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WASHINGTON – The United States, which has been coping with a record-high trade deficit with China, welcomed the rise in that country’s currency. “Greater flexibility in China’s exchange rate is something we’ve long advocated,” Treasury Department spokesman Tony Fratto said Monday in response to the appreciation in China’s currency, called …

MANCHESTER, England – Police on Wednesday arrested nine people suspected of giving support to terrorism outside Britain, Greater Manchester Police said. Police served warrants at a number of addresses beginning at 3 a.m. local time, the force said. About 500 officers were involved in the operation, and searches were continuing …

RICHMOND, Va. – The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial to determine whether a death row inmate is mentally retarded, making him ineligible for capital punishment. The justices said that the first jury charged with determining Daryl Atkins‘ mental state should not have been told that he …