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WASHINGTON — She wasn’t exactly helping her boss broker Mideast peace, but somebody’s got to pick out color schemes. Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin took on some unusual duties while working for the then-secretary of state in 2012 — apparently including arranging an event honoring famed designer Oscar de la Renta at the Clinton library in Little Rock, Ark. Huma was being paid by US taxpayers, but that didn’t stop her from sending an email from her State Department account about the fete for the old Clinton buddy. “I have the packet with the floor, pantone [color] options and...

1 Killed, 60 Injured in China Protest By AUDRA ANG 03.13.07, 7:53 AM ET A student was killed and at least 60 people were injured in central China when villagers armed with bricks and rocks clashed with baton-wielding police over rising bus fares, witnesses and news reports said Tuesday. Residents in Zhushan, a village in Hunan province, began gathering around a government building Friday to protest the new price of public bus tickets, said Jiang Zhaoyuan, who saw the demonstration that lasted through the weekend. The price had doubled over the Chinese New Year holiday in February. The crowd swelled...