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RANITAL, India – Hundreds of Tibetan exiles pressed ahead Tuesday with a march from northern India to their Himalayan homeland, defying a police ban on the demonstration against Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics. The march, which started Monday, was expected to take six months, reaching Tibet during the Aug. …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Police investigating the slaying of the University of North Carolina’s student body president may have a break in the case, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Investigators are talking to a person of interest in the death of 22-year-old Eve Carson, Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall told …

HAVANA – New President Raul Castro’s government has lifted a ban on Cubans staying at hotels previously reserved for foreigners, ending another restriction that had been especially irksome to ordinary citizens. “They have informed us that with a national ID card, anyone can stay here,” an employee at the Ambos …