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BEIJING – A proposed Chinese anti-secession law would authorize Beijing (search) to take military action to stop rival Taiwan from pursuing formal independence if peaceful persuasion fails, a leader of China’s parliament said Tuesday. Wang Zhaoguo (search), reading out the proposed law for the first time before a meeting of …

LONDON – Prime Minister Tony Blair (search), who is struggling to pass a sweeping new anti-terrorism law, insisted Wednesday he was acting on the advice of Britain’s security services and would not water down his proposals. Defending his Prevention of Terrorism Bill (search), Blair said authorities needed the power to …

Two Houston cops seem to have gone gaga over an attractive drunk-driving suspect. Patrolman Christopher Green stands accused of downloading nude photos of the woman and showing them off in the county courthouse. His partner, Patrolman George Miller, allegedly called the woman to ask her out on a date, reports …