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www.npr.org — On Feb 15, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sets out for her first foreign trip as America's top diplomat. With special U.S. envoys already traveling in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Clinton decided to head to Asia, including a visit to China.

news.rednet.cn — China doesn't play when it comes to embezzlement! Li Dalun, former Party Secretary of Chenzhou, was given a death sentence with two years' probation, and had his personal property confiscated for accepting bribes totaling 14 million yuan ($2 million) and possessing unaccountable assets worth 18 million yuan, the Changsha intermediate people's court ruled yesterday.