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Yahoo board re-elected after blasting by shareholders
San Jose, California (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Yahoo executives were resoundingly re-elected Friday after being berated by shareholders over failed takeover talks with Microsoft and for exposing Internet dissidents to Chinese officials. Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang got 85.4 percent of the votes cast by shareholders while board chairman Roy Bostock got the support of 79.5 percent of the shareholders. The weakest support was shown ... more Gasps, nervousness greet total solar eclipse 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Thousands of people gathered across Arctic regions, Siberia and China on Friday to see a total eclipse of the sun, despite Chinese warnings that it could augur bad luck. Tourists and local residents lined the banks of the River Ob in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, screaming with delight as the Moon fully obscured the Sun and the sky went dark, Russian television stations reported. ... more Moderate quake hits southwest China, 231 hurt 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2008A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, close to the area devastated by a massive tremor in May that left nearly 70,000 dead. Chinese state media quoted local officials as saying that 231 people were hurt in the quake, which struck 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of Mianyang, which was severely hit by the 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12. ... more 300 Tibetans detained in Nepal: police 
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) Aug 3, 2008Police in Nepal said Sunday they have detained at least 300 Tibetan protesters outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu. The protesters were quickly bundled into waiting vans as they tried to march towards the main gate of the embassy shouting "China liar, Free Tibet," an AFP reporter at the scene said. "We have rounded up more than 300 Tibetans," Ramesh Thapa, a senior police officer ... more China mine death toll rises to 30: report 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2008The death toll from a flooded mine in southern China has risen to 30 after search teams recovered more bodies, state media reported Sunday. The teams have now found 23 bodies of the 29 miners still missing in the Nadu coal mine in Guangxi Zhuang region, press agency Xinhua reported, citing rescue officials. Seven people had been previously confirmed dead and 21 people were rescued when ... more |
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London (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Full-scale car production resumed at Britain's Longbridge auto plant under its Chinese owners on Friday, reviving the factory in central England which was mothballed when MG Rover went bankrupt in 2005. Full-volume production of the two-seater MG TF LE500 sports car was underway at the facility in Birmingham, Britain's second city, giving a much-needed boost to the country's motor industry. ... more New US defense strategy centers on 'long war' 
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2008A new defense strategy released Thursday places the "long war" against extremism above potential conventional challenges from China and Russia as the top priority of the US military in the coming years. "For the foreseeable future, winning the Long War against violent extremist movements will be the central objective of the US," the strategy paper said. The document encapsulates a shift ... more Five dead as storm wreaks havoc in China 
Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2008Five people were killed and tens of thousands moved to safety as tropical storm Fung-wong lashed eastern and southern China, state media reported Thursday. Four people were found dead in eastern Jiangsu province, while one person died and four were still missing in the southern province of Guangdong, Xinhua news agency reported. The storm has caused a trail of devastation across the ... more China's Export Trade Impacts Climate 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Carnegie Mellon University's Christopher L. Weber argues that China's new title as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter is at least partly due to consumption of Chinese goods in the West. As the world's greatest athletes prepare to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, there is increasing concern from some athletes about the growing pollution caused by smoke and smog from ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 30, 2008 The worries of neighboring countries about China are on the rise. Therefore, the top priority of the new Kuomintang government in Taiwan is to strengthen its strategic relations with the United States and Japan and rebuild strategic mutual trust. This kind of trust between Taiwan, the United States and Japan has been greatly jeopardized over the last eight years. In rebuilding its ... more China has 'nothing to fear' from Internet: White House 
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2008US President George W. Bush said China has "nothing to fear" from Internet freedom, after Beijing sparked an uproar with its plans to censor the Internet during the Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. "President Bush has long said that China has nothing to fear from greater access to the Internet or to the press or from more religious freedom and human freedom and human rights," press ... more China earmarks 200 mln dollars to rebuild schools in quake zone 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2008China has earmarked nearly 200 million dollars to repair and rebuild schools damaged in a devastating magnitude-8.0 quake that struck the country's southwest in May, state media said Wednesday. The finance ministry has allocated 1.34 billion yuan (196 million dollars) to rebuild schools in badly-hit areas in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, the Beijing Times reported. It has also ... more Teacher sent to labour camp for China quake photos 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2008A teacher in southwest China has been sent to a labour camp for publicising photos of school buildings that collapsed in the devastating May 12 earthquake, a rights group said Wednesday. Liu Shaokun was jailed without trial after posting photos on the Internet showing schools flattened in the magnitude-8.0 quake in Sichuan province, the New York-based Human Rights in China said. Liu's ... more
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