a new leadership line-up on Thursday to steer the world's second-largest economy for the next five years, with Vice President Xi Jinping taking over from outgoing President Hu Jintao as party chief. The new members of the Politburo Standing Committee – the innermost circle of power in China's authoritarian government – will emerge around 0300 GMT (10 p.m. EDT on Wednesday) after a closely controlled vote by the party's new 205-member central committee, which was installed at the end of a five-yearly party congress on Wednesday. … 
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