Chinese President's U.S. State Visit. President Hu Jintao of China is coming to town Tuesday, and American officials say President Obama will be taking a far more assertive stance as he greets his biggest global economic rival.
Tunisia. Passions unleashed by the revolution in Tunisia resonated throughout the region on Monday as an Egyptian and a Mauritanian became the latest of six North Africans to set themselves on fire in an imitation of the self-immolation that set off the uprising here a month ago.
Sudan. South Sudan's independence referendum was 'credible and well organised,' European observers said in their first official judgment on the poll, with results appearing likely to favour secession.
Quote of the Day. “It’s a labor of love, and people eat. Helping feed the hungry in this country is my way of thanking the United States for taking my parents in.’’ Syd Mandelbaum, whose parents survived the Holocaust, founded an antipoverty think tank, Rock and Wrap It Up!, that works with 160 music bands, major hotel chains, and dozens of colleges, universities, and sports franchises to donate leftover concession food after events to local programs feeding the hungry. (Boston Globe)
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