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What kind of an eater are you?

From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
China's growing military might: top 4 concerns for the Pentagon

In a report issued this week, the Department of Defense for the first time directly accused China’s military of using cyberattacks to spy on US networks. In this arena and others, “China’s military buildup shows no signs of slowing,” said David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia, who presented the report.Here are Pentagon officials’ top four concerns as they carefully monitor the growth of China’s military.
Fortune 500: Top 10 companies in 2013

Fortune has released its annual list of the largest corporations in the United States, and there were a few notable changes in this year’s group. Here are the Top 10.
Top 5 bull markets since 1929

The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?

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Tough talk about America's oil addiction

A new book questions dreams of energy independence.
China – in the arms of Love

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
China moves quickly in quake zone

The country's deadliest quake in three decades hit central China Monday.
The Oreo invades Britain

What fresh vulgarity have the Yanks brought now? Milk dunking!
Global scrutiny follows reports of Chinese nuclear base

The naval buildup on Hainan appears to be part of Beijing's long-range plan to increase its military presence, but the new base has alarmed neighboring countries and the US.
Supreme Court declines to hear asylum case involving forced abortion

Unresolved: Can spouses of victims of China's population control claim harm if they weren't officially married?
Sweet sorghum eyed for biofuel
A leg up on learning Chinese

One of the latest trends in American child care is Chinese au pairs.
Fingerprints as unique as we are

Humans may share similarities, but everyone's fingerprints are one of a kind.
U.S. to mine N. Korean papers for answers, progress

A US diplomat returns from talks in Pyongyang Monday with 18,000 pages supplied by North Korea on its nuclear facilities.
Burma (Myanmar): An unbending junta still blocks aid

The military regime views foreign aid workers as potential spies or activists' allies.
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Burma (Myanmar) aid logjam riles donors

UN members rejected a proposal Thursday to forgo junta permission and force aid in.
At Tokyo meeting, China and Japan lay groundwork for better ties

Ping pong and pandas buoyed the five-day visit, but tougher issues, such as disputes over energy exploration, went unresolved.
Junta in Burma (Myanmar) presses ahead with vote, rebuffs most aid efforts

Critics say the junta's May 10 constitutional referendum is meant to enshrine military rule. Pledges of assistance continued to grow Friday.
How aggression got such a bad name

A word that hangs over the history of Asia is a reminder that words don't always mean what their roots suggest they should.
Beijing not alone when it comes to Olympic disputes

Controversy – from Black Power salutes to boycotts – is often what's remembered.
Disaster may loosen junta's grip in Burma (Myanmar)

A May 10 poll could underscore how unpopular the regime is, as it slowly opens to foreign aid.
Beijing not alone when it comes to Olympic disputes

Controversy – from Black Power salutes to boycotts – is often what's remembered.
World
Opinion: Israel at 60: So vilified, yet so deserving of praise

The world should appreciate what it has accomplished.
Digesting China

The tale of an English girl who 'went to China, ate everything, and was sometimes surprised at the consequences.'
China, Food and Olympics
I was tortured in a Chinese prison. Now I'm marching for freedom.

When it comes to human rights, silence is not golden.
Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan boosts warming trend

Hu Jintao will play ping-pong and talk pandas and energy. The visit comes as strains over interpretations of history appear to be easing.