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China and Brazil’s proposal to abandon the dollar for bilateral trade and use yuan and reais instead is “pure idle talk,” former Brazilian central bank President Gustavo Franco said.
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Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared...
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AP, Mexico City
Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared...
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The swine flu outbreak is unleashing a side effect the global economy is in no condition to handle: fear.
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Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and...
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Global mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in quarterly copper production, along with declines in iron ore and aluminum, as demand for minerals...
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Losses at financial institutions could approach $4.1 trillion worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as it urged countries to take bolder action to...
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The International Monetary Fund says U.S. financial institutions will suffer $2.7 trillion in losses from the global credit crisis, part of a worldwide total expected...
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Global shipments of personal computers fell 7.1 percent in the first three months of the year, but the decline was smaller than expected and research group IDC on...
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France’s rejection of a global role for NATO puts Paris on a collision course with the bolder NATO ambitions of other powerful alliance members _ most notably the...
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The skies are dimming, for most of the world. Increases in airborne pollution have dimmed the skies by blocking sunlight over the past 30 years, researchers report in...
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Global sales of the Nintendo DS handheld topped 100 million in 4 years and 3 months _ a milestone reached at the quickest pace for any video game console _ the Japanese...
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The stock-market panic is not the only reason for rising investment demand.
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a champion of renewable energy and biofuels, has no delusions about the future of oil. Global demand for it will increase over the next two...
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Russia will likely see more forest fires, droughts and floods in the coming century due to global warming, and policy makers need to prepare for large-scale change,...
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Global climate change threatens the complete disappearance of the Andes’ tropical glaciers within the next 20 years, putting precious water, energy and food...
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A senior Treasury official says the Obama administration wants to see America’s major allies taking bold actions to deal with the global economic crisis.
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When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn’t a canary at all. It’s a purple finch. As the temperature across the U.S. has gotten...
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The federal government has settled a lawsuit that accused two U.S. agencies of financing and insuring projects overseas that may contribute to global warming.
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Thirteen years after the world rallied to curb overfishing, most nations are failing to abide by the U.N.’s code of conduct for managing fisheries, scientists...
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The world is at a crossroads in its existence as war and a new kind of freedom are escalating between competing views of globalization and human rights. At times both...
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President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has signed a series of energy co-operation deals with China.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Beijing Tuesday to meet with top Chinese officials and to discuss the possibility of buying weapons, state-run media...
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Are Japan and China inching closer to each other to start a new era of political and diplomatic bonhomie? The inhumane Japanese atrocities on the Chinese during the...
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Bush said that he speaks candidly with Chinese President Hu Jintao about human rights, particularly religious freedom, and that he has shared his religious beliefs with...
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Taiwan and China took a first step on Saturday towards less hostile relations with an historic meeting between Hu Jintao, China’s president, and Vincent Siew,...
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It’s official now. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to make first official visit to China at the end of this month. On Thursday, China’s Foreign...
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On Thursday, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrived in China to meet and exchange views on bilateral issues with the newly elected Communist Party leadership in the...
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Ever since China and Taiwan split up in 1949, there has been no end to the hostility between them. China still refuses to recognize Taiwan as a separate nation and has...
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In his address to the party Congress, Chinese president Hu Jintao laid down his vision for the future. But his vision seems to be slightly myopic as he has practically...
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China’s communist party Congress is meeting in Beijing. President Hu Jintao has addressed it by outlining the present state of affairs and his vision for China...
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The only mantra to lasting success is democracy. That’s the cleanest and most popular choice in the world, and most of the developed and developing countries are...
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has accepted Chinese president Hu Jintao’s invitation to visit China. On Tuesday, China’s ruling Communist Party said that Hu...
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China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress has signed a new labor law, in which country will strengthen protections for its workers.
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At least 548 child workers rescued in a crackdown from Yunnan brick kilns at Liuwu Village China’s Shanxi province. Several abducted men and children of 8 years...
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The Indian Prime Minister is very soft spoken and soft hearted man. Despite of China’s claim on Arunachal Pradesh on many occasions, he still believes that China...
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China is again posing its hard stand on Arunachal Pradesh it seems. According to a report, the new Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi had told Pranab Mukherjee in...
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India and China enjoy the status of the two fastest growing economies in the world. Both countries have received the invitation to join the G8 summit as guest members....
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Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg has joined Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to demand an immediate end to the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.
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