| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Blind Chinese activist escapes custody | | A prominent blind Chinese activist has made a dramatic escape from house arrest in Shandong province and fled to Beijing, a friend and fellow activist says. |
| 14 bin Laden relatives deported | | Fourteen members of Osama bin Laden's family were deported to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan Friday, less than a week ahead of the first anniversary of his death at the hands of U.S. commandos. |
| Explosions hit Syrian capital | | Syrian government officials and the opposition traded accusations over escalated cease-fire violations as a fragile peace deal implemented two weeks ago continued to unravel Friday. |
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