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World powers mulling fresh Iran sanctions: US, Britain
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2008Six world powers agreed Wednesday to consider new sanctions on Iran after Tehran gave an ambiguous answer to their latest demand to freeze key nuclear work, the United States and Britain said. Washington and London said the diplomatic P5+1 group -- which includes fellow permanent UN Security Council members China, France, and Russia as well as partner Germany -- agreed it had "no choice" but ... more Iran nuke showdown: Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 The Islamic Republic of Iran once again has been offered a choice of accepting the terms of the "Iranian Six" or suffering inevitable sanctions with the possibility of a "small" war. The six powers involved are the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany. The Western powers gave Iran two weeks from July 19 to respond to their offer to hold off more U.N. ... more South China evacuates nearly 400,000 as storm approaches 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2008China evacuated nearly 400,000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port as a severe tropical storm lashed its southern coast late Wednesday, state media and government agencies said. Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri made landfall in China's Guangdong province, packing strong winds, the local weather observatory was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency. There were ... more China inflation to ease to 5.5 percent: official 
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 6, 2008China's consumer inflation is expected to ease to 5.5 percent in the third quarter and 4.5 percent in the last three months of the year, a senior official said Wednesday. The 2008 consumer inflation rate is likely to stand between six and seven percent, Xu Lianzhong, head of the National Development and Reform Commission's price office, wrote in an opinion piece in the China Securities ... more Quake kills three in China's Sichuan: report 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2008A 6.0-magnitude earthquake killed three people in southwest China's Sichuan province as the Olympic torch passed through the area on its final leg before reaching Beijing, state media said Wednesday. At least 22 people were injured in the quake on Tuesday, one of the strongest since a devastating tremor hit the region in May, the China News Service reported. The quake struck shortly ... more |
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Seoul, Korea (SPX) Aug 06, 2008The satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region is "on the move" with the increasing demand for High Definition Television (HDTV) broadcast and turnaround services, the opening of Direct-to-Home (DTH) markets in China and India, and with a number of broadband services via satellite significantly increasing in Asian countries and Australia. Experts from the international satellite ... more 6.0 magnitude quake hits China's Sichuan, one dead
Beijing (AFP) Aug 5, 2008A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit China's southwest Sichuan province on Tuesday, close to the area that was devastated by a quake in May, the US Geological Survey said. One person was killed and 23 others were injured in the tremor in Qingchuan County in Sichuan, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a local official. The quake's epicentre was 48 kilometres (30 miles) northwest ... more China sets up first environmental exchange 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 5, 2008China on Tuesday launched its first environmental exchange in Beijing, aiming to eventually provide a platform for emission quota trading, the parent company and state media said. The Beijing Environmental Exchange will be a trading platform for environmental protection technology as well as sulfur dioxide and chemical oxygen demand emission permits, the China Beijing Equity Exchange said in ... more GyPSii Social Networking Goes Mobile In China On Ramar Phones 
Salo, Finland (SPX) Aug 05, 2008GeoSentric Oyj's has announced an agreement with Chinese mobile handset company Ramar International Co. Ltd. Launching into one of the world's fastest growing mobile marketplaces, Ramar will embed the GyPSii location and social networking application on the forthcoming range of "amsam" Windows Mobile devices, delivering a new range of location-based features and services to consumers. ... more |
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London (AFP) Aug 4, 2008British oil and gas explorer Imperial Energy said on Monday that it had received a second takeover approach from an unnamed party, reported to be Chinese energy giant Sinopec. "In response to further press speculation, the board of Imperial confirms that it has received another approach in relation to a possible cash offer for the company," Imperial said in a statement. "There can be no ... more China To Release 700 Hours Of Chang'e-1 Data 
Beijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2008China will release over 700 hours of data sent back by the Chang'e-1 satellite to domestic authorized users and the European Space Agency, according to the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) on Friday. As of 2 p.m. on Friday, the country's first moon probe satellite had sent back more than 700 hours of data to two ground receiving station ... more 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
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