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PARIS - European leaders wrapped up a one-day meeting in Brussels early Thursday calling for growth and for Greece to remain in the euro currency union. But they delivered few specifics on the way forward and are sharply divided on some new measures, like eurobonds.  Speaking to reporters after a European Union dinner meeting in Brussels, the EU's president Herman Van Rumpoy said leaders were united on a three-pronged growth strategy. "First, we need to mobilize EU ...

Chen Guangfu, the brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, is reported to have fled his tightly-guarded village in northeast China to seek legal advice on how to protect his son from what he says are retaliatory criminal charges. Media reports say Chen met with a lawyer in Beijing Thursday after sneaking out of his home in Shandong province, in what is the second dramatic escape from the police guarding his family in less than a month. His brother, Chen Guangcheng, fled ...