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 Koror (AFP) June 10, 2009 
The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to temporarily resettle up to 17 Chinese Uighurs from the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, in an unlikely resolution to years of legal limbo. Uighur activists welcomed the deal but voiced concern for the future of the men, whose new home would be distant both geographically and culturally from the mountains and deserts of their native ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) June 9, 2009China said Tuesday that President Hu Jintao would attend the first official BRIC summit in Russia, during which the reform of international financial institutions would be high on the agenda. Hu will leave China on Sunday for a five-day trip to Yekaterinburg in western Russia, high level officials at the foreign ministry told reporters. The trip will also incorporate a meeting on June 15 ... more
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Paris (AFP) June 10, 2009Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors. Seismologists installed movement sensors in boreholes at depths of 200-270 metres (650-870 feet) in eastern Taiwan, monitoring a spot where two mighty plates, the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian plate, bump and jostle in an oblique ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2009Torrential rains pummelling south China have left 16 dead or missing this week, destroyed thousands of houses and forced the evacuation of more than 172,000 people, the government said Wednesday. The government ordered flood prevention measures amid mounting fatalities and economic losses resulting from heavy downpours. "The southern region of our nation has entered the flood season ... more  
Taipei (AFP) June 9, 2009President Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday suggested that Taiwan adopt the simplified character set used in writing in China, in yet another indication of the island's moving closer to its former arch-rival. "We hope the two sides can reach a consensus on (learning to) read standard characters while writing in the simplified ones," Ma told a visiting delegation of US-based Taiwanese community leaders ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 9, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao is to visit Russia next week to take part in the first-ever summit of leaders of BRIC countries, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Hu will leave China on Sunday for a five-day trip to Yekaterinburg in western Russia, which will also incorporate a state visit and regional security meeting, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement. The summit of ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2009China said Wednesday it had stopped importing some car models made by French automaker Renault due to "safety problems." After recent checks, the nation's safety watchdog said it had found some of the cars imported into the country did not conform with China's standards and regulations, according to a statement posted on its website. "There are severe hidden safety problems," the ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 9, 2009The announcement from little-known Chinese company Tengzhong that it wants to buy the Hummer brand from troubled General Motors has led many to question just how plausible the deal really is. What has perplexed Chinese analysts the most is the company's lack of expertise in either international trade or making automobiles. "Tengzhong is just a privately owned company that has no ... more  
Stockholm (AFP) June 8, 2009World military spending hit a new record in 2008, boosted by the Iraq war, the return of Russia as a global player and the emergence of China, a Swedish think tank said in its annual report Monday. World arms expenditure totalled 1.464 trillion dollars last year, a rise of 45 percent from a decade ago and representing 2.4 percent of global gross domestic product or 217 dollars for every ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 8, 2009Rescuers digging through landslide debris in southwestern China have found seven bodies but 65 people were still missing as rains threatened search efforts, the government said Monday. Rescuers had resorted to blasting through debris at the landslide scene in the Chongqing region in a frantic bid to find survivors of Friday's disaster, in which a whole mountainside collapsed onto several ... more |
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