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Chen Guangcheng Prepares to Fly to the U.S.

On Saturday, Chen Guangcheng, who has spent two weeks in a hospital in Beijing after escaping de facto house arrest in Shandong Province and then seeking refuge in the U.S. Embassy, is reportedly at Beijing Airport preparing to fly to the U.S. From the AP: Chen Guangcheng told The Associated Press that he has left the hospital where he’d been staying and is at the Beijing airport. He expects