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Zambia: Siliya Counsels PF Leader

allafrica Friday, March 12, 2010 11:57:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Ronnie Shikapwasha[1]; Dora Siliya[1]; Michael Sata[1]; Rupiah Banda[1];

MMD Spokesperson Dora Siliya has said opposition Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata should not cry foul when he is criticised in the media because he set the trend through his malice and hatred for the MMD Government and its sympathisers in his radio appearances across Zambia....

Zambia: 'Embrace China'

allafrica Friday, March 12, 2010 11:57:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Dominique Strauss-Kahn[5];

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn said: "I do not think it will be possible to get aid without conditions. You have a need and there is trouble, when there is no trouble you cannot ask for aid. We are saying we will assist you but we want you to correct why you were in trouble. It's like a doctor, when you receive help and do not change your behaviour the problem will reccur,"

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Zambia and the rest of Africa should accept investment and aid from China for the country and continent's economy to grow at a faster rate....

Zambia: IMF Praises Economic Management

allafrica Friday, March 12, 2010 11:57:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Dominique Strauss-Kahn[5]; Rupiah Banda[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; European Enterprise News; Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis;

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Zambia for the way it managed the economy during the global financial crisis which resulted in the country recording positive growth....

China warns Google of consequences

economictimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:55:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Li Yizhong[1];

Google will have to "bear the consequence" if it insists on violating China's laws and regulations, a senior official warned Friday....

China Warns Google

wsj Friday, March 12, 2010 11:54:00 AM CET | info

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A Chinese minister warned that Google "will have to bear the consequences" if it stops censoring its Chinese search site....

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KAZAKHSTAN: Twenty feared dead as two dams burst

radiofranceinternationale-en Friday, March 12, 2010 11:47:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: Transport and Energy Security;

Kazakhstan Thousands of people were evacuated after two dams burst in Kazakhstan's Aksuisky district north of the business capital, Almaty. A village was flooded and some 3,000 people were evacuated to a nearby town. Russian news agency Interfax reports that at least 20 people were killed and 60 homes washed away in raging flood waters....

Tibetans deported from Nepal face torture by Chinese authorities: US State Dept Report Kathmandu: Tibetan refugees deported by Nepal for illegally ent

nepalhumanrightsnews Friday, March 12, 2010 11:47:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Dalai Lama[4];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Society;

Tibetans deported from Nepal face torture by Chinese authorities: US State Dept Report NHRN Kathmandu, March 12: Tibetan refugees deported by Nepal for illegally entering its territory suffer torture at the hands of the Chinese authorities, the US State Department said Thursday....

VERSACE: Making the most of those rising oil and gas prices

washtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:46:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: European Training Foundation;

OPINION/ANALYSIS: Over the past several columns, I've been tracking economic data and discussing how it ties together. This week, let's take a look at a ripple effect of an increasing commodity price and let's use oil as an example. I chose oil because of the perceived direct impact to consumer.......

Trade deficit dips; exports, imports fall

washtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:46:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Nigel Gault[1]; Alan Tonelson[1]; Andrew Gledhill[1];

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Nigel Gault said: "One month's decline in trade volumes does not mean that the trade recovery is over,"

Alan Tonelson said: "The signs of failure on the China trade front keep multiplying, most recently with the plunge in U.S. goods exports to this rapidly growing giant,"

Andrew Gledhill said: "The U.S. labor market still displays little evidence of sustained recovery,"

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly declined in January as both exports and imports fell, while the volume of imported crude oil dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. U.S. exports dipped for the first time in nine months, but imports fell more steeply, leading to a $2.6 billion drop in the trade deficit, which totaled $37....

Obama urges China to cut currency

washtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:46:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Patrice Hill[1]; Lloyd Wood[1]; Nick Bennenbroek[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; EU2020; Financial Crisis;

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Lloyd Wood said: "The change was too small and too gradual even to begin the process of reversing Chinas current account surplus with the world,"

President Obama is stepping up pressure on China to stop fueling the world's biggest trade imbalance by artificially depressing the value of its currency, and Beijing is signaling it may soon heed those pleas. Under political pressure to address burgeoning job losses that many blame in part on China and its aggressive exports policy, Mr....

China to drive oil demand in 2010

bbc Friday, March 12, 2010 11:45:00 AM CET | info

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Emerging markets, especially China, are expected to boost oil demand in 2010, according to the International Energy Agency....

11 Siberian tigers starve to death in zoo

msnbc Friday, March 12, 2010 11:45:00 AM CET | info

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Eleven Siberian tigers — among the world's rarest species — died of malnutrition after being kept in small cages and fed chicken bones at a cash-strapped zoo in China, state media said....

REHMAN RASHID Timeless in Kuala Terengganu

nst Friday, March 12, 2010 11:42:00 AM CET | info

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A similar desertion afflicts the RM250 million Islamic Heritage Park on its 23 hectares of Pulau Wan Man in the Sungai Terengganu estuary. Here stands the famous new Crystal Mosque, along with scaled-down replicas of 21 other iconic examples of Islamic architecture from around the world....

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PHILIPPINES: Reproductive Health Tests Candidates’ Political Guts

ipsnews Friday, March 12, 2010 11:39:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Gilberto Teodoro[3]; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[3]; Richard Gordon[1]; Joseph Estrada[1]; Fidel Ramos[1]; Corazon Aquino[1]; Eddie Villanueva[1]; Jamby Madrigal[1]; Manuel Villar[1]; Benigno Aquino[1];

MANILA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Filipino voters who have yet to make up their minds about their choice for their next president are being advised: look at each aspirant’s stance on reproductive health to help them gauge the candidate’s leadership mettle and political guts....

Yacht skipper rescued in Pacific

bbc Friday, March 12, 2010 11:37:00 AM CET | info

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The skipper of the Hull & Humber yacht is rescued after breaking his leg during a round-the-world race....

What are the Liberal Democrats' policies on aid and development?

guardian Friday, March 12, 2010 11:35:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: Climate Change; Climate Action - general; Environment (general); Financial Crisis;

On Tuesday, 16 March, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on international development, Michael Moore, will be live online to answer readers' questions. Here, Anne Perkins outlines the party's policies on aid and poverty alleviation International development faces serious challenges, whoever wins the next election....

BBC criticised for lack of Winter Paralympics

guardian Friday, March 12, 2010 11:35:00 AM CET | info

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TV coverage restricted to single highlights show, with possible extras on red button, due to 'budget restrictions and time zone' The BBC has been criticised for scheduling just one hour of TV highlights of the Vancouver Winter Paralympics , despite dedicating 160 broadcast hours to the Winter Olympics on BBC2....

China rights record worsening in areas

vietnewsonline Friday, March 12, 2010 11:34:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Dalai Lama[2];

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WASHINGTON – China's human rights record worsened last year as authorities increased harassment of activists and repression in the Xinjiang region, the US State Department said Thursday. The government's human rights record remained poor and worsened in some areas," the annual report by the State Department said....

OSCE Academy: building professional skills for Central Asia

osce Friday, March 12, 2010 11:34:00 AM CET | info

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The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is now receiving applications for its 2010 Masters programme in political science. There are 30 places on the Central Asia-focused programme, which draws students from across the region and beyond....

MARKET RAP : Buyers beware

asiatimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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A third week of gains in Asian stocks suggests an air of optimism is emerging in the region. Relatively low volume and short-term technical indicators also point to a degree of overbuying. Caution, it appears, remains the watchword. R M Cutler runs his eye over the ups and downs in the week's markets....

US, China struggle with mid-life crisis

asiatimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: George W Bush[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; James Martin[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Dalai Lama[8];

Other categories: Security; Monetary Issues EU; EU2020; Environment (general);

The influence of a declining United States and the power of a rising China, coupled with how each meets domestic pressures, will continue to test already strained ties, putting the two countries on a collision path that neither seeks nor can gain from. This comes at a time when they have never needed each other more....

When the Mekong runs dry

asiatimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Abhisit Vejjajiva[1];

Other categories: Food Security & Aid; Natural Disasters; Agricultural Products - Olive oil, Horticultural products; Environment (general);

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Abhisit Vejjajiva said: "we'll ask China to help manage the water flow along the river better so countries in Southeast Asia would not be affected"

Thailand says dams in China are lowering the Mekong River to critical levels, while Beijing blames the water shortage on a severe drought. Millions of people in the lower Mekong nations depend on the river for fishing and irrigation, but this quarrel suggests their governments are powerless in the face of China's water-management....

A titanic power struggle in Kabul\

asiatimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Sherard Cowper-Coles[2]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Zahir Shah[1]; Abdullah Abdullah[1]; Ashfaq Parvez Kayani[1]; Farooq Wardak[1]; Mohammad Qasim Fahim[1]; Robert Gates[1]; Burhanuddin Rabbani[1];

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Battle lines are being drawn for a power struggle over determining the shape of a settlement to Afghanistan's insurgency, with main players the United States and Britain, Pakistan, Iran and Afghan President Hamid Karzai jockeying for influence. The stakes are high for all protagonists up to and.......

NCKU Appointed Tokyo Tech Professor Emeritus Dr. Masahiro Yoshimura as Visiting Professor

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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TAINAN,Taiwan - Dr. Masahiro Yoshimura, Professor Emeritus of Materials and Structures Laboratory in Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, visited President Michael Ming-Chiao Lai of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, on February 23rd. Accompanied by both Prof. Jiunn-Der Liao and Prof....

China warns Google against dropping censorship

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Li Yizhong[1]; Eric Schmidt[1];

Beijing - China on Friday warned US internet giant Google Inc that it must bear the consequence if it stops censoring search results in China. It is irresponsible and unfriendly if Google insists in doing something that goes against China's laws a......

Australia investigates sailors over alleged sex romps

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Simon Brown[1]; Trevor-Jones[1];

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Simon Brown told: "I was told about alleged bullying, told about bounties being placed on female officers - who could have sex with them first,"

Sydney - Sailors aboard the Australian Navy's HMAS Success engaged in sex romps and competed with each other to see who could chalk up the most conquests and who could bed a new female crew member first, a government inquiry was told Friday. Former C......

China backlash at US rights report

aljazeera-en Friday, March 12, 2010 11:32:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Wang Baodong[1]; Dalai Lama[2];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; Society; EU-USA; Financial Crisis;

China accuses US of using human rights as a political tool to attack other countries....

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On $7.5b, Hart still Australasia's richest man

nzherald Friday, March 12, 2010 11:30:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Steven Spielberg[1]; Mark Zuckerberg[1]; Giorgio Armani[2]; Andrew Forrest[1]; George Lucas[1]; Graeme Hart[2]; Richard Branson[1]; Donald Trump[1]; Joanne K Rowling[1]; Warren Buffett[1]; David Geffen[1]; Slim Helú[2]; Bill Gates[1]; Malcolm Glazer[1]; Carlos Slim[4]; Oprah Winfrey[1]; Rupert Murdoch[1]; Larry Ellison[1]; Lakshmi Mittal[1]; Mukesh Ambani[1];

Graeme Hart has retained his place as Australasia's richest man despite slipping down the world rankings in the Forbes Billionaires list.Mr Hart, a packaging magnate and "master of the leveraged buyout", has dropped 43 places......

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