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Cables show China used debt holdings to press USWashington (AFP) Feb 17, 2011 Leaked diplomatic cables vividly show China's willingness to translate its massive holdings of US debt into political influence on issues ranging from Taiwan's sovereignty to Washington's financial policy. China's clout - gleaned from its nearly $900 billion stack of US debt - has been widely commented on in the United States, but sensitive cables show just how much influence Beijing has and how keen Washington is to address its rival's concerns. An October 2008 cable, released by WikiLeaks, s ... read more |
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  OPEC needs to up output before new crisis Oil producer group OPEC needs to increase production to meet a growing global demand before considering further risks to supply from the developing crisis over democratic rights in the Middle East, the London Center for Global Energy Studies said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Australia's electricity prices to rise By 2015, Australia's electricity will cost more than double its 2008 price, a new study indicates. ... more | .. |
Western oil firms react to Libya crisis Western oil companies are re-evaluating operations in Libya following violent unrest that has helped push crude prices close to $105 a barrel. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Kollmorgen unveils modified power system A variant of a low-voltage power generation system for the U.S. Army's Fuel-Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator is being introduced by Virginia's Kollmorgen. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: The real G20 crisis Once again, the weekend summit of the Group of 20 lived down to the sinking expectations this purported new system of global governance has already inspired. But there was one significant exception. ... more | .. |
China warns its businesses in Libya Beijing on Monday urged business travellers to defer plans to visit Libya and told Chinese companies there to take precautions as a popular uprising reached the streets of the capital Tripoli. ... more | .. |
 Study Finds Massive Flux Of Gas And Liquid Oil At BP Gulf Well A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up ... more |
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Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts say
Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environmental 'devastation bill'
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 New Material Provides 25 Percent Greater Thermoelectric Conversion Efficiency Automobiles, military vehicles, even large-scale power generating facilities may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to a new alloy developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laborato ... more | .. |
  Physicists Isolate Bound States In Graphene Superconductor Junctions Illinois researchers have documented the first observations of some unusual physics when two prominent electric materials are connected: superconductors and graphene. Led by University of Illi ... more | .. |
  Hydrogels Used To Make Precise New Sensor Researchers are developing a new type of biological and chemical sensor that has few moving parts, is low-cost and yet highly sensitive, sturdy and long-lasting. The "diffraction-based" sensor ... more | .. |
  Getting Cars Onto The Road Faster Auto manufacturers are looking for shorter production times, faster logistics processes, new materials and technologies. A novel software platform will help companies to achieve these goals by reduc ... more |
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  Advanced Ethanol Leaders Join RFA to Form New Advocacy Council Leaders in the world's advanced ethanol industry have joined with the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) to form the Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC). The AEC will be singularly focused on accelerating ... more | .. |
 Cars soon will roll into the app store Auto engineers, racing to keep up with rapid computer innovation, are designing smartcars that can talk to smartphones. ... more | .. |
China raises petrol, diesel prices China raised wholesale petrol and diesel prices by 350 yuan ($53) per tonne Sunday, the second rise in two months in the world's second-largest fuel consuming nation, the government announced. ... more | .. |
  Unrest delay Egypt's nuclear power plant tender The instability in Egypt has delayed the tender for the country's first nuclear power plant, a state-owned newspaper reported on Saturday. ... more |
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China advances crewed lunar mission with lander landing and takeoff trial
Hera spacecraft tests asteroid tracking with distant Otero and Kellyday observations
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Tycoon drama highlights Asian succession time bombs The very public battle over the $3-billion fortune of wheelchair-bound Stanley Ho makes for captivating viewing likely to be played out many times over as a rash of Asian tycoons reach old age. ... more | .. |
 BHP chief confident on China BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers on Sunday expressed confidence in China's economic management and denied that his firm had caused a Chinese bid for arch-rival Rio Tinto to fail. ... more | .. |
G20 deal on economic indicators after China compromise The G20 countries overcame initial Chinese opposition to clinch a deal Saturday on which economic indicators to use to evaluate and tackle the economic imbalances at the heart of the global crisis. ... more | .. |
 Coal's 'real' cost could top $500 billion The "real" costs of coal to the U.S. public could total more than $500 billion annually, a new study claims. ... more |
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EDF repairs reactors amid anomalies Electricite de France, the world's largest operator of nuclear power plants, is replacing backup diesel generators at eight nuclear reactor sites across France after anomalies were detected. ... more | .. |
Iran seeks beat sanctions with pipelines Despite tightening international economic sanctions, Iran is driving to boost its energy industry, including a natural gas pipeline to Iraq and Syria that may even run to southern Europe and another to run through Turkey to Europe. ... more | .. |
Decade to shift Chinese economy away from exports: bank China's central banker Zhou Xiaochuan Zhou said Friday it would take at least a decade to shift the country's economy away from its export-based model, and that Chinese exporters would hold tenaciously onto foreign markets. ... more | .. |
 Intel to invest $5 billion in new Arizona plant US computer chip giant Intel announced plans on Friday to invest more than $5 billion to build a new state-of-the-art chip manufacturing facility in Arizona. ... more |
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Philippines says 3 Chinese ships spotted near islets close to Taiwan
US-Russia summits: the highs and lows
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 Algae in wastewater seen as energy source U.S. researchers say algae grown in wastewater could be a promising source of biofuel while cleaning up the wastewater at the same time. ... more | .. |
  Mortenson To Build Largest Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant In The World Mortenson Construction has been selected as the general contractor for Charlotte-based Cogentrix Energy, LLC's 30-megawatt Alamosa Solar Generating Project in southern Colorado. Once completed, the ... more | .. |
  EU states can fine airlines for excessive noise: court European nations have the right to impose penalties on airlines when their planes roar too loudly above built-up areas near airports, the top adviser to Europe's highest court said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Study: Meeting biofuel goal may be costly U.S. researchers say the goal of replacing 30 percent of petroleum consumption in the U.S. with biofuels by 2030 is attainable, but at a high price. ... more |
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China's state firms face higher payments to govt Chinese state-owned firms will have to hand over more of their profits to the government, a senior official said Tuesday, giving Beijing more money to spend on social services such as health care. ... more | .. |
Taiwan threatens Philippines labour freeze Taiwan expressed anger on Tuesday over the Philippines' refusal to apologise for deporting 14 Taiwanese to China and threatened to freeze the hiring of Philippine workers. ... more | .. |
China upholds US geologist's conviction A Beijing court Friday upheld the conviction and eight-year sentence meted out to a Chinese-born American geologist over state secrets charges in a case that has further tested already strained ties. ... more | .. |
 Race To The BioFuel Pump Chemists, chemical engineers, and synthetic biologists have largely met the technical challenge of developing biofuels to supplement and then replace petroleum-derived transportation fuels in the co ... more |
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