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lines are good" but "we really need to receive assurances that they are going to continue to make good progress."
• Clinton arrived in Kolkata on Sunday after visits to China and Bangladesh.
• The official said India had recently stepped up imports of oil from Saudi Arabia to make up for the reduction in Iranian oil and that the U.S. was eager to see the Indians explore other alternatives.
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• BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke's key role in a recent crisis over a blind legal activist has put him on the front lines of U.S. concerns about China's embattled dissident community.
• Activist Chen Guangcheng's sudden escape from house arrest and a U.S. decision to give him sanctuary in the U.S. Embassy gave Locke his first crisis as ambassador, made him a target of criticism from Beijing

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