A former president of China, Jiang Zemin, appears in public for the first time since rumours spread that he may have died.

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China’s Jiang in rare appearance

For the first time since 1958.

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French Left Wins Senate Majority

The Dow closed below 12,000 for the first time since March, suggesting that one of the few bright spots for the United States economy may be starting to fade.

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Stocks and Bonds: Stocks Plunge Amid Fears That Global Economy Is Slowing

Swansea seal their place in the top flight for the first time since 1983 after a Scott Sinclair hat-trick helps them beat Reading in the Championship play-off final.

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Reading 2-4 Swansea

Egypt relaxes Gaza border restrictions, allowing many Palestinians to cross for the first time since ousted President Hosni Mubarak shut the crossing.

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Egypt eases Gaza border blockade

Rapper Eminem and teen star Justin Bieber win six prizes each at the Billboard Music Awards, held for the first time since 2006.

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Award wins for Eminem and Bieber

The Scottish Parliament is sitting for the first time since the SNP’s landslide victory in last week’s election.

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Parliament sits after SNP victory

There was a joyous reunion at an animal shelter in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Monday. Two-year-old mixed breed Ban was reunited with her owner for the first time since the tsunami struck last month. (April 4)

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Lost dog reunites with owner after tsunami

Watch the whole news conference as England captain John Terry faces the media for the first time since replacing Rio Ferdinand as captain.

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Princeton’s Douglas Davis hit a leaning jump shot at the buzzer to give the Tigers a trip to the N.C.A.A. tournament for the first time since 2004 with a wild victory over Harvard.

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Princeton 63, Harvard 62: Princeton Beats Harvard at Buzzer

It seems hardly anyone is happy with their government these days. In Ireland, voters rejected the Fianna Fail party, denying them a place in government for the first time in 13 years, and a significant place in parliament for the first time since 1932….

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Ireland Ousts Old Government

Brent crude oil hits $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008 on concerns about the political unrest in Egypt.

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Brent crude oil price hits $100

For the first time since she was shot eight days ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. Doctors say she has been breathing on her own since she was shot, and now no longer needs a breathing tube. They…

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Giffords’ Status Upgraded to Serious

For the first time since 2008, China’s President Hu Jintao gave an interview with The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, just before his state visit to Washington. He wrote his answers to the media, telling the Post that it’s important for…

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Hu Jintao Hopes for ‘Common Ground’

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the Pentagon is confronting the reality that inexorable increases in defense spending are no longer a sure thing and that cuts that actually shrink the military’s bottom line could be on the horizon.

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Pentagon faces new budget reality