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    Sang-Moon Bae won the Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke lead.

  • On Saturday, April 27, 2013, a Buddhist (right) and a Muslim man a barricade they set up about a month earlier in Mingalar Taung Nyunt township in Yangon, Myanmar. As sectarian violence sweeps the country, threatening to destabilize its fragile democracy, fearful residents are taking charge of their own security. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

    South Asian Muslims blame racism for attacks by Buddhists

    Buddhists and Muslims are clashing with increasing ferocity in Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka, where minority Islamic ethnic groups blame racism by majority Buddhists more than religious intolerance.

  • **FILE** John Brennan (Associated Press)

    CIA appoints new spy chief, bypasses woman who ran secret jails

    CIA Director John O. Brennan has selected a new head for the agency's spy service, passing over the acting director, a woman considered by many as tainted through her leadership of the agency's abandoned program for detaining and interrogating suspect terrorists.

  • 12-year-old misses China cut, Ilonen shoots 63

    The youngest player to compete on the European Tour missed the cut, while Mikko Ilonen of Finland tied the course record with a 9-under 63 Friday for a three-shot lead at the China Open.

  • Illustration Empowering Workers by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    MCKENNA: Defending U.S. intellectual property

    There are few things U.S. workers value more than protecting the fruits of their labor and creativity. On Friday — World Intellectual Property Day — businesses across sectors and throughout the country celebrate American innovation, the millions of high-paying jobs it creates and the invaluable role it plays in rebuilding our economy.

  • Golf Capsules

    Lucas Glover made an 18-foot birdie putt on his final hole Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Boo Weekley after the second round of the Zurich Classic.

  • Ecclestone: Brazil will remain on F1 calendar

    Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone insists the Brazilian Grand Prix will remain at Interlagos, saying he has received assurances from the mayor of Sao Paulo that long-demanded upgrades to the circuit will take place.

  • ** FILE ** A small boat belonging to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico. The Carnival Triumph has been floating aimlessly about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula since a fire erupted in the aft engine room a day earlier, knocking out the ship's propulsion system. No one was injured and the fire was extinguished. (Associated Press/U.S. Coast Guard)

    Beleaguered Carnival Cruise Lines to expand into Asia

    Carnival Cruise Lines, which has been plagued by a string of technical problems that have left passengers stranded at port and at sea, is nonetheless moving to expand its operations.

  • Wiratchant the latest Thai to make it to Masters

    Thaworn Wiratchant is happy by nature, and on this day his smile was as wide as the fairways at Augusta National.

  • Tiger Woods, left, chats with amateur Tianlang Guan, of China, on the driving range during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament Monday, April 8, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

    Masters 2013: Tianlang Guan isn't in high school yet, but he's playing Augusta

    Tianlang has been acclimating himself to Augusta for three weeks, playing a couple of rounds each week at the National. He’s gotten to know the course as well as he can, but there’s only so much a 5-foot-9 kid who’s bulked up 12 pounds since November to 143 pounds can do on a 7,435-yard course.

  • Young Master: Chinese 14-year-old looking for fun

    Guan Tianlang is in good company this week at Augusta National.

  • ** FILE ** In this Thursday, March 21, 2013 file photo, armed Myanmar police officers provide security around a smoldering building following ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila, Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP File Photo)

    Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms

    Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were lauded by visiting Western leaders, and the nation's president was hailed as a hero. But spasms of spreading, communal violence show the reform path is bumpier than expected and have taken the sheen off a foreign policy success of the Obama administration's first term.

  • Thai police investigate TV show about monarchy

    Thai police said Thursday that they are investigating whether a television show featuring a rare debate on the role of Thailand's monarchy violated strict laws against insulting the royal family.

  • Experts suspect North behind SKorea computer crash

    A cyberattack caused computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters to crash simultaneously Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines across the country and prompting speculation of North Korean involvement.

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