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Taiwan storm death toll rises to 18
Taipei (AFP) July 19, 2008Thousands of workers continued search and rescue operations Saturday after Tropical Storm Kalmaegi wreaked havoc across Taiwan, leaving at least 18 people dead and seven missing, officials said. The casualties from floods and mudslides were reported in worst-hit central and southern Taiwan, where up to 1,000 millimetres (39 inches) of rain fell in less than two days, said the National Fire ... more Thousands evacuated as storm hits China: state media 
Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2008China evacuated 360,000 people and called 61,000 fishing boats back to shore as Tropical Storm Kalmaegi, which killed at least six people in Taiwan, hit the east coast, state media reported Friday. Kalmaegi made landfall in Fujian province at 6:10 pm (1010 GMT), packing winds of 90 kilometres (55 miles) an hour, Xinhua news agency said quoting the provincial meteorological station. ... more China loses WTO car parts case against US 
Geneva (AFP) July 18, 2008The World Trade Organisation on Friday said it had ruled against China in a complaint brought by the United States over Chinese import tariffs on car parts. The WTO's dispute settlement panel urged China to bring what it termed "inconsistent measures ... into conformity with its obligations." Beijing has a minimum local content requirement of 60 percent for home produced cars. If this ... more China Southern Airlines managers take paycut due to oil prices 
Shanghai (AFP) July 18, 2008China Southern Airlines said its management would take a 10 percent pay cut as part of a plan to reduce costs amid rising fuel prices and falling passenger numbers. The wide-ranging plan would save the nation's largest carrier by fleet size 1.3 billion yuan (190.3 million dollars) this year, it said in a statement. China Southern also plans to cut costs by reducing spending and fuel ... more Analysis: Is the future green for China? 
Beijing (UPI) Jul 20, 2008China recently overtook the United States as the world's biggest carbon polluter, but in a nation known for its dirty technology, a surprising business trend is emerging: green entrepreneurs. As China booms, the country has relied heavily on coal and other fossil fuels to push its economy into a whole different league. Rising energy demand has led to an increase in coal consumption ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) July 17, 2008Powerful wind and torrential rain disrupted air traffic and forced offices and schools to close in Taiwan Thursday as Typhoon Kalmaegi approached the island. Kalmaegi was 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Hualien on the east coast at 9:00 pm (1300 GMT), packing winds of up to 108 kilometres an hour, Taiwan's weather bureau said. Television images showed residents in Hualien city and ... more China quake zone govt to sell luxury HQ after outcry: report 
Beijing (AFP) July 17, 2008The capital of China's quake-hit Sichuan province has bowed to public pressure and will auction off its luxurious new government headquarters to aid the recovery effort, state media said Thursday. Proceeds from the sale of the controversial Chengdu city government building will go towards rehousing quake victims and for reconstruction, the China Youth Daily quoted He Huazhang, head of the ... more Taiwan to continue arms build-up despite US sales freeze: gov't 
Taipei (AFP) July 17, 2008Taiwan said Thursday it would keep pushing for the procurement of self-defensive weapons from the United States despite Washington's recent decision to freeze arms sales to the island. "We'll step up communications with the United States," the island's leading arms supplier, defence ministry spokeswoman Chi Yu-lan told AFP without elaborating. Another defence ministry official who ... more Water cut in Chinese city after toxic spill: state media 
Beijing (AFP) July 17, 2008A spill of poisonous mining waste forced officials in a northeastern Chinese city to cut off water supplies earlier this week over safety concerns, state media said on Thursday. Water in Donggang, a city of 150,000 people, was cut off on Tuesday when a sluice pipe burst at a nearby mine, sending tailings containing poisonous cyanogen pouring into a reservoir, Xinhua news agency said. ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) July 16, 2008Storm Kalmaegi has gained momentum as it approaches Taiwan, threatening the island's east, the Central Weather Bureau said Wednesday. The edge of the storm may hit eastern Taiwan and unleash downpours in the east and north, an official at the bureau said. "Ships sailing on the Bashih Channel and waters east of Taiwan must heighten their vigilance," the official said. The storm was 37 ... more Brazil agribusiness wants looser ties to China, India in WTO talks 
Brasilia (AFP) July 16, 2008Brazil's powerful agribusiness sector on Wednesday called for the country to step away from an alliance with China and India in WTO talks next week to concentrate on securing immediate farm trade deals. "The most productive sector in the Brazilian economy must not be held back by the drive to secure a greater trade opening for less competitive sectors," the Permanent Forum for Agricultural ... more Air China says it is to buy 45 Boeing aircraft 
Shanghai (AFP) July 16, 2008Flagship carrier Air China said its board has approved an agreement to buy 15 Boeing 777 and 30 Boeing 737 aircraft in a deal that would be worth several billion dollars. The catalogue price of the 45 planes is approximately 6.3 billion dollars but Air China said it expects Boeing to grant price concessions which will lower the overall cost, the carrier said in a statement late Tuesday. ... more Analysis: Nuclear revival without Germany 
Berlin (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 Global warming and rising energy prices have sparked a worldwide renaissance of nuclear energy -- but not in Germany, where the grand coalition government is still bickering over the planned phase-out of nuclear power by 2021. The United States, China, India, Russia, France, Canada, Britain, Finland, Sweden -- the list of countries aiming to build new nuclear power plants or at least ... more
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