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Wife allowed to meet jailed Chinese Nobel winner (AP)

October 11th, 2010

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, Liu Xia, wife Chinease dissident Liu Xiaobo, speaks about possibility of her husband's winning the 2010 Nobel Peace prize in Beijing. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - An imprisoned Chinese dissident who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was allowed to meet with his wife and told her in tears that he was dedicating the…

Wife able to meet with jailed Chinese Nobel winner (AP)

October 10th, 2010

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, Liu Xia, wife Chinease dissident Liu Xiaobo, speaks about possibility of her husband's winning the 2010 Nobel Peace prize in Beijing. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - The wife of an imprisoned Chinese dissident who was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize says she was able to visit him in jail and he broke down…

Wife to meet imprisoned Nobel winner on Sunday (AP)

October 9th, 2010

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, Liu Xia, wife Chinease dissident Liu Xiaobo, speaks about possibility of her husband's winning the 2010 Nobel Peace prize in Beijing. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - The wife of the world’s newest Nobel Peace Prize winner was kept from seeing her dissident husband in prison Saturday and instead is expected to see him Sunday…

No word from China’s imprisoned Nobel winner (AP)

October 9th, 2010

This undated image provided by Voice of America shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Friday Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/voanews.com)AP - The world’s newest Nobel Peace Prize winner remained unreachable in a Chinese prison Saturday, while his wife’s mobile phone was cut off and the authoritarian government continued to…

Komorowski declared winner in Polish election (AP)

July 5th, 2010

Parliament Speaker, acting president Bronislaw Komorowski greets supporters after exit polls indicate him to be the possible winner in the presidential elections, during the election night in Warsaw, Sunday, July 4, 2010.  Exit polls in Poland's presidential election show Komorowski with a very slight edge over the late president's identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, with official results not expected until Monday. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Poland’s state electoral commission officially declared Bronislaw Komorowski the country’s new president.


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No UK election winner, big 2 parties woo a partner (AP)

May 7th, 2010

Britain's Conservatives party leader David Cameron, center, arrives to read a statement to members of the media in central London, Friday, May 7, 2010. Cameron  whose Conservatives outpolled ruling Labour party but fell short of winning a majority in Parliament,  claimed that voters had rejected Labour in Britain's national election Thursday. Britain's two main parties were locked in a power struggle after an inconclusive election - with Labour's Gordon Brown suggesting he would try to form a coalition and Conservative leader David Cameron insisting the prime minister no longer had a mandate to govern. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)AP - Britain’s inconclusive election turned into high political drama Friday, with the Conservative and Labour parties wooing the same potential ally while the markets pressed for results and a…

Iraqi vote winner hopes to form government soon (AP)

March 27th, 2010

Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in the poster, take to the streets after the results released by Iraq's election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. The narrow margin — 91 seats for Ayad Allawi's coalition to 89 for al-Maliki's alliance — sets the stage for months of political wrangling as the veterans of Iraq's young democracy attempt to win support for a majority coalition.  (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The top vote-getter in Iraq’s parliamentary elections says he wants to negotiate with all parties to form a government that can restore Iraq’s place in the Arab and…

Japan big winner at UN conservation meeting (AP)

March 25th, 2010

FILE - In this March 19, 2010 file photo, commuters pass by a popular tuna restaurant outside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo. Dozens of Japanese government officials worked the floor the past two weeks ahead of key votes at the U.N. wildlife trade meeting which wraps up Thursday, March 25, 2010, in Doha, Qatar. The sign on right top reads 'Highest quality bluefin tuna, Tskiji Sushi Number One.' (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The Japanese seemed to be everywhere at the U.N. wildlife trade meeting.


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