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Russia on Tuesday called for a solution to resume six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme as China said it was ready to work with its partners to bring the communist state back to dialogue. "It is very important ... to find solutions acceptable for all parties" to restart negotiations on the denuclearisation of the North, Grigory Logvinov, deputy head of Moscow's delegation to ... read more
Vienna (AFP) Sept 8, 2009A new era of US diplomacy under Barack Obama is providing fresh momentum for a global ban on nuclear tests, monitors in a UN-backed group said Tuesday. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), drawn up in 1996, has been signed by 181 countries and ratified by 149. But it needs to be ratified by nine others, including China and the United States, before coming into force. ... more
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China's Tencent posts forecast-beating Q1 revenue on gaming growth Equity markets swing as China-US trade euphoria fades Baidu plans self-driving taxi tests in Europe this year Colombia joins Belt and Road initiative as China courts Latin America Latin America mourns world's 'poorest president' Mujica, dead at 89 Bogota hails 'historic' China-Colombia Belt and Road deal Cambodia, China begin largest-ever military drills China, Colombia sign deal on Belt and Road cooperation Brazil's Lula says to push Putin to negotiate with Zelensky in Istanbul 
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Belgrade (AFP) Sept 8, 2009Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie ended a two-day visit to Serbia Tuesday as the two sides vowed to strengthen their military cooperation, officials said. On Monday, Serbian President Boris Tadic said after meeting with Liang Belgrade "supports intensifying military and police cooperation between the two countries", a statement from the presidency said. Prime Minister Mirko ... more  
London (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The world's largest defence fair opened here on Tuesday, with a Chinese delegation among those surveying the wares on offer despite a European Union arms embargo against Beijing. More than 40 countries are represented at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition, with about 1,300 exhibitors selling everything from machine guns, bullets and tanks to medical equipment and ... more 
Kolkata (AFP) Sept 8, 2009India continued to question Tuesday the crew of an arms-laden United Arab Emirates air force plane that was being detained in the eastern city of Kolkata on its way to China, officials said. The plane bound for Hanyang, in China's Hubei province, was grounded in Kolkata on Monday after arms and ammunition which had not been declared by the crew were found on board the plane from Abu Dhabi. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2009At least 35 people were killed and 44 others were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China early Tuesday, the government's work safety watchdog announced. A total of 93 people were working in the mine in Pingdingshan city in Henan province when the blast took place in the early hours, the State Administration of Work Safety announced on its website. Fourteen were able to ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2009US energy giant First Solar on Tuesday won a deal to build the world's largest solar power plant in China, aimed at helping mitigate climate change concerns. First Solar will construct the two-gigawatt plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) inked Tuesday with Chinese officials at the company's headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. The solar facility is ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Sept 8, 2009China's leading passenger van maker on Tuesday signed an agreement with Taiwan vehicle manufacturer Sanyang Industry to set up what would be the first cross-strait auto venture here, a report said. Under the "letter of intent," Xiamen Golden Dragon Van Co. and Sanyang said they would invest "several billion Taiwan dollars" (tens of millions of US) to manufacture buses, other vehicles and ... more |
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