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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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Gates to visit China next month: Mullen US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will visit China next month, the United States' top military officer said Thursday, in a sign of thawing of strained ties between the countries' militaries. ... more | .. |
  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 |
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China lashes out at 'political theatre' of Nobel committee China lashed out Friday at the "political theatre" of the Nobel committee, saying its awarding the 2010 Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo was a product of a "Cold War mentality". ... more | .. |
Empty chair for Chinese laureate Liu at Nobel Peace ceremony The head of the Nobel committee placed this year's peace prize on an empty chair Friday as Beijing raged against the award to dissident Liu Xiaobo, who is languishing in a Chinese prison cell. ... 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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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
Oil prices rise on Chinese data, before OPEC meet Oil prices rose on Friday following strong Chinese import data and on the eve of a meeting of OPEC to set the cartel's crude output levels, traders said. ... more |
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