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Tibetan exiles participate in a candlelit vigil in solidarity after reports of 52-year-old Tamdrin Dorjee's self-immolation in Tsoe Monastery in northwestern China's Gansu province, in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.

Tibetan Self-Immolates in Protest Against Chinese Rule

VOA's Tibetan service reports Tamdrin Dorjee killed himself near the Tsoe monastery in northwest Gansu province More

Pakistani men check the damage caused by a car bomb explosion, while army soldiers gather at the site in the town of Darra Adam Khel in the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, October 13, 2012.

Several Killed in Pakistan Market Blast

15 killed, 30 other people wounded in blast in Darra Adam Khel in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near Afghanistan More

Women supporters of a Pakistani religious group 'Minhaj-ul-Quran' hold a poster of schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, 14, who was shot on Tuesday by the Taliban, during a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 13, 2012.

Pakistanis Pray for Recovery of Girl Shot by Taliban

Malala Yousafzai internationally recognized for promoting education for girls, documenting Taliban atrocities in area near Swat Valley More

An employee stands next to a container ship at Ningbo port in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, June 21, 2012.

China's Exports Rise Nearly 10 Percent

Chinese government says trade surplus in world’s second largest economy was $27.7 billion in September More

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) and IMFC Chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam hold a joint news conference at the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Tokyo, October 13, 2012.

IMF Urges Decisive Action on Debt by US, Europe

Leaders of International Monetary Fund issue communique acknowledging economic growth is decelerating, amid risk and uncertainty More



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Video Number of Chinese Students in US Dramatically Expands

The number of students from China studying at universities across the United States has increased dramatically. According to some statistics, the number of undergraduate students from China in the U.S. has doubled in the last two years. Economists say the trend is due, in large part, to a growing middle class in China. VOA's Elizabeth Lee reports from Los Angeles county, with one of the largest Chinese student populations in the U.S. - totaling more than 4000 students.

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