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Bikes thrive in China despite car invasion

Despite China's leap into modernity, the bicycle is far from dead — its numbers are growing. For many Chinese, pedal power remains a mainstay — for commuting, sending children to school or making a living. Full story

21 dead in China coal mine accident
Quake-affected panda gives birth
Hodgepodge of activists protest G-8
South Koreans protest U.S. beef


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Pakistan police hit by blast

A suicide bombed attacked near a police station Sunday, killing at least 15 people. Full story

Pakistan marks Red Mosque siege
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U.S. contractors Stansell, Gonsalves and Howes listen to U.S. ambassador to Colombia Brownfield in an aircraft in Colombia after being rescued by army forces
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A Zimbabwean woman shows her dyed finger after voting in the country's run-off presidential election in the the capital Harare
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A stall holder selling pig masks stands at his stall at the annual Glastonbuury Festival 2008 in Somerset in southwest England
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People walk past a parking area during a transport strike in Carregado
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Image: Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe
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