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 Pyeongtaek, South Korea (AFP) Aug 5, 2009 
South Korean police commandos mounted a dramatic helicopter-borne raid Wednesday to try to end a factory sit-in by strikers wielding firebombs and metal pipes.
Police said about 50 people were injured in clashes at Ssangyong Motor's plant, which was taken over by unionists fighting plans for mass layoffs designed to save the loss-making firm.
Police rappelled from helicopters onto the ro ... read more 
Algiers (AFP) Aug 5, 2009China's embassy in Algiers on Wednesday played down violent clashes the previous day between Chinese and Algerian traders as an isolated incident unrepresentative of normal relations. "This isolated incident does not reflect the relations between Algerians and Chinese," an embassy spokeswoman said, adding that China "had confidence in the Algerian police" to shed light on Tuesday's violence. ... more
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 5, 2009China refused to budge Wednesday on its demands that rich nations commit to large greenhouse gas cuts at upcoming climate change talks, while also declining to put a ceiling on its own emissions. China and other developing nations will call on rich countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels at negotiations in Copenhagen in December, said Yu Qingtai, Chin ... more  
Paris (AFP) Aug 4, 2009The world's biggest atom-smasher, idle since breaking down only days after its launch last September, will likely restart in November, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said Tuesday. When the collider will be switched on, and at what power level, will be decided at a meeting of CERN scientists and officials later this week, said James Gilles, head of communicatio ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Three Japanese electric car makers teamed up with the country's largest power company Wednesday to study ways to building a grid of battery charging stations for zero-emission vehicles. Nissan Motors, Mitsubishi Motors and Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries said they would set up a committee with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to discuss ways to standardise and promote their battery-chargi ... more |
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Wakarusa, Indiana (AFP) Aug 4, 2009President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a 2.4-billion-dollar funding boost for the development of new generation electric vehicles and slammed critics of his economic rescue plans. The president traveled to a jobs crisis blackspot in the economically-struggling midwestern state of Indiana to announce a plan he said would create tens of thousands of new jobs. "For far too long we've fai ... more 
Buenos Aires (UPI) Aug 4, 2009 Argentine oil company Roch S.A. has offered more than $70 million to acquire southern Argentinean oil fields of U.S.-based Chevron Corp., industry sources said. The sources cited an Argentine El Cronista newspaper report that Roch S.A. won the right to enter exclusive negotiations with Chevron, outbidding two business groups. Industry sources said the company based its bid on bac ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 5, 2009Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday the global economic crisis had battered its passenger and cargo services in the first half of the year, with revenue plummeting 27.1 percent. A collapse in business and first class travel was accompanied by a similar plunge in the firm's cargo business, as demand from the United States and Europe for products made in southern China's factory be ... more |
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