BBC News 19 January 2011 Last updated at 08:52 ET

China and US seek common groundThe US and Chinese flags fly on a lamppost along Pennsylvania Avenue near the US Capitol in Washington

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Barack Obama will try to tackle thorny issues, on the Chinese leader's first day of a state visit to the US.


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An army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass rape of at least 50 women.

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