U.S. eyes testy China talks, Chen backer expects Chinese decision

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U.S. eyes testy China talks, Chen backer expects Chinese decision



Paramilitary police officers patrol near the U.S. embassy in BeijingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States faces a tense week in China as high-level talks on trade and global hot spots like Iran and North Korea open in the shadow of a blind Chinese activist's bold escape from house arrest to seek U.S. protection in Beijing. The trip to Beijing would have been challenging for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner even without a human rights dispute over Chen Guangcheng, who a U.S.-based group says is hiding in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. ...












Golf-PGA Tour breakthrough gives Dufner early wedding gift



April 29 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner gave himself awell-timed early wedding gift by clinching his first PGA Tourtitle in a playoff with Ernie Els at the New Orleans Classic inAvondale, Louisiana, on Sunday. Just six days before his marriage to girlfriend Amanda Boyd,Dufner ended a winless run of 163 starts on the U.S. circuit bybeating South African Els with a two-putt birdie on the secondextra hole. "It's a great way to start the week for Amanda and me," the35-year-old Dufner told reporters after sealing victory with aone-footer on the 18th green at the TPC Louisiana. ...









Coast Guard recovers body of sailor killed in racing accident



Handout photo of a member of the U.S. Coast Guard reaching for a piece of flotsam during their search for the lone missing crew member of the yacht Aegean off the California coastFAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a sailor killed in a racing accident this month off the coast of San Francisco, the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said on Sunday. Twenty-five-year-old Jordan Fromm's body was found on the Farallon Islands, Christopher Wirowek of the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said. Coast Guard spokesman Mike Lutz said a biologist working on the islands spotted Fromm's body on Thursday. On April 14, a powerful wave threw Fromm and his crewmates overboard while the 38-foot (11. ...









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