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EU sticks to 20-percent carbon cutsBrussels (AFP) Oct 29, 2010 The European Union on Friday gave notice it was not prepared to go beyond a planned 20-percent cut in greenhouse-gas emissions ahead of next month's UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. At the end of a summit in Brussels, EU heads of state and government said making progress on tackling climate change "is becoming ever more urgent." "It is therefore important that the Cancun Conference deliver a significant intermediate step" towards a comprehensive climate treaty, they said in a statement. " ... read more |
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  China's Wen says World Expo good for reform Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday that Shanghai's World Expo had given the fast-developing country the confidence to keep pushing reform, as visitors flooded the exhibition on its final day. ... more | .. |
  Vietnam, Russia sign deal on first nuclear plant Russia and Vietnam on Sunday signed a deal worth an estimated 5.6 billion dollars for the Southeast Asian country's first nuclear power plant as Moscow seeks greater influence in the region. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong brokers' long lunch in the firing line Hong Kong's stockbrokers may soon have to wave farewell to three-course lunches at Michelin-starred restaurants and instead settle for a cold sandwich at their desks. ... more | .. |
China manufacturing accelerated in October: surveys Manufacturing activity in China hit a six-month high in October, an independent survey showed Monday, in a sign that a recovery of the world's second-biggest economy has further consolidated. ... more | .. |
Russia's Medvedev in Vietnam, nuclear deal in the offing President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam Saturday for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal with the former Soviet-era Communist ally. ... more |
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Hanoi (AFP) Oct 31, 2010Vietnam will help to supply Japan with rare earth minerals used in high-tech products, leaders of the two countries said Sunday, as Japan looks to diversify supply after a spat with key provider China. "Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that Vietnam has decided to have Japan as a partner for exploration, mining, development, and separation and production of rare earth minerals in the ... more  
La Paz (AFP) Oct 30, 2010President Evo Morales confirmed Saturday that Bolivia plans to build a nuclear plant with Iran's help, stressing the facility would be for peaceful purposes. "There is nothing to lie about: one of the things we are working on with Iran is of course to have a nuclear plant, to generate energy," Morales said. "When we talk about a nuclear plant people will claim it is linked to a nuclear b ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 1, 2010China's state media on Monday accused Japan's foreign minister of ruining a planned formal meeting between their two premiers as they try to end a damaging row, branding him an "extremist". Japan's Seiji Maehara and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam on Friday, boosting hopes that Asia's big powers would begin to heal the wounds from the ... more |
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China warms to code of conduct on South China Sea disputeHanoi (AFP) Oct 29, 2010 China said Friday it was committed to talks that could lead to a legally binding code of conduct on the South China Sea territorial dispute, after talks with concerned Southeast Asian nations. The Philippines said China made the assurances in response to concerns from leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) who met with China's premier Wen Jiabao Friday. ASEAN hopes that a "declaration" on a mooted code of conduct could lead to a mechanism to govern actions in the ... read more |
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