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US must toughen Iran sanctions: Top lawmakerWashington (AFP) Dec 9, 2010 A top US lawmaker vowed Thursday to toughen US sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program and place renewed scrutiny on Russia and China's economic ties with Tehran. "We can still - if we get tough, and we put all of the sanctions that we can to bear - we can still stop Iran from becoming a nuclear superpower," Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the incoming House Foreign Affairs Committee chair come January, told AFP in an interview. Ros-Lehtinen said she would look t ... read more |
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  Chinese web users use photos of empty chairs to mark Nobel In a defiant nod to jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Twitter users on Friday posted photos of empty chairs - the way the Nobel committee plans to highlight the winner's absence. ... more | .. |
 Nobel jury tries to abate Chinese fury at peace pick Nobel organisers tried Thursday to dampen growing anger in Beijing on the eve of a controversial peace prize ceremony for jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, insisting the honour was not targeted against China. ... more | .. |
  Nobel Peace Prize dispute goes all the way to Cancun: report The dispute around the Nobel Peace Prize award to dissident Liu Xiaobo has had repercussions all the way to the UN climate talks in Cancun, where Chinese officials have refused to negotiate with the Norwegians, a report said Thursday. ... more | .. |
UN rights chief urges release of Chinese Nobel laureate UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Thursday called for the release of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the award ceremony in Oslo. ... more |
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Chinese state press likens Nobel ceremony to cult ritual China's state press on Friday compared the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to a cult ritual, saying the event to take place in Norway was a "farce". ... more | .. |
Lawyers blast China for blocking Liu from picking up Nobel Lawyers representing 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo criticised China Friday for blocking him from attending the prize ceremony in Oslo, where an empty chair on the podium will mark his absence. ... more | .. |
  Shanghai halts sale of suspected 'dyed' oranges: report Shanghai authorities have ordered fruit vendors to stop selling oranges that have allegedly been dyed with a toxic wax, Chinese media said Friday, in the country's latest food safety scare. ... more | .. |
Who's staying away from Nobel peace ceremony Some 20 countries including China have refused Norway's invitation to Friday's ceremony awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabao. ... more |
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  China's exports, imports soar to record highs in November China said Friday that exports and imports hit record highs in November, which analysts said would ramp up pressure on Beijing for further interest rate hikes and a stronger currency. ... more | .. |
  Oil demand rises on year-end growth spurt: IEA Oil demand and prices are showing a year-end spurt, pushed by global growth and a surprising pick-up in advanced economies, but these pressures should ease in the medium term, the IEA said on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Top Chinese official says some economic data 'man-made' Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, widely tipped to be the next premier, admitted in 2007 that some of the country's economic data was "man-made" and thus unreliable, leaked US diplomatic cables show. ... more | .. |
  New traffic rules drive car sales in Beijing More than 20,000 cars were sold in Beijing in the first week of December as citizens scrambled to buy vehicles ahead of curbs aimed at reducing the city's massive traffic jams, state press said Thursday. ... more |
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 Chinese cities can be model for low carbon The low carbon growth successes of some of China's largest and fastest-growing cities can serve as a model for other cities worldwide to reduce greenhouse gases, says a new report. ... more | .. |
 China's property bubble getting worse: state media A Chinese government think tank has warned the country's real estate bubble is getting worse, with property prices in major cities overvalued by as much as 70 percent, state media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China mine blast death toll up to 26: state media The death toll from a gas blast at a coal mine in central China rose to 26 on Wednesday, state media said, after officials confirmed that more workers than previously thought were in the shaft. ... more | .. |
 France is tourism champion of 2010: UN body France will be the world's most visited country in 2010 followed by the United States, with China and Spain battling for third place, the UN World Tourism Organisation said Thursday. ... more |
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  EU slaps huge fine on South Korea, Taiwan LCD cartel The European Commission imposed Wednesday 649 million euros in fines on South Korean and Taiwanese electronics firms for secret backroom price-fixing of LCD flat screens for Europe's TVs and computers. ... more | .. |
  China, Laos to start work on high-speed rail link in 2011 China and Laos will begin construction early next year of the first high-speed rail line between the two countries, a report said Wednesday, as part of a project to link China and Southeast Asia. ... more | .. |
China's Sinopec to buy Occidental Argentina China's Sinopec said Friday it will buy the Argentine arm of US Occidental Petroleum Corporation for 2.45 billion dollars, as the country's quest for energy increasingly takes it to South America. ... more | .. |
 China GDP tops Japan in Q3, but behind over 9 months: govt China's economy again beat Japan's in the third quarter, and Asia's rising giant remained on course to unseat Japan as the world's number two economy for the year as a whole, data showed Thursday. ... more |
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China raises bank reserve requirement in inflation fight China's central bank said Friday it would raise the amount of money banks must keep in reserve as Beijing ramps up efforts to contain inflation, rampant lending and soaring housing costs. ... more | .. |
 Mullen promotes US-S.Korea-Japan defence ties to deter North The United States' top military officer said Thursday there is a "real sense of urgency" about building up three-way defence ties with South Korea and Japan to deter North Korea. ... more | .. |
 China envoy rejects US pressure to curb N.Korea: report A Beijing envoy rejected calls by the United States and its allies for China to rein in its wayward ally North Korea and urged direct talks with the regime, a newspaper reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Thales announces venture for Chinese in-flight systems French electronics group Thales announced on Tuesday the creation of a joint venture in China to provide an in-flight entertainment system for a Chinese airliner set to compete with Airbus aircraft. ... more |
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