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Jamaicans sweep sprints at Diamond League meet

May 18

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Jason Richardson of the United States, leads in men's 110 meter hurdles as his compatriot Aries Merritt, left, in the back, stops racing at the Diamond League Track and Field competition in Shanghai, China, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

SHANGHAI (AP) — Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women’s 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men’s 200.

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Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders

May 16

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In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013 photo, workers are silhouetted at a construction site of a residential project in Rizhao city in east China's Shandong province. President Xi Jinping and other leaders have pledged to make the economy more productive but have yet to make clear how far they will go in curbing the dominance of state industry and making other changes reform advocates say are required. It is a politically thorny challenge but reform might be driven by slowing growth and concern about tensions due to a lack of new jobs. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan’s business making toy animals.

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