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 Xining, China (AFP) March 12, 2009 
Along remote mountain roads of western China hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the nearest big city, police stand in the snow waiting to stop foreign reporters from going any further. Past the checkpoints are no-go zones for the journalists who are trying to verify the government's portrayal of Tibetans as happy and content under Chinese rule. "This is not an open area," a policeman to ... read more 
Mumbai (AFP) March 12, 2009Policymakers need to step up efforts to cut smoking rates in Asia to prevent an "epidemic" of tobacco-related lung disease, a conference here was told Thursday. Many Asian countries have seen a surge in tobacco use in the last decade, particularly among the young and in urban areas as a result of economic growth. A rise in smoking by women has also been noted. But ignorance of the health ... more
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Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2009China expressed anger Thursday over a resolution passed by the US Congress that condemned Beijing's handling of the Tibet issue, saying that its policy in the region was supported by Tibetans. In a statement issued late Thursday, the National Peoples' Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee called the US resolution "a gross interference in China's domestic affairs," state news agency Xinhua ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2009The family of missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been tipped for a Nobel Peace Prize, has defected to the United States, rights activists said Thursday. New York-based Human Rights in China and Radio Free Asia said Gao's wife and children arrived in the United States on Wednesday and were seeking asylum. "It was extraordinarily difficult to get us out of China. The frien ... more  
Topping VA (SPX) Mar 13, 2009XcelPlus Global Holdings has successfully completed a test of its GlyCoal clean energy fuel at an Edison Power-owned 80-megawatt plant in West Virginia. In the test, GlyCoal reduced coal consumption by 10 percent, in turn reducing the sulfur dioxide and CO2 emissions from coal by 10 percent. "GlyCoal is considered a clean coal technology because it effectively reduces coal emissions ... more 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2009The Nigerian government has announced it will bolster security in the petroleum-rich Niger Delta to combat the region's armed gunmen, following reports that oil production has reached a new low in the region. The decision to ramp up security in the volatile region came amid increasing attacks by militant groups and gangs on foreign oil operations in the delta, chiefly those belonging t ... more |
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Kut, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2009Chinese engineers have inaugurated an Iraqi oil field, the first major oil development deal secured by a foreign firm since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein, officials said on Thursday. The project, which follows the signing of a three-billon-dollar contract late last year, revives a deal signed in 1997 that granted China exploration rights to Al-Ahdab oil field in central Iraq. "This pro ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2009China on Thursday said factory output and retail sales were slowing, but banks were also pumping more credit into the economy as the country battles the global downturn. Industrial production in the world's third-largest economy grew 3.8 percent in the first two months of 2009 compared with the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. It was a sharp slowdown com ... more 
Destiny FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2009Destiny, located in Osceola County in central Florida, will be America's first eco-sustainable city and the largest planned environmental development in the United States. The city is being designed to attract leading eco-friendly companies and environmental research groups, which will create higher paying "green collar" jobs, announced Randy Johnson, COO of Destiny. "The vision of th ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Just last week it was reported that China would soon start construction of a new space launch center in the southernmost Hainan Province. Apparently, the State Council and Central Military Commission approved the new spaceport in late 2008. According to the report this new site will boast high capacity and low costs. One might think this new launch site is badly needed due to high launch ... more |
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