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Cuba’s Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island’s two parallel currencies and cut back on “indiscriminate” subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.
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Racked by horror and heartache, there was no one to help him as he struggled to give his wife some vestige of dignity in death.
But in the chaotic aftermath of the...
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A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30...
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Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, stopped having children after their daughter was born, taking to heart China’s one-child policy and its slogan “Have fewer...
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Pope Benedict XVI has written a special prayer for Chinese Catholics who face “daily trials” in the officially atheistic country, the Vatican said Friday.
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The Chinese Embassy is encouraging Americans and others to send cash and supplies to victims of this week’s powerful earthquake.
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In a May 14 story about the upcoming Kentucky primary election, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the level of trade between Kentucky and China. It is more than...
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Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week’s...
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Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories _ China has begun to tally its losses from an earthquake this week that killed thousands and...
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The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week’s powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,500 people.
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The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week’s powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,000 people.
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A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week’s powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of...
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A Chinese state news agency says that aftershocks have cut off roads and telecommunications in quake-hit Sichuan province, burying a number of vehicles.
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A Chinese state news agency says that aftershocks have cut off roads and telecommunications in quake-hit Sichuan province, burying a number of vehicles.
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The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across China, a report said Friday.
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Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories _ China has begun tallying losses from the calamitous earthquake that struck earlier this...
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The world is quickly moving to a bi-polar world led by two super powers: the U.S. and China. The way things are shaping up, on the one pole we will have the U.S., the...
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A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety after being trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this week’s massive...
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The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.
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Launching a congressional critique of China, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday that persistent, peaceful dialogue is paying off in aligning...
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Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday...
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The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.
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The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.
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China’s currency nudged past 7 yuan to the U.S. dollar Thursday, a milestone bound to please Beijing’s trading partners and dismay exporters struggling to...
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The U.S. declined on Wednesday to cite China for manipulating its currency for unfair trade advantages.
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China on Monday joined a group of policy makers in expressing concern over a weakening dollar – the world’s main reserve currency.
Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier,...
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The dollar has long been the currency of choice for Central banks, tourists, smugglers, African dictators and individuals around the world as it’s liquid, easily...
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The credit card market has undergone a change over the past two decades. Now there are a lot of options available to the people. There are cards that would cater to...
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A woman receives a money order in a post office in Havana, Thursday, April 3, 2008. Overpriced DVD players, flat screen televisions, French cosmetics and Uruguayan steaks are now available to anyone who can afford them at the elite stores Cubans call...
