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Breaking News Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Morgan Stanley Building
Bank   China   Photos   Shanghai   US  
 The New York Times 
After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
| SHANGHAI - Flush with cash despite the global economic downturn, China's sovereign wealth fund quietly snapped up more than $9 billion worth of shares last year in some of the biggest American corpo... (photo: creative commons/ mreid0183)
Arrival Terminal 3 at Dubai Airport
Business   Consumer   Dubai   Photos   Transport  
 USA Today 
Fewer people worldwide took flights last year
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Charles Crowell, Bloomberg News Emirates planes taxi at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 24. The ... (photo: Creative Commons / Augapfel)
WEST POINT SALUTE - Underclassmen salute Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the 2009 U.S. Military Academy's commencement at West Point, N.Y., May 23, 2009.  Indian Express 
US has never propped up India: Gates
| United States has dismissed Pakistani perceptions that it was propping India, saying that New Delhi "did not need us for that purpose" and has advocated that the two neighbours resolve their differe... (photo: US DoD / Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison)
Delhi   India   Pakistan   Photos   US  
JAL BOEING777  Business Report 
Japan Airlines to stay with American Airlines
  | Submit your comment | Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, has decided to keep its current tie-up with American Airlines and end talks to defect to Delta Air Lines, local me... (photo: Creative Commons / TC411-507)
Aerospace   Business   Japan   Photos   Transport  
Top Stories
An investor trades online at a private securities company Friday July 31, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Syracuse
European stocks rally despite debt fears
| (AP) - LONDON - European markets rebounded Monday as investors looked past a slump in Asia and set aside worries about debt problems in countries like Greece and Portug... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Debt   Investors   Markets   Photos   Stocks  
Toyota cars line up for service at a Toyota dealership in Lincolnwood, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Star Tribune
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough?
| WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to so... (photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh)
Auto Industry   Automaker   Business   Photos   Toyota  
Demonstrators hold up anti-U.S. bases slogans as some 6,000 people gather at a rally protesting against a U.S. Marine base stationed on the southern island of Okinawa, in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he would decide by the end of May on where to relocate the U.S. Marine Airfield Futenma in Okinawa that has strained ties between the nations. The slogans written in Japanese read: "We don't need Futenma base," in red, and "We refuse new Henoko base," in blue. Denver Post
Land-starved Japan jealously eyes spread-out U.S. bases
| A protest last month in Tokyo against the U.S. bases drew 6,000 people. (Associated Press file photo ) | GINOWAN, Japan — In a country where land is a precious co... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Japan   Photos   Protest   Society   US  
President Barack Obama greets Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., after his speech about health care reform before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. The Miami Herald
U.S. aid-cutback plan sends wrong message
| If President Barack Obama's foreign aid budget request for 2011 is a reflection of his priorities in world affairs, it looks like the president is saying ``adios'' to L... (photo: AP / Jason Reed, pool)
Aid   Budget   Obama   Photos   USA  
American missionary Robert Park, left, is escorted by U.S. officials upon his arrival at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. The Times
US missionary Robert Park returns home from North Korea
| A US missionary released by North Korea after entering the country on Christmas Day to protest human rights abuses is back in the United States. | "Robert Park arrived ... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
China   Media   Northkorea   Photos   US  
File - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk with Terrance William Gainer, Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate, and Wilson (Bill) Livingood, Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, through the U.S. Capitol following the 56th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. WorldNews.com
If Obama Lied, Will Thousands Die?
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | "Not only will I end the ongoing wars around the world, but a mindset of government by fear and of fear is not a ... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Day)
Defence   Democracy   Peace   Photos   US  
global warming - climate - environment The Examiner
Global warming and green technology: Is China eating America's lunch?
| U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham recently was quoted as saying, "Every day that we delay trying to find a price for carbon is a day that China uses to dominate the gree... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
America   China   Climate   Photos   Technology  
American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. The Star
North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December arrived in China on Saturday and will next fly back to the United States, an offi... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Beijing   Justice   N.Korea   Photos   US  
Erin McNiff waits to meet with a job counselor at the California Economic Employment office in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. The Department of Labor announced that Job losses rose to 9.8 percent last month, a 26-year high. The Examiner
Business Highlights
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak Friday when the government released January's unemployment rate showing an unexpected decli... (photo: AP / Rich Pedroncelli)
America   Business   Economy   Photos   Society  
Business & Economy Nuclear Testing
- Obama prolongs the pain - again
- After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
- US to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
- US to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
Morgan Stanley Building
After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
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- Clinton: Qaeda threat 'greater' to US than nuclear
- India, U.K. finalise text of civil nuclear cooperation deal
- India, U.K. finalise text of civil nuclear cooperation deal
- Pakistan nuclear arsenal safe: Top US spy chief
President Barack Obama delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2009, about passage of the tobacco legislation.
Obama keeps North Korea off US terror list
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Political Issues Global Trade
- US to commit $78.5B to try to halt Asian carp
- US has never propped up India: Gates
- Indian-Americans rising in political clout
- China and U.S. heading for a cold war? What impact on gold?
WEST POINT SALUTE - Underclassmen salute Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the 2009 U.S. Military Academy's commencement at West Point, N.Y., May 23, 2009.
US has never propped up India: Gates
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- After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
- Japan Airlines to stay with American Airlines
- Buy Oil Shares as Wall Street Corrects
- European stocks rally despite debt fears
Morgan Stanley Building
After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
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Environmental Protection Weapons Disarmament and Nonproliferation
- Coats For Cubs: Give Old Fur Coats To Animals
- Lord Howe Island Will Have 42 Tons of Rat Poison Dumped On I
- Four 'eco-towns' earmarked for government funds
- 'Climate Service,' New Federal Climate Change Agency
Department of Environment and Natural Resources - DENR - Government Agency - Philippines
DENR shuts down Bulacan bunker oil plant
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- Why Iran Wants The Hydrogen Bomb, Neutron Bomb, and Stealth
- Clinton: Qaeda threat 'greater' to US than nuclear
- Iran threat real, but al Qaeda danger greater: Hillary Clint
- Clinton: Al Qaeda more 'agile'
American missionary Robert Park, left, is escorted by U.S. officials upon his arrival at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park.
US missionary Robert Park returns home from North Korea
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Science and Technology Policy Human Rights
- US to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
- US to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
- US gives Chinese man 2.5 years over fake Cisco kit
- China's fast trains may offer tips for U.S.
global warming - climate - environment
Global warming and green technology: Is China eating America's lunch?
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- Global human trafficking news roundup ( Feb. 6-8, 2010)
- US human rights campaigner freed by North Korea returns home
- Dazzled by Asia
- If Obama Lied, Will Thousands Die?
File - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk with Terrance William Gainer, Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate, and Wilson (Bill) Livingood, Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, through the U.S. Capitol following the 56th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009.
If Obama Lied, Will Thousands Die?
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