More than 1,100 dogs in Chongqing rescued from dinner table

Netease Volunteers in Chongqing work to rescue over 1,100 dogs that were destined for slaughter.

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Chinese dissident flees to U.S. and describes torture

Alex Wong / Getty Images Chinese dissident writer Yu Jie speaks to the media during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.on Wednesday. By Ed Flanagan, NBC News BEIJING – Last week Chinese dissident author Yu Jie fled to the United States to avoid what he described as further “inhumane treatment” by the government. Now Yu, 38, is speaking out about his experience in detention during a sensitive time in China’s recent human rights history: the 2010 awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to his friend and fellow dissident, Liu Xiaobo

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China hoops star becomes pandas’ pal

AP Retired NBA basketball star Yao Ming holds a panda during a ceremony for the release of six pandas in the Panda Valley natural reserve in Dujiangyan, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Wednesday. By Ed Flanagan, NBC News Producer BEIJING – Retired NBA star, Yao Ming, carved out an eight-year career protecting the hoop in the NBA. His next defensive assignment though may be a considerably taller task for the 7’6” all-star, if not a lot cuter and fuzzier than his former basketball opponents.

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Kremlin’s photo-doctoring backfires big-time

Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP – Getty Images Anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny speaks during a rally against the December 4 parliament elections in Moscow, on Dec. 24, 2011. Tens of thousands of people filled an avenue in Moscow to protest against the alleged rigging of parliamentary polls in a new challenge to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s authority.

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Tonight on AC360: Lisa and Laura Ling on Kim Jong Il’s death

Editor's note: Laura Ling, along with her colleague Euna Lee, was violently captured by Kim Jong Il's soldiers while filming a documentary about North Korean defectors on the Chinese–North Korean border in March 2009.

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Villagers defiant as government creates new narrative

Afp Photo / AFP – Getty Images Residents of Wukan, a fishing village in the southern province of Guangdong march to demand the government take action over illegal land grabs and the death in custody of a local leader on Thursday. Click on the photo to see more images from the village. By Ed Flanagan, NBC News

Video: KTH: Syria’s Assad denies death orders

Confronted with photos of a 13 year-old boy's tortured and mutilated body, Syria's dictator denies any wrongdoing.

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Photos: Pearl Harbor Day: Japan Attacks U.S. Naval Base

Photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor that changed America.

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Japan’s car makers try to rev-up domestic market

Franck Robichon / EPA Toyota’s concept car ‘Fun-Vii’ is displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday. Click on the photo to see a complete SLIDESHOW of the concept cars on display at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show

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Muslim Brotherhood bends rules and expects to win big in Egypt

Stringer/Egypt / Reuters Women holding umbrellas stand in line during rain under an election poster by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood “The Freedom and Justice Party’” outside a polling station as they wait to cast their votes during parliamentary elections in Alexandria on Monday.

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