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Chinese Students Face Up to 7 Years in Prison for Cheating on College-Entrance Exams
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
Photographing the Children of Incarcerated Parents
By Isadora Kosofsky
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Democracies confront their misdeeds, not conceal them
By Alex Abdo
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By Hannah Beech / Jakarta
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Five of the convicts were awaiting execution
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“In America, we believe in redemption”
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
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By Corky Siemaszko / NBC News
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