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China’s First Lady Seeking Michelle Obama Popularity - China’s new first lady, Peng Liyuan, made her debut this week to rave reviews by the Chinese, who hope Peng’s style and grace make her the East’s answer to the formidable Mrs. O.“We've always looked forward to having an elegant first lady that's presentable to the outside world," a Chinese official told CNN. "Now we have one.""The U.S. has Michelle (Obama), we have Peng Liyuan," wrote micro-blogger @mlxftmilixiaofantuan. (Photo: AP Photo/ Khalfan Said)

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Condom Ad Causes a Stir in Kenya - A TV ad promoting condom use in Kenya was taken off the air last week after religious leaders claimed it encouraged infidelity.The government-sponsored ad showed a woman advising her friend to use condoms with her lover while her husband was away. Kenyan health official Dr. Peter Cherutich told the BBC up to 30 percent of married couples in Kenya have other partners. (Photo: Kenyan TV Ad via BBC News)

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CAR President Flees After Rebels Take Over - Central African Republic President Francois Bozizé fled to neighboring Cameroon Monday, after rebels overthrew him in the capital Bangui.  (Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Have Hopes Dashed - Detainees on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison say they are "devastated" after learning that the military prison would not be closed. The strikers are refusing food as a method of raising awareness about their plight. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Venezuela Cuts Off Contact With U.S. - Venezuela announced it will end contact with a top U.S. diplomat because the U.S. is trying to interfere with Venezuela's upcoming presidential election. U.S. officials have denied the claims. (Photo: AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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More People Have Cell Phones Than Toilets - According to a U.N. report, six billion of the world's seven billion people have mobile phones, but only 4.5 billion have a toilet.U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called the inequity “a silent disaster.”(Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Zambia's Ex-President Rupiah Banda Arrested Over Oil Deal - Zambia's former President Rupiah Banda was arrested after being accused of stealing more than $11 million during his three years in office.  (Photo: Adrian Bradshaw-Pool/Getty Images)

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Sixteen Charged Over Brazil Nightclub Fire - Brazilian authorities have lodged criminal charges against 16 people over the nightclub fire that killed nearly 241 people in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria earlier this year.Police are seeking murder charges against nine people, including the nightclub's two owners, three of their partners and three band members performing at the club when the blaze broke out. (Photo: AP Photo/Agencia RBS)

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African Literary Pioneer Chinua Achebe Dies at 82 - Pioneering Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe died at age 82, publisher Penguin Books announced Friday. Achebe’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said the author died in Boston following a brief illness.(Photo: AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

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Obama Tours Israel - President Barack Obama spent three days in Israel last week, mending diplomatic fences and declaring the U.S.’s unwavering support for the Middle Eastern ally, calling the U.S. Israel's "strongest ally and your greatest friend." (Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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China's President Seeks Relationship of Equals With Africa - China's new president Xi Jinping announced his desire for a relationship of equals with African nations that would help the continent develop. Xi’s comments directly responded to concerns that the nation is only interested in Africa’s raw materials.(Photo: AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool)

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Rwanda's First Female Pilot Takes Flight - Twenty-four-year-old Esther Mbabazi is Rwanda’s first female pilot and she has already snagged a gig flying planes for major carrier, Rwandair.Mbabazi is fluent in five languages and trained at the Soroti flight school in Uganda before Rwandair paid for her to continue her training in Florida.(Photo: Esther Mbabazi/Facebook)

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Italy to Retry Amanda Knox for Murder - An Italian court ordered Amanda Knox to stand trial again for the 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. (Photo: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)