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Mitt Romney reportedly has angered Palestinians with his comments about their economy and his pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem... "Yesterday, he destroyed negotiations by saying Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and today he is saying Israeli culture is more advanced than Palestinian culture. Isn't this racism?" Erekat said.

China told foreign embassies Tuesday to stop publishing their own reports on air quality in the country, escalating its objections to a popular U.S. Embassy Twitter feed that tracks pollution in smoggy Beijing.

The Chinese activist who left the refuge of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said Thursday that he regrets the move and pleads for Hillary Clinton's help to get into the United States.

Is it legal to give sanctuary to a dissident? Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy in Beijing after taking refuge there for a week. Chinese officials have accused the US of breaking the law and demanded an apology. Why?

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese lawyer who fled his captors last week and sought U.S. protection, has been moved to a hospital in Beijing. The drama unfolded on the eve of Thursday?s start of two-day talks between senior Chinese and U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.

The U.S. and Chinese governments maintained their official silence Saturday on the whereabouts of the blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, but local and overseas activists said the two sides were locked in a delicate diplomatic negotiation over the fate of the dissident who fled from house arrest last Sunday and is thought to be in Beijing under U.S. protection.

An Afghan employee killed a U.S. citizen and wounded another at an annex of the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, a spokesman said Monday.

American officials have blamed the bold attack on the U.S. Embassy on a Pakistan-based group allied with the Taliban.

The WikiLeaks website crashed Tuesday in an apparent cyberattack after the accelerated publication of tens of thousands of once-secret State Department cables by the anti-secrecy organization raised new concerns about the exposure of confidential U.S. embassy sources.

The United States is studying ways to support Egypt's economy following Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, the U.S. embassy said on Monday after a U.S. newspaper said Washington had decided to provide $1 billion in debt relief.