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Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was to spend his first full day in the United States Sunday after praising Beijing's "restraint and calm" as he sought to draw a line under a month-long tussle that tested China-US ties.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1222012-05-20 05:09:47world / news.yahoo.com /: BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday morning, causing at least three deaths and collapsing rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 4:04 a.m. (0204 GMT) and had a magnitude of 5.9, was in the plains near Modena. But it was felt in nearby regions. One person working a night shift died in the collapse of a factory and two others were killed in the collapse of another building. Rescue officials were checking reports that other people were buried under rubble. ...

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1232012-05-20 05:12:01world / news.yahoo.com /: A Chinese coal miner has been rescued after being trapped underground for 17 days by an underground flood that killed at least 10 others.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1242012-05-20 05:12:25world / news.yahoo.com /: Taiwan's president has signaled that he will continue the China policy that helped him get re-elected as he begins his second four-year term.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1252012-05-20 05:12:49world / news.yahoo.com /: A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks that there will be no more fighting between the guerrillas and government troops.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1262012-05-20 05:19:31world / news.yahoo.com /: Russell Westbrook scored 10 of his 37 points during a stirring fourth-quarter comeback, Kevin Durant added 31 points and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder seized control of the second-round series with a 103-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 on Saturday night.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1272012-05-20 05:27:58world / news.yahoo.com /: The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1282012-05-20 05:29:33world / news.yahoo.com /: BEIJING (Reuters) - While the blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng on Sunday enjoyed his first hours in New York after years of jail and detention, relatives and supporters back home remained locked down by security authorities. Chen's escape last month from 19 months of detention in his home village in eastern China and his six-day stay in the U.S. embassy in Beijing exposed embarrassing gaps in the web of security that the ruling Communist Party uses to stifle dissent. ...

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1292012-05-20 05:03:37world / news.yahoo.com /: CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw. President Barack Obama hosts the summit in his home town, Chicago, a day after leaders of major industrialized nations tackled Europe's debt crisis, backing keeping Greece in the euro zone and vowing to take steps necessary to revitalize the world economy. ...

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1302012-05-20 04:09:26world / news.yahoo.com /: A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1312012-05-20 03:55:58world / news.yahoo.com /: More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to draw up a unified exit strategy in Afghanistan after a decade of war.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1322012-05-20 03:56:13world / news.yahoo.com /: BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Bologna, Italy, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and initial reports indicated some damage. No injuries were immediately confirmed, an Interior Ministry spokesman told Reuters, but many calls were coming in and there was one report of a roof collapsing in Sermide, a small town between Bologna and Verona, and of a woman inside calling for help. Firefighters said there were some "structural collapses" near the town of Bondeno, and the initial quake was followed by a fairly strong 5.1 magnitude aftershock. ...

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1331970-01-01 00:00:00world / news.yahoo.com /: MICHAEL DAVID CRAWFORD and ORION BLASTAR Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE, INC. Defendant. COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELEASE. An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html; charset=UTF-8 Today is Sunday, May 20, the 141st day of 2012. There are 225 days left in the year.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1342012-05-20 03:41:02world / news.yahoo.com /: Forecasters late Saturday issued a tropical storm watch for parts of the South Carolina coast after the first tropical storm of the 2012 hurricane season formed in the Atlantic.

Provided by: news.yahoo.com1352012-05-20 03:49:54world / news.yahoo.com /: The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant has lost her bid to win the title.