 The Guardian | Johnson wins second term as London's mayor CNN International By Paul Armstrong, CNN Boris Johnson (R) looks on as his main opponent Ken Livingstone speaks after the election results are announced. (CNN) -- Boris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor of London Friday after a narrow victory over Ken Livingstone, ... Key challenges facing Boris Johnson London re-elects Boris Johnson as mayor Boris Johnson wins in London |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Mistakes and Mixed Signals As China Drama Unfolded Wall Street Journal Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese legal activist, arrived smiling at Chaoyang Hospital, a sprawling redbrick complex, on Wednesday afternoon. It was supposed to be a triumphant resolution to the diplomatic crisis that started six days earlier when Mr. Nascent Deal Would Let Dissident From China Study in US Chen Deal Highlights Stakes in US-China Relations China, U.S. work out deal on blind activist |
 Los Angeles Times | Chen Deal Highlights Stakes in US-China Relations BusinessWeek By Bloomberg News on May 04, 2012 China's commitment to allow dissident Chen Guangcheng to go to the US resolved a conflict that threatened to sour ties and demonstrated how the Sino-American relationship is increasingly driven by intertwined economic ... Mistakes and Mixed Signals Preceded Deal on Dissident Nascent Deal Would Let Dissident From China Study in US Chen Deal Highlights Stakes in U.S.-China Relationship |
 USA TODAY | 1 Dead, Hundreds Wounded, Dozens Arrested in Egypt Clashes Voice of America May 04, 2012 1 Dead, Hundreds Wounded, Dozens Arrested in Egypt Clashes VOA News Egyptian troops have fired tear gas and water cannons at tens of thousands of protesters who rallied near the Defense Ministry in Cairo demanding an immediate end to ... Egyptian troops, protesters clash in Cairo Egyptian Clashes Draw in Islamists Clashes Erupt Again as Egypt Nears End of Transition |
Los Angeles Times | Study offer appears to resolve US-China impasse over dissident Los Angeles Times China agrees to allow activist Chen Guangcheng to apply to study in the US without formally seeking asylum. Though questions about the deal remain, it's seen as a face-saving move for China. In a photo released by the US Embassy in Beijing, ... Nascent Deal Would Let Dissident From China Study in US China appears willing to grant Chen visa to study abroad Dissident can apply to study abroad, China says |
 Globe and Mail | China appears willing to grant Chen visa to study abroad Fox News US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist Sec. Clinton meets with Chinese dissident US, China find solution for blind dissident? BEIJING â€" The Chinese government appears willing to allow blind activist Chen Guangcheng to travel abroad and ... Dissident can apply to study abroad, China says NYU invites Chen to be visiting scholar China's Blind Lawyer May Come to the US |
 CTV.ca | China's Blind Lawyer May Come to the US Voice of America 04 May 2012 China's Blind Lawyer May Come to the US TO DOWNLOAD the MP3 of this story, click on the MP3 link in the upper right corner of the page. Double-click any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary. With media censored, ordinary Chinese know little of Chen Guangcheng controversy Deal struck to let dissident leave China China says dissident may apply to study in US |
 BBC News | Scores injured in fresh Egyptian clashes BBC News One soldier is reported to have been killed and hundreds of people hurt in fresh clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters in Cairo. Soldiers used water cannons and tear gas outside the defence ministry. Dozens of people have been ... Rioting Egyptians at Defense Ministry say street protests are more effective ... Egyptian troops, protesters clash in Cairo Political Rift Widens Between Egyptian Islamists |
 Globe and Mail | Prominent legal scholar and China expert comes to aid of Chen Guangcheng Washington Post The man who plotted Chen Guangcheng's possible escape from China to study law at New York University is a veteran legal scholar who shares the activist's passion for chiding Chinese officials when they fail to follow their own laws. Analysis: Chen deal a face-saver for US and China Chen's activism focuses on China's one-child policy US and China forge tentative agreement on Chinese activist |
 msnbc.com | US, China forge outlines of a deal to send Chinese activist abroad and end ... Washington Post BEIJING â€" The US and China forged the outlines of a deal Friday to end a diplomatic standoff over legal activist Chen Guangcheng that would let him travel to the US with his family for a university fellowship. After days of behind-the-scenes talks, ... Chen's activism focuses on China's one-child policy US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist Chen Affair Highlights Christian Ties |
 The Associated Press | US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist The Associated Press By CHARLES HUTZLER, AP â€" 1 minute ago BEIJING (AP) â€" With a series of quickly choreographed steps, the US and China outlined a tentative deal Friday to send a blind legal activist to America for study and potentially bring a face-saving end to a ... Chen Affair Highlights Christian Ties In Chen Guangcheng deal, questions and possible pitfalls remain Deal over blind activist Chen Guangcheng agreed between US and China |
msnbc.com | In Chen Guangcheng deal, questions and possible pitfalls remain Los Angeles Times While the Chinese agreement to allow dissident Chen Guangcheng to apply for papers to visit the United States allows both governments to save face, there remain unanswered questions and possible pitfalls to the deal, activists and diplomats ... Deal over blind activist Chen Guangcheng agreed between US and China China dissident behind standoff known as idealist US, China forge outlines of a deal to send Chinese activist abroad and end ... |
msnbc.com | Chinese media deride Chen Guangcheng as tool of the West Los Angeles Times As the US and China edged toward resolving the thorny case of Chen Guangcheng, Chinese media criticized the escaped dissident as a tool of the West, a rare mention of the blind activist whose plight threw the two countries into a political crisis this ... Chinese Dissident Tells VOA He Wants to Leave China Amid Diplomatic Furor, China, US Reach Economy Deals Obama's Audacity Goes Missing in Chen's Ordeal: William Pesek |
 Christian Science Monitor | Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's next step: Study at a US university? (+video) Christian Science Monitor The US says prominent Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has been offered a fellowship by a US university. The US State Department said it would move quickly to provide a visa for Mr. Chen and his family. By Peter Ford, Staff writer / May 4, ... Possible breakthrough in case of Chinese activist US and China close to deal on Chen Chen to leave China for the US |
Globe and Mail | Possible breakthrough in case of Chinese activist CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Chen Guangcheng has been offered a fellowship by a US university, the State Department spokeswoman says. Beijing (CNN) -- A possible breakthrough emerged on Friday in the case of Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese activist who made a ... Chinese Media Call Chen a 'Tool' of US US expects China to allow dissident Chen Guangcheng to travel abroad US pushing China to allow Chen Guangcheng to study abroad |
 The Guardian | US expects China to allow dissident Chen Guangcheng to travel abroad The Guardian The US expects the Chinese government to quickly clear the way for Chen Guangcheng to travel abroad to study, it said on Friday, raising hopes of a brighter future for the blind activist after days of fraught negotiation. US pushing China to allow Chen Guangcheng to study abroad Standoff in China over dissident inching toward resolution Possible breakthrough in case of Chinese activist |
 USA TODAY | Standoff in China over dissident inching toward resolution USA TODAY By Richard Wolf and Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY BEIJING - The diplomatic standoff between the United States and China over a blind dissident's fight for freedom inched closer to resolution Friday after Chinese officials said he could apply to study abroad ... US seeks quick action on possible Chen Guangcheng case breakthrough US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng given US fellowship |
 Christian Science Monitor | Chen Guancheng's friends and family detained and silenced by China Christian Science Monitor The manner in which Chen Guangcheng's associates have been treated the past few days seems to have convinced him that he and his family can feel secure only outside China's borders. By Peter Ford, Staff writer / May 4, 2012 Robert Wang, ... Viewpoint: Why US and China need a deal on Chen US says Chinese activist has fellowship in US Deal nears on China activist Chen as US offers college fellowship |
 CTV.ca | Standoff in China over dissident inching toward resolution USA TODAY By Richard Wolf and Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY BEIJING - The diplomatic standoff between the United States and China over a blind dissident's fight for freedom inched closer to resolution Friday after Chinese officials said he could apply to study abroad ... China: Activist Can Study Abroad Clinton hails progress after China says blind activist can study abroad Handling of Chen case generates political heat |
 The Associated Press | China hints at solution to standoff over activist The Associated Press By GILLIAN WONG, AP â€" 1 minute ago BEIJING (AP) â€" Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's high-profile pleas for US sanctuary upped the pressure Friday on Washington and Beijing to resolve his fate, with China saying he could apply to go abroad to ... China: Chen Guangcheng must apply to study abroad, 'like any other Chinese ... China made significant, promising FX reform -Geithner In bid to end diplomatic saga, China says Chen can study abroad |
