U.S., China eye next moves after stimulus plans

Once the cameras stopped rolling at the opening session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, top officials got down to brass tacks in what one called "very constructive, very candid" discussions. Trying to pull themselves out of the worldwide financial crisis, the United States and China both enacted massive stimulus programs

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Red Cross: Thousands still trapped in Sri Lanka

Thousands of civilians remain trapped and at risk in a small area of the conflict zone along the northeastern Sri Lankan coast, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday. The civilians include women, children, and elderly, and many are wounded and sick, the ICRC said in a statement.

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