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Eager new officials put China's economic control measures at risk: report
Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2008China's efforts to curb its red-hot economy are under threat from a batch of eager new leaders at the regional level keen to splash out on investment projects, state media said Wednesday. The central government has just appointed top officials in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Tianjin as a prelude to more local government reshuffles expected in the first quarter, the C ... more Taiwan leader says wants unconditional peace with China 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 1, 2008Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday he wanted an unconditional peace accord with China to end decades of hostility and defended his plans for a referendum on the island's UN membership bid. In a New Year broadcast, his last while in office, Chen warned however that no pact would be possible if Beijing kept its 'One China' policy, which views Taiwan as Chinese territory awaiting re ... more Indonesian landslide, floods toll at 107 dead: health ministry 
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 2, 2008Landslides and floods that struck Indonesia's main island of Java last week killed 107 people and left 12 missing, a health ministry official said Wednesday, as waters receded in the worst hit areas. Torrential rains across Central and East Java provinces triggered landslides that engulfed homes and floods along the island's longest river which displaced tens of thousands of people, hundreds ... more Chile's Llaima volcano erupts in smoke and flames 
Santiago (AFP) Jan 1, 2008Chile's southern Llaima volcano erupted Tuesday after 13 years of dormancy, shooting smoke, debris and flames from one of its two craters and forcing 150 people in its vicinity to be evacuated, the National Emergency Office said. "We don't know what the volcano will do next," said office director Carmen Fernandez, adding that all nearby villages and towns have been put on alert for possible ... more Analysis: An '07 Caspian energy scorecard 
Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2007 The year 2007 will be seen as a major turning point in the development of Caspian energy, perhaps the most significant 12 months since the 1991 collapse of communism opened up the possibilities of developing one of the world's last great oil frontiers. At the heart of developing Caspian reserves are two major contenders, Russia and Western oil companies, most notably U.S. firms. Both ha ... more |
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Toulouse, France (ESA) Dec 31, 2007A multinational team of ground controllers are undergoing intense training for the launch of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), one of the most complex spacecraft ever built and flown by ESA. It is 05:00 at the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France, and the simulator operator watches as his computer screen shows the initialisation of a computer simulation of the ATV spacecraft ... more Reporter's dream forced Britain to admit nuclear test: document 
London (AFP) Dec 28, 2007The British government was forced to admit it had sanctioned a nuclear weapons test in 1974 after a journalist dreamed one had taken place and wrote an article, newly released documents showed Friday. Then prime minister Harold Wilson strived to keep secret the test in the Nevada desert in the United States that May, but his efforts were foiled by the unorthodox reporting methods of Daily Ex ... more White House confident Pakistan nuclear arsenal is secure 
Crawford, Texas (AFP) Dec 28, 2007The White House on Friday said it was confident that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was secure and did not risk falling into extremists' hands after the assassination Thursday of Benazir Bhutto. "At this time, as far as I know, it is the assessment of the intelligence community that Pakistan's weapons arsenal is secure," spokesman Scott Stanzel told reporters near the president's ranch in Crawfo ... more Pakistan's nuclear weapons safe, despite unrest: analysts 
New York (AFP) Dec 28, 2007The chance of Pakistan's nuclear weapons falling into the hands of Islamic militants is slight, even if unrest persists in the wake of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's death, US analysts said. The security of Pakistan's estimated 50 nuclear warheads has been under global scrutiny since President Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency in November and concern has only risen since ... more Arctic ice melt Canada's top weather concern in 2007 
Montreal (AFP) Dec 27, 2007The "shocking" record loss of Arctic sea ice was Canada's top weather event in 2007, Canada's environment ministry said Thursday. Each year for the past 12, Environment Canada has published a list of the top 10 climate or weather phenomena to impact Canada that year. For 2007, "the dramatic disappearance of Arctic sea ice -- reported in September -- was so shocking that it quickly became ... more |
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Hanoi (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Hundreds of Vietnamese villagers have ransacked the site of a proposed titanium mine that they fear will pollute the soil and ground water, local officials and media reports said Friday. More than 300 protesters caused over 12,000 dollars in damage when they destroyed machinery and pipelines at the site near the seaside Tam Tien commune in central Quang Nam province last Sunday. Develope ... more Australian whaling demonstrators protest in Japanese consulate 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 27, 2007Australian anti-whaling protesters smeared fake blood on themselves in the Japanese consulate in Melbourne Thursday before police moved them on, police and protesters said. Protesters wearing bio-hazard suits coated themselves in 'blood' in the foyer of the consulate, located in the central office in Australia's second largest city, a spokesman for Animal Liberation Victoria (ALV) said. ... more Indonesia: President urges better forest management amid floods 
Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 29, 2007Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged better forest management across the nation Saturday as he toured an area stricken by deadly landslides and floods this week. "That would be a brilliant way to take care of the Earth," he said, according to the state-run news agency Antara, adding that it would help prevent further disasters in the world's fourth most populous nation. Th ... more Activists attack China ruling on Hong Kong democracy 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 29, 2007China said Saturday it may allow Hong Kong's leader to be directly elected within 10 years at the earliest, but activists seeking quicker democratic reform in the territory criticised the decision. The announcement is Beijing's clearest indication yet of the city's political future but has upset democrats pushing for 2012 as the deadline to achieve full democracy in the Asian financial hub, ... more Snowstorms disrupt travel in central US 
Chicago (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Heavy snowstorms continued to disrupt travel in the central United States Friday and forecasters said little relief was expected until the New Year. More than 400 flights were cancelled and delays were averaging an hour and a half at Chicago's O'Hare airport as the storm system which crippled Denver on Thursday moved eastward. But the Chicago airport authority said there was no need yet ... more
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