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China guaranteed its first gold medal at the East Asian Games with victories in both semifinals of the men's snooker competition Friday. China is expected to dominate the nine-region event after a successful Olympic campaign on home turf -- it won 51 gold medals in Beijing last year -- and it locked up its first gold medal a day before the official start of competition.
The Obama administration is looking to press in early January for a new round of United Nations sanctions against Iran for its continued defiance of demands to come clean about its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Friday.
A young giant panda who became a major draw after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.
President Obama alters the timing of his appearance at an international climate summit, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord. China - Barack Obama - United States - Climate change - India
Gov. Tim Pawlenty can't see Russia from his house.
President Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, a White House official told The Associated Press.
China Shipping Container Line celebrated the 10th anniversary of its first West Coast calls with a commitment to customers to adjust to changing economic times in order to meet their service requirements.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, a White House official told The Associated Press.
President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, a White House official told The Associated Press. The move means Obama will be at the summit on Dec. 18, considered a crucial period when more leaders will be in ...
President Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, the White House announced Friday.
A 51-year-old East China Township man was arrested Thursday after purchasing gold from an undercover officer without a valid certificate of registration required by the Precious Metal Act.
It’s true you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind blows. But you will need a good attorney to tell you how to build a wind farm. In Minnesota, that’s often Girard Miller, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski who has represented alternative-energy projects since the early 1990s.
At eight years old, Emmanuel Jal carried an AK-47; today, the world renowned hip hop artist from deep within Sudan holds a microphone and a voice that carries with it all of the pain of his past, his intense passion and his hope for change in the world. "It's a long story," Jal said in reference to his life.
Italian city celebrates Batman's 70th ... Man denied entry to China lives in airport ... 18-foot totem pole stolen in Seattle ... Job creation won't have legalized sins ... UPI Quirks in the News.
On a recent Sunday afternoon, at an hour of the day when most nightclubs are shuttered and silent, Joe’s Pub was the setting for an amazing alternative cabaret show. The sun was blazing outside; but inside, it may as well have been one o’clock in the morning.
In the 1990s, historian Francis Fukuyama declared “the end of history.” Apparently, no one got the memo. Chalk it up to the Internet, the mainstream media, overeager political commentators or all of the above, but this decade has suffered from too much “instant history.” It has been widely written by pundits on both sides that this was the decade of American decline, the decade of transition ...
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"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run..." -Kenny Rogers, The...
WASHINGTON - AP source: Obama changing timing of Copenhagen visit to build on climate steps by China, India. Comments are subject to the sites terms of use and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or approval of the Star Tribune.
CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- In the U.S. and Europe, the credit crisis has sidelined many banks from the aircraft-finance business, but state-owned banks in China, with plenty of cash on hand, are ready to pick up the slack.
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd today announced that Scott Carmilani, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jack Sennott, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer, will be presenting at the 2009 Goldman Sachs U.S.
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