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Above: Rebel supporters attend a mass rally, to bolster morale, in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Wednesday. Below: Chen Xiaodong, head of the Foreign Ministry's department of West Asian and North African affairs, talks to reporters in Benghazi on Wednesday after meeting with Libya's National Transitional Council deputy chief Ali Essawi. This was the second official meeting between Chinese officials and Libyan opposition leaders in less than a month. See stories on page 12. Photos by Gianluigi Guercia / Agence France-Presse, and Xinhua
BEIJING - Passenger vehicle sales are well on the road to recovery, after stalling in April and May, with 5.3 percent year-on-year growth in the first six months of 2011.
Nation
Beijing - It has been written that rugby is a sport for thugs played by gentlemen. Liu Yan is neither, but that has not stopped her from attempting to take the game to another level in China.
Metro Beijing
BEIJING - A boy who suffered severe burns to his face and hands may have to spend the next 10 years or more in a full surgical mask, said his parents on Thursday.
Comment
African Union should take a leading role in the continent's affairs and in finding a peaceful solution to Libya crisis
Taiwan Special
CAMP SALERNO, Afghanistan - Who says soldiering is a young man's game?
World
BEIJING / NEW YORK - US-listed Chinese companies are taking action to fight fraud allegations made by short sellers such as Muddy Waters Research of the US.
Business
WASHINGTON - Christine Lagarde went through 18 hours of briefing on her first day as the first female managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since its creation in 1944.
Motoring
Before the power couple of Sun Haiying and Lu Liping became the de facto spokespersons for homophobia in China, they were representatives of a style of performance art that is rooted in the old traditions yet connected with modern audiences. Lu Liping was thrust into the eye of the latest storm when her gay-bashing slur on her micro blog was reposted and rebuked by famed Taiwan television host Kevin Tsai, who is openly gay. Before that, she was perceived by the public as the proverbial "white face", the appeaser who pulled her husband away from trouble-causing situations. Yes, Sun is a bigot, the public seemed to agree, but Lu is not and it is a pity she married a person like him.
Life
CAP FREHEL, France - As a former victim himself, Cadel Evans is unlikely to take any joy from seeing rivals for the Tour de France yellow jersey crash out of the race.