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Britain builds green towns to reduce CO2London (UPI) Feb 9, 2009 The British government is spending $90 million to build four carbon-neutral towns in England. The so-called eco-towns were chosen from a list of 12 finalists. They are St. Austell in Cornwall, near the western tip of England, Whitehill-Bordon in Hampshire near London, North West Bicester in Oxfordshire in the southeast and Rackheath in Norfolk, near England's East coast. The money will be used to construct new low-energy houses, a third of them affordable, while also making existing buil ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) Feb 9, 2010Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said Tuesday that the island needs a proposed trade pact with China despite warnings that Taipei would become more reliant on its powerful neighbour. Ma said he hopes to build the island into an Asia-Pacific investment hub hosting the regional headquarters of local and multinational businesses. "The odds of reaching the goals would increase once the agreem ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 9, 2010Embraced by Hollywood stars and beloved by environmentalists, the Prius has been the envy of Toyota's rivals since making its debut in 1997 as the world's first mass-produced hybrid. The crisis-hit Japanese auto giant is a pioneer in fuel-sipping hybrids, which run on a combination of petrol and electricity and are vital to the company's efforts to stay in pole position in fuel-efficient aut ... more
Frankfurt (AFP) Feb 9, 2010China overtook Germany last year to become the world's leading exporter as German trade suffered its sharpest slump since 1950, figures from Germany's national statistics office showed on Tuesday. "According to information from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Chinese exports amounted to 1,201.7 billion dollars (876.5 billion euros), while German exports totalled 1,121.3 billion dollars" la ... more |
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Australian miner admits bungling Chinese name in mega-dealSydney (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 An Australian mining company Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese firm involved in a 60-billion-US-dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was genuine. A Resourcehouse spokesman said it simply made a mistake when announcing a widely publicised deal with China Power International Development Limited, following a strenuous denial from the company. The deal, touted as Australia's biggest ever export contract, was in fact struck with its similarly named parent, China Power Inter ... read more |
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