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Venezuela serious about producing dronesCaracas, Venezuela (UPI) Oct 16, 2012 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is pursuing plans to develop a home-grown defense industry topped by a drone built reportedly with Chinese, Iranian and Russian help. Drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles and associated systems have won over Venezuela's military procurers who see the UAVs as a conveniently cheaper supplement - if not yet an alternative - to expensive combat aircraft. Chavez has been hinting at a drone development program since early this year even as he was preoccu ... read more |
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  F-35A Completes First In-Flight Weapons Release An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft completed the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a 5th Generation figh ... more | .. |
  France refuses to take sides in China-Japan islands row France has joined the United States in refusing to publicly take sides in the dispute between Japan and China over islands in waters between the two Asian powers. ... more | .. |
  China to open ex-atomic site to tourists China plans so spend around $1 million cleaning up a former atomic bomb test sight and open it up to tourists. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Obama dismisses Romney tough talk on China US President Barack Obama dismissed Mitt Romney's tough talk on China at their second debate, as the two sparred over how to handle ties with the world's number two economy. ... more | .. |
 Chinese warships sail near Japan island: Tokyo A Chinese naval flotilla including destroyers sailed through waters near Japanese islands on Tuesday, in what one commentator said was a sign of things to come as China flexes its military muscles. ... more | .. |
 Chinese fisherman shot dead by S. Korea coastguard A Chinese fisherman died Tuesday after being hit by a rubber bullet during a raid by South Korean coast guard commandos on illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea, officials said. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea holds 23 Chinese for illegal fishing South Korea's coastguard said Wednesday it was holding 23 Chinese fishermen in custody for questioning after a violent clash in the Yellow Sea that left one Chinese crew member dead. ... more |
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Iran Guards unveil underground naval base
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  China's Wen: economy starting to stabilise China's Premier Wen Jiabao said the economy began stabilising in the past three months and should meet 2012 targets, state media said Wednesday, a day before third-quarter growth data are released. ... more | .. |
  Foxconn admits employing underage interns in China Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted employing children as young as 14 on assembly lines at a plant in China, a fresh blow to the tech giant that has been attacked over its treatment of staff after several suicides. ... more | .. |
  Canadians oppose Chinese takeover of energy firm Nearly six in ten Canadians believe their industry minister should block the proposed takeover of Calgary-based oil and gas company Nexen by China's state-owned CNOOC, a poll showed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  BHP chief says China steel surge has peaked BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers said on Wednesday that China's steel surge had peaked and iron ore and steel growth was likely to decline, as the miner delivered a mixed quarterly production report. ... more |
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  China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more | .. |
Chinese warships sail near Japan island: Tokyo A Chinese naval flotilla including two destroyers sailed through waters near Japanese islands on Tuesday, further fuelling tensions, in what one commentator said was a sign of things to come. ... more | .. |
  China leads rise in Asia military spending: study Military spending by Asia's major powers increased dramatically over the past decade with China leading the way, as its defense budget quadrupled since 2000, according to a study released Monday. ... more | .. |
  Toyota to halt production at China plant: reports Toyota plans to halt production next week at its biggest assembly plant in China, reports said Tuesday, with demand for Japanese cars slumping because of a bitter territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing. ... more |
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Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules
Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
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 China views dim on Obama -- but not US values The Chinese public, once upbeat about US President Barack Obama, increasingly sees a hostile relationship with Washington but mostly still admires American democracy, a survey said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Spain raids Chinese mob, arrests 80 Spanish police arrested 80 people in raids on Chinese mobsters and accomplices, including a Spanish porn star, suspected of illegally laundering hundreds of thousands of euros, authorities said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 China launches civilian technology satellites China successfully launched the Practice-9 A and Practice-9 B satellites into space at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center said. The satellites, launched from the center in ... more | .. |
 Chinese political system could 'blow up', says US academic China's top-down political system, under pressure from a growing middle class empowered by wealth and social networks, is likely to "blow up at some point," US academic Francis Fukuyama told AFP in an interview. ... more |
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  Taiwan probing allaged theft of technology for China Taiwan is investigating the alleged theft by two former executives of sensitive technology from leading flat-panel maker AU Optronics and its sale to a Chinese rival, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  China to up reforestation China has plans to increase its forest coverage to 21.66 percent by 2015 in an effort to improve the country's ecological environment, an official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Chinese dissident author savages Beijing at German awards Chinese dissident author Liao Yiwu on Sunday tore into the leadership in Beijing, describing his homeland as an "inhuman empire with bloody hands" as he scooped a prestigious German book prize. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan butterfly pioneer laments threat to species Chen Wei-shou, the pioneer of Taiwan butterfly research, remembers being spell-bound when as a boy of six he first saw "a flower that could move". A life-long obsession had begun. ... more |
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 Former Chinese official sheds light on dark side of power "Politics is an ugly business," says an official in Chinese author Wang Xiaofang's novel, "The Civil Servant's Notebook". "You always need to keep a knife in reserve, even for your own boss." ... more | .. |
  Obama crams for debate, Romney fires China shot President Barack Obama settled into a Virginia resort Saturday, plotting to transform his pitch to voters after a lackluster first clash with Mitt Romney dampened his re-election hopes. ... more | .. |
  Nasdaq OMX, China's Dalian Commodity team up US market operator Nasdaq OMX and Chinese firm Dalian Commodity Exchange unveiled a partnership Monday to seek new business opportunities in China and globally. ... more | .. |
Mexico takes textile dispute with China to the WTO Mexico has called for discussions at the World Trade Organisation on Chinese support for its textile companies, a statement said on Monday. ... more |
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  Two Chinese kidnapped on Cameroon-C.Africa border Two Chinese nationals working on a road project in Central African Republic were kidnapped in an attack three weeks ago on a border post along the Cameroonian frontier, a police source said Monday. ... more | .. |
 China calls on US, Japan to fix their finances China said Saturday the failure by Washington and Tokyo to fix their fiscal problems was hurting the global economy, as it called for "bold, swift and decisive action" to reverse a slowdown. ... more | .. |
 China IMF boycott 'a sign of things to come': analysts China's top level boycott of global financial meetings in Japan this week is a sign of things to come, analysts say, as an economically emboldened Beijing shows struggling Western nations it doesn't need to play by their rules. ... more | .. |
 Volvo Cars suspends production at Swedish plant Volvo Cars, part of China's Geely group, said on Monday that production at one of its main plants would be suspended for a week due to a slowdown in the European auto market. ... more |
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