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A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010.

Duke University undergraduate Grace Wang attempted to referee a heated interchange on campus over the Tibetan independence movement, leading to fierce denunciations of Wang and her parents by ethnic Chinese in the U.S. and in China.

NPR's Deborah Amos explains a parliamentary system in which the latest presidential election has been delayed nearly 20 times.

There are still no results from the presidential vote in Zimbabwe as a contested re-tally of the vote drags into a fourth week. Local and international demand has escalated for the results of the vote to be made public.

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A Blogger's Opinion of the Upcoming Mayoral Race

Zimbabwe's leader, Robert Mugabe, delivers his first major speech since the country's disputed presidential vote three weeks ago. He marked Zimbabwe's Independence Day by accusing thieves of trying to unseat him.

Internet death threats and attacks on property greeted at least one person's efforts to mediate between protesters on opposite sides of the China-Tibet issue. The official Xinhua News Agency is urging Chinese to harness their nationalistic fervor for constructive ends.

Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigns Friday in Pennsylvania, which has its presidential primary Tuesday. She ended the day Thursday at a Philadelphia landmark where her husband campaigned in 1992. After attacking her opponent at Wednesday's debate, she seemed to strike a more positive tone.