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China slows rise in military spending
"China has said its military spending will increase by 7.5% in 2010, ending a long run of double-digit growth."
3/4/2010
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Goldman’s O’Neill Says ‘Something Brewing’ in China on Currency
"Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Economist Jim O’Neill said China may be poised to let its currency strengthen as much as 5 percent to slow the world’s fastest growing major economy."
2/14/2010
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Happy New Year
1/1/2010
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Merry Christmas
12/25/2009
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Raul Castro accuses Obama administration of seeking to topple Cuba's communist system
"Raul Castro gave the strongest signal yet his government's would-be honeymoon with the Obama administration is over, delivering a harshly worded speech Sunday charging that the White House endorses efforts to topple the island's communist system."
12/20/2009
Permalink ID:7540
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US judge cuts jails terms for two members of Cuban Five
"Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez were part of the Cuban Five group, jailed in the US in 2001 for spying for the then government of Fidel Castro."
"Labanino's life sentence has been reduced to 30 years and Gonzalez's by one year to 18 years."
12/8/2009
Permalink ID:7065
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US laments Honduras decision not to reinstate Zelaya
"The US has said it is disappointed by the Honduran Congress's decision not to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya for his remaining two months in office."
"Honduran lawmakers voted overwhelmingly against allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was removed from office in June, to serve out his term."
12/3/2009
Permalink ID:6854
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Honduran Parliament to Obama: Pound sand
"MPs in Honduras have voted overwhelmingly against reinstating President Manuel Zelaya, shrugging off international pressure four months after a coup that has isolated one of the poorest countries in the Americas."
"As the vote continued, more than two-thirds of members of Congress had voted not to return the deposed president to power for the remainder of his term, which ends on January 27, as Washington and many Latin American governments had urged."
12/3/2009
Permalink ID:6831
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Russia vows quick completion of Iran atom plant
"Russia's energy minister pledged Sunday a quick completion of Iran's first nuclear power station, two weeks after announcing the latest delay, but refrained from giving a specific time for its launch."
11/29/2009
Permalink ID:6659
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Ahmadinejad to Chavez: 'We're going to be together until the end'
"Both leaders roundly denounced US "imperialism," and Chavez also called Israel "a murderous arm of the Yankee empire."
11/29/2009
Permalink ID:6656
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China: people are still asking: Who is Barack Obama?
"Now, as China prepares to welcome President Obama, who is scheduled to arrive Sunday, few educated Chinese do not recognize his name."
"There is little doubt that the Chinese government had a higher comfort level with Obama's predecessor, despite ideological differences. George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, who was the U.S. envoy to Beijing in the mid-1970s, were known quantities for a government that puts a high premium on predictability and stability. The Chinese credited the Bush dynasty with cementing trade ties that brought about prosperity here."
11/14/2009
Permalink ID:6132
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President Obama bows to the Emperor of Japan
"There was talk of green tea ice cream, memories of a childhood visit to Japan and even a reference to the remote fishing town Obama as the US President set out his vision for US relations with Asia in a keynote speech. ..."
11/14/2009
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11/13/2009
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