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Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria (AP)

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:38 +0000

AP – Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by his regime’s forces. Activists said more than 200 were killed in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month uprising.

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Russia, China veto resolution on Syria, as bloody massacre kills hundreds

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:05:53 +0000

Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down amid escalating violence.

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Wealthy ‘Octomom’ stuns in one-child China

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:42:30 +0000

The incident has highlighted both the use of birth surrogates, a violation of Chinese law, and how wealthy Chinese do as they please.

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Tear gas fired at protesters in China seaside town (AP)

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:43:58 +0000

AP – Riot police in a southern Chinese coastal town fired tear gas Friday at protesters, including elderly men and women, on the fourth day of unrest over a planned power plant expansion, according to protesters’ accounts and TV footage.

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China prepares for big entry into vaccine market (AP)

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:19:56 +0000

AP – The world should get ready for a new Made in China product — vaccines.

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Countering China, Obama asserts US a Pacific power (AP)

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:43:47 +0000

AP – Signaling a determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to expand U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region and “project power and deter threats to peace” in that part of the world even as he reduces defense spending and winds down two wars.

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Countering China, US sets training in Australia (AP)

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:40:37 +0000

AP – Signaling U.S. determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will send military aircraft and up to 2,500 Marines to northern Australia for a training hub to help allies and protect American interests across Asia. He declared the U.S. is not afraid of China, by far the biggest and most powerful country in the region.

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Overpacked China school bus crashes, 18 kids die (AP)

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:02:27 +0000

AP – An overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in rural western China on Wednesday, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class, officials said.

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Obama insists US does not fear China (AP)

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:53:29 +0000

AP – President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that the notion that the United States fears China or wants to exclude the growing power from American economic alliances in the Asia-Pacific region is mistaken.

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FACT CHECK: Misfires on Iran, China in GOP debate (AP)

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:01:47 +0000

AP – Herman Cain contradicted himself on torture, Mitt Romney offered a prescription for challenging China that didn’t add up and Newt Gingrich seemed to forget about crucial help by Pakistani intelligence in running down terrorists.

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