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Space arms control treaty unlikely in near-term: USGeneva (AFP) July 13, 2010 The United States said Tuesday that a space arms control treaty was unlikely to emerge in the near future as it still sees flaws in drafts being tabled at the moment. "I don't see any near-term progress on a space arms control treaty, but again I think there is a lot of shared interest between the US, Russia, China and others on providing space stability," said Frank Rose, deputy assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation. "There are a lot of near-t ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2010Heavy rains along the Yangtze River in central and eastern China have killed 43 people and left 18 missing over the past four days, state media reported on Monday. The downpours, which have caused major lakes and some Yangtze tributaries to rise alarmingly, come as the region is still recovering from widespread deadly flooding caused by torrential rainfall last month. Xinhua news agency ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jul 12, 2010 Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is pursuing a restoration of $2 billion soya trade with China in talks begun after she arrived in Beijing Sunday. China is holding back on soybean oil imports from Argentina, complaining of chemical contamination, in a move seen by observers as retaliation for Argentine curbs on Chinese imports. Before Fernandez landed in Beijing ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2010Chinese President Hu Jintao called for closer ties with Taiwan during a meeting Monday with an envoy from the island after the two sides last week signed a historic trade pact. Hu said the accord between the two long-time rivals was an "important achievement" in developing closer relations and showed ties had entered a "new phase", state television said. Hu made the comments during a mee ... more |
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Chinese sovereign credit report rates US below ChinaBeijing (AFP) July 12, 2010 A Chinese rating agency warned Monday that developed countries like the United States faced "big problems" after issuing what it called the first sovereign credit risk report by a non-Western agency. The report, launched by Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd on Sunday, rated US sovereign debt as more risky than China's. "We found the economic fundamentals in the major economies... had big problems given that growth in their economy and fiscal income were negative while their debts were growing ... read more |
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