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 Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 02, 2009 
China's first Mars probe mission will be delayed because of Russia's decision to postpone the launch of its mission to the Martian moon Phobos from next month to the year 2011. Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission had been slated to lift off aboard a Zenith rocket in October on a three-year mission to study Phobos and return soil samples to Earth. Yinghuo-1 orbiter was set to be launched with the ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday congratulated China on the 60th anniversary of communist rule, vowing to continue deepening US ties with the increasingly powerful nation. "I would like to extend warm wishes and congratulations to the People's Republic of China on the 60th anniversary of its founding on October 1," Clinton said in a statement released by her staff. ... more
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges
Chinese man who documented alleged Uyghur camps risks removal from US Daughter warns China not to make Jimmy Lai a 'martyr' China sanctions retired Japan general over Taiwan 'collusion' International reaction to Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai verdict Japan's only two pandas to be sent back to China Asian markets drop with Wall St as tech fears revive Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs What we know of Jimmy Lai's national security verdicts Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong 
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 02, 2009The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) missile system recently reached two program milestones - the first launch from an F-16 aircraft and the 100th missile launch. Both flights took place at the U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, Calif. The 100th launch occurred during a U.S. Navy Air Wing training exercise. The missile was launched from ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 1, 2009President Hu Jintao on Thursday called for even stronger armed forces as China flexed its muscles in a National Day parade, but experts said the PLA's marching skills might exceed actual fighting ability. Illustrating the importance China attaches to its growing military strength, the People's Liberation Army kicked off a dazzling celebration in Beijing of the nation's 60th birthday by showi ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Oct 1, 2009Six world powers on Thursday started crunch talks with Iran seeking to pressure Tehran to prove that its nuclear programme is peaceful. Iran's top nuclear negotiator met officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany in a villa overlooking Lake Geneva only a week after the disclosure of a second Iranian uranium enrichment plant. Iran has also carried out missile ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Sept 29, 2009Shares in Australian agri-chemical firm Nufarm fell Tuesday after the company said it was in talks with China's Sinochem for a record 2.84 billion dollar (2.48 billion US) takeover. Nufarm Limited announced Monday it had received a non-binding offer from state-owned Sinochem Corporation to potentially acquire all issued ordinary shares in the chemical group. The deal, if completed, would ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 30, 2009China's manufacturing activity continued to expand at a steady rate in September, as domestic and overseas demand continued to improve, an independent survey published Wednesday indicated. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing managers index, fell slightly to 55.0 in September, from 55.1 in August. A reading above 50 nevertheless means the sector is expanding, while a reading ... more  
Lagos, Nigeria (UPI) Sep 30, 2009 A state-owned Chinese oil giant is negotiating to buy up one-sixth of Nigeria's known oil reserves, currently owned by Western energy groups, for a reputed $30 billion to $50 billion. In strategic terms, that would be a major coup for Beijing in its global drive to secure energy supplies for China's mushrooming economy and a serious setback for the United States, which gets one-fifth of ... more |
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