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US to sell Taiwan two frigates: reportTaipei (AFP) Aug 5, 2010 The United States will arm Taiwan with two frigates to help the island boost its defence capabilities against China, according to reports Thursday. The US government has notified Taiwan of the sale at a price of 40 million US dollars of two Perry-class frigates about to be retired from the US Navy, Taipei's Apple Daily said, citing a defence ministry source. Taiwan's navy said it had not yet received information about the reported frigate sale. "Taiwan's navy already operates a fleet of eigh ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2010Workers in northeast China were rushing to restore water Tuesday to more than 300,000 people who have been cut off for days due to floods, state media said. Water supply pipelines to the city of Tonghua in Jilin province were destroyed by flooding, leaving its 330,000 residents in need since Saturday, China National Radio reported. Days of torrential rain in the country's northeast have ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2010China's average energy consumption rose marginally in the six months to June, the first year-on-year increase since 2006, the government said Tuesday, despite pledges to improve efficiency. The nation's energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) was up by 0.09 percent in the first half from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. It was the fir ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2010Twenty-one people were killed and 12 others were trapped in two coal mine accidents in China, officials and state media said Tuesday, in the latest incidents to hit the industry. An explosion rocked a colliery Tuesday in the southwestern province of Guizhou, killing 12 and trapping five, the state Xinhua news agency said. Sixty miners were working underground when the accident happened i ... more |
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Trash threatens to jam China's Three Gorges damBeijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2010 Layers of trash are building up in the Yangtze, much of it washed into the river in recent heavy rains and floods, are threatening to jam China's massive Three Gorges Dam, state media said Monday. The garbage is so thick in parts of China's longest river that people can walk on the surface, the China Daily reported. Nearly three tonnes of refuse are collected from the world's largest dam every day, but operators are struggling with inadequate manpower and equipment as trash accumulates more quic ... read more |
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