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  China detains man for Twitter joke on party meet

  Hundreds of Chinese Internet users are rallying around a Beijing blogger who has been detained by police after posting a joke on Twitter about the ... 

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  Macau grapples with booming casino economy

  In a nondescript building around the corner from the world's biggest casino, students at the Macau Polytechnic Institute are in class. Huddled at a ... 

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  Courting Asia, Obama finds that the world intrudes

  For all the attention wrenched elsewhere in recent days — on new violence in the Middle East, the "fiscal cliff" back home — President Barack Obama's ... 

• Markets remain solid despite French downgrade

  Hopes that Greece will get its next batch of bailout cash to avoid bankruptcy helped shore up markets Tuesday despite a downgrade of France's credit ... 

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  Obama makes history with Myanmar, Cambodia visits

  On a history-making trip, President Barack Obama on Monday paid the first visit by an American leader to Myanmar and Cambodia, two Asian countries ... 

• US budget hopes boost Asia stocks

  Asian stocks rose Tuesday as investors gained confidence that President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress will reach a budget deal to avert tax hikes ...