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The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a $77.4 million Foreign Military Sales contract to produce AGM-65D and AGM-65G2 infrared-guided Maverick air-to-surface missiles for Korea and Taiwan. The AGM-65 Maverick family of precision-attack missiles is used by the air, naval and marine forces of 33 countries. More than 69,000 missiles have been produced to date, and more than 6,000 have been used ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2009Iran's latest offer of talks amounts to an opening bid to engage world powers in negotiations even if it fails to respond to their concerns about its nuclear program, analysts said. An unprecedented opportunity may be underway as the United States reluctantly seeks to join negotiating partners Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany in an urgent test-the-waters meeting with Iran over the ... more
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US, China to publish details of 'substantial' trade talks in Geneva
Asian markets rally after positive China-US trade talks China hosts Latin American leaders in move to deepen ties Texas push to ban non-citizens from buying land prompts racism worries US and China to publish details of 'substantial' trade talks in Geneva Chinese EV battery giant CATL aims to raise $4 bn in Hong Kong IPO US, China hail 'substantial progress' after trade talks in Geneva US and China hail 'progress' after trade talks end in Geneva Washington hails 'substantive progress' after trade talks with China Washington 'optimistic' amid trade talks with China 
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 12, 2009A Chinese court Saturday sentenced three people to up to 15 years' jail in the first convictions over a wave of syringe attacks blamed on Muslim separatists in the northwest region of Xinjiang. The mysterious assaults provoked demonstrations last week by Han Chinese demanding the government improve safety in the regional capital Urumqi, which has been tense since ethnic unrest in July which ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2009China has relocated 1.27 million people to make way for the controversial Three Gorges dam development, the world's largest hydroelectric project, state media reported. The figure was the total number of relocations as of the end of June, a top dam construction official was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency in a report issued late Saturday. Chinese officials have previously said ... more  
Kuanyin, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 13, 2009Jimmy Wang's tiles can compete with the best brands of Europe, but that is of little use to the Taiwanese manufacturer since the most lethal challenge he faces comes from China. Wang beams with pride as he shows off his ceramic plant in the small coastal town of Kuanyin, an hour's drive from Taipei, and its Italian-made equipment bought for 500 million Taiwan dollars (15.2 million US dollars ... more |
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Dalian, China (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday his nation's economic recovery remained fragile and that it was too soon for Beijing to reconsider its current stimulus policy. "The recovery momentum of the Chinese economy is not yet stable, nor is it consolidated or balanced," Wen said in a speech opening the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of "new champions" in the Chinese port city of ... more  
Ordos City, China (UPI) Sep 10, 2009 The world's largest solar plant is planned for the Mongolian desert of China. Arizona-based First Solar Inc. and Ordos City in China signed an agreement Tuesday to build what will be a 2-gigawatt solar installation. The Ordos City project will generate 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 3 million Chinese homes, with a field of panels stretching for 25 square miles. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2009China plans to build 42 high-speed railway lines by 2012 in a massive system overhaul that is part of efforts to spur economic growth amid the global downturn, state media have reported. China hopes to have added 13,000 kilometres (8,060 miles) of fast lines to its massive rail network in three years, the China News Service said Wednesday, citing Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer at the ... more |
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