 China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
| BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, according to exile groups and court officials. | The sentences, the outcome of a one-day trial last we... The New York Times
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 Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the first time since Wednesday’s airplane crash that killed 152 people, rescue workers continued the search for body parts and the aircraft’s black box under clear skies on Friday here in Pakistan’s capital. Related | No Survivors Reported in Pakis... The New York Times
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 Berlusconi Splits With a Coalition Ally
| ROME — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi split with one of his major allies, Gianfranco Fini, on Thursday night, weakening Italy’s governing coalition and raising the possibility of early... The New York Times
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 Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks
| BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived in Beirut on Friday for talks on possible indictments of Syria’s allies in Lebanon in the a... The New York Times
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 Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
| NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. | These days, the contin... The New York Times
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 Wall Street Slips After U.S. Data on Growth
| Traders on Wall Street got what they had been waiting for all week — a look at the crucial second-quarter report on economic growth in the United States. | The report, issued by the Commerce D... The New York Times
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 Massa Returns to Budapest Under a Cloud
| The stage might have been set for a heartwarming tale of human resilience, of a man who had faced down death to return victorious to the scene of a horrendous accident a year later. | As Formula One... The New York Times
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 Greece and the Power of Negative Thinking
| Once the cradle of European civilization, Greece is now at the epicenter of Europe’s economic crisis. The now-fading consensus in the market and among opinion-makers was that Greece is likely ... The New York Times
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