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BEIJING - The brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has gone missing, a lawyer said on Saturday, days after he fled his village in northeastern China to seek help for his son who has been detained in a case that has become a rallying point among rights activists.
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Bankia says it could sell Spanish company stakes
MADRID - Spain's Bankia said on Saturday that it could sell its stakes in Spanish companies in future, a day after it asked the state for a 19 billion euro ($23.77 billion) bailout, the biggest ever bank rescue in the country.
Greek opinion poll shows pro-bailout party ahead
ATHENS - Greece's conservative New Democracy party, which backs the country's international bailout, has a slight lead over the leftist SYRIZA, which opposes it, an opinion poll showed on Saturday ahead of a June 17 election.
Muslim Brotherhood seeks unity ahead of Egypt runoff
CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to rivals including politicians knocked out of the presidential race in an attempt to rally support around its own candidate who faces a runoff against Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq. | Video
Bankia, Catalonia pile on Spanish debt worries
MADRID - Financial troubles at a big Spanish bank and one of the country's richest regions, Catalonia, piled on problems on Friday for the Madrid government and for investors who question whether it can pay its debts without help from euro zone allies.
New Jersey man charged in Etan Patz death after 33 years
NEW YORK - A man who police say confessed to strangling Etan Patz was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, 33 years after the 6-year-old boy vanished from his New York neighborhood and soon changed the way the nation responds to missing children.
Gunman in Indiana standoff dies after shooting himself
VALPARAISO, Indiana - A gunman took hostages in an Indiana real estate office on Friday, then released them after an eight-hour standoff and fatally shot himself in the head, authorities said.
Yemen's army says recaptured rebel positions
ADEN - The Yemeni army battled al Qaeda-linked militants deep inside Zinjibar on Saturday, recapturing key positions inside the southern rebel-held city and killing at least 62 Islamist fighters, including Somalis, a military official said.
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