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NASA Watches Typhoon Megi Dump Heavy RainGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2010 Typhoon Megi is now over the South China Sea as a Category 3 typhoon, gaining more strength after drenching the northern Philippines. NASA satellites saw the heavy rainfall and very high thunderstorm cloud tops from space, two indications of a powerful typhoon. Megi is a large system and will be a big rainmaker in southeastern China as moves toward a second landfall. The warm waters of the South China Sea are helping power the storm back up. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sat ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2010The United States said Monday it has raised concerns with China that some Chinese firms may be evading UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, adding Beijing had promised to investigate. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley indicated that the concerns were raised by envoy Robert Einhorn during meetings in late September with the Chinese in New York during the UN General Assembly and ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2010China's Communists promoted Vice President Xi Jinping to a key position seen as a vital step in his ascent to the top job and pledged to pursue political reform as they wrapped up an annual meeting Monday. Party leaders also said at the conclusion of the four-day plenum that they would continue to pursue "relatively fast" economic growth and promote peace with self-ruled Taiwan, while still ... more
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2010The United States believes some Chinese firms are helping Iran improve its missile technology and develop nuclear weapons and has asked Beijing to prevent such activity, The Washington Post reported late Sunday. Citing an unnamed senior US official, the newspaper said the request was conveyed during a visit to Beijing last month by a US delegation led by Robert Einhorn, the State Department ... more |
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Xinhua: Nobel committee blind to state of China human rightsBeijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2010 China's official news agency, a mouthpiece for Beijing leaders, blasted the Nobel committee Sunday for ignoring China's human rights development by honouring "convicted Chinese criminal Liu Xiaobo". In one of its first commentaries since the jailed democracy activist won the peace prize on October 8, the Xinhua news agency argued China's Communist Party had made "unremitting efforts to promote and safeguard human rights". "In what ways have Liu's actions contributed to human rights progress for ... read more |
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