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The message 'CUT Co2' lights up on the face of the Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi, calling for urgent action to fight climate change, at New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 19, 2007. Greenpeace is demanding that India implement energy efficiency measures as the first and most cost effective way to reduce Carbon Dioxide (Co2) emission
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 The Star 
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by ... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi)
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US  
 The New York Times 
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are ta... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year  The Boston Globe 
China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
| SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry gr... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Automobile   Business   China   Photos   Shanghai  
Dominique Strauss-Kahn  The Guardian 
IMF head says may be yuan changes in coming months
* IMF head says China moved to more traditional growth model * Sees world economy in uncharted territory (Adds quotes, background) JOHANNESBURG, March 9 (Reuters) - China's yuan is still "very much un... (photo: Creative Commons / Guillom)
Business   China   Economy   IMF   Photos  
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Sleeper high-speed bullet train in China The Daily Mail
200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
| Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000)
Asia   Beijing   London   Photos   Travel  
A teller counts Chinese yuan notes at a money exchange in Hong Kong Thursday, July 21, 2005. China said it will no longer peg its currency, the yuan, to the U.S. dollar but instead let it float in a tight band against a basket of foreign currencies. The yuan has been strengthened, effective immediately, to a rate of 8.11 to the U.S. dollar - compared to the 8.28 it has been set at for more than a decade - and the new trading regime will begin Friday, the government said in an announcement on state televi The Times Of India
China calls US Treasuries important, may buy gold
BEIJING: China, the world's biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the US Treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of adding t... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton answers question during her town hall meeting at the State Department in Washington, Friday, July 10, 2009. The Siasat Daily
Clinton marks International Women's Day
| Washington, March 09: “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights”, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday, marking the occ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Clinton   Day   Photos   Rights   Women  
 KLps1 - China - Chinese Yuan - Currency - Money - Reminbi. (ps1)  China Daily
China reaffirms to keep yuan basically stable
| BEIJING - China will keep the exchange rate of the renminbi, or the country's currency yuan, basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level, Yi Gang, vice governor... (photo: WN/Patricia)
Bank   China   Currency   Photos   Trade  
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. China Daily
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
| Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy | Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key rea... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Beijing   Diplomacy   Mideast   Photos   Tehran  
Business Politics
- Taiwan potter produces razor-thin bowls
- Indian cos in hiring mode, may add 1 million jobs in FY11
- Plenty of suitors but few proposals: Resolution falls out of
- China will be prudent in adding to gold reserves
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
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- India, China to formally back Copenhagen Accord
- Changing China From Within
- Vibrant show marks the MCA 61st anniversary
- India okays Copenhagen Accord, with riders
The message 'CUT Co2' lights up on the face of the Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi, calling for urgent action to fight climate change, at New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 19, 2007. Greenpeace is demanding that India implement energy efficiency measures as the first and most cost effective way to reduce Carbon Dioxide (Co2) emission
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
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Health Science
- Faster promotion for health service professionals
- Diabetes and blindness
- Better deal
- Gates Visits Former Taliban Village
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China and India Join Climate Accord
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- Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
- EU climate chief pushes for deeper carbon cuts
- EVATECH Wins $1.7 Million PV Solar Machine Contract
- China Tries Microblogging Top Political Event
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Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
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Farming Education
- Using his noodle (and dumpling!)
- Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
- AgFeed Industries, Inc. Announces Record Revenues for 2009
- Monsanto's Roundup gets new Chinese competitor
Whale shark
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
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- Chinese president bids farewell to famous educator
- Universities need the government to show some commitment in
- NPC deputy urges reform in higher education
- Education options at Peking University
UNODC says human trafficking for the sex trade appears to be getting worse
Global human trafficking news roundup ( March 4, 2010)
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Entertainment Sports
- 'Avatar' Plagiarism Suit Dismissed in China
- The right moves
- Book paints Genghis Khan as 13th century feminist on horseba
- Google must follow restrictions or leave, says China
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan looks on at a press conference to announce the "Live Earth India" event in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Mumbai will play host to the next Live Earth concert on December 7, with Jon Bon Jovi and major Bollywood movie stars teaming up to build awareness about climate change in one of the world's fastest growing economies, organizers said Thursday.
Guru Dutt, Nargis, Amitabh in CNN's top 25 Asian actors list
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- Asian Champions League Review: Changchun Hit Persipura For N
- 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards
- Zhou skating on thin ice
- Kashima beats Jeonbuk 2-1 in ACL
Indian shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who won the gold medal in the mens trap at the World Shooting Championship held at Zagreb, Croatia, poses for the media during a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006.  (bb2)
Manavjit traps gold in ISSF World Cup
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