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AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist - The Associated Press

AFP AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist The Associated Press BEIJING — Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show US consular...

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US lawmakers press on Taiwan arms sales (AFP)

AFP/File – A demonstrator holds upright a protest banner reading "No arms purchase! We want peace!" during … WASHINGTON (AFP) – Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress on Friday pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward...

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Gambia: Voices of the Urban Woman on Clean Drinking Water

As the Beijing +15 conference came to the fore, Foroyaa has initiated a column entitled " Beijing +15 reflection" which deals with issues relating to the lives of the women in the Gambia. In this edition, we publish the voices...

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Boring Summits Are Better for Everyone

Why Barack Obama and Manmohan Singh should say as little as possible when they meet in Washington next week. BY JOHN LEE | NOVEMBER 20, 2009 When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives as U.S. President Barack Obama's...

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Beijing grapples with growing garbage crisis

By Joelle Garrus, AFPNovember 20, 2009 10:02 PM Photograph by: Wang Zhao, AFP/Getty Images BEIJING - Every night, Mrs Wang finds herself shuttered in her northwest Beijing apartment because of the stench from the nearby dump....

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Asian Architecture Expert Lectures

Media Contact: , (859) 257-1754, x229 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2009) – The last lecture of the fall semester for the University of Kentucky College of Design Lecture Series (pdf) will be presented by Jianfei Zhu, a senior...

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Olympic committee settles legal battle over ticket sales

Olympic organizers have settled a legal fight with a longtime unauthorized ticket seller — by giving that Canadian seller authorized tickets. By Ron Judd Seattle Times staff reporter Q&A | Freezing out the fans Q&A Freezing out...

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Wumart Stores obtains RMB 4-bln credit line for expansion

Nov. 20, 2009 (China Knowledge) - Beijing-based Wumart Stores Inc<8277>, one of the leading supermarket chains in China, yesterday signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing Rural Commercial Bank, sources reported....

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New EU chief good for ties with China

Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy attends a press conference after an EU summit at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Nov. 19, 2009. Van Rompuy was elected the first full-time EU President...

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Photo exhibition held in Beijing to celebrate Universal Children's Day

Zhou Xisheng (C-Front), vice president of Xinhua News Agency addresses the launching ceremony of a photo exhibition titled "The World's Children and the Children's World" in Beijing, Nov. 20, 2009. The exhibition, a mark of the...

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