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Britain blames China over 'farcical' climate talks - Yahoo! NewsBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused a handful of countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations. While China's Premier Wen Jiabao insisted his government had played an "important and constructive" ...
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Six Uighurs released from Guantanamo sent to PalauVote 0 Six Uighurs released from Guantanamo sent to Palau By DPA, IANS October 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Six Chinese Uighurs who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp were released to the Pacific island nation of Palau, the US Justice Department said. The Chinese Muslims have ...
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U.S. spends most, but health quality lags - Yahoo! NewsAmericans are more likely than people in 10 other countries to have trouble getting medical treatment because of insurance restrictions or cost, an international survey of primary care doctors released on Wednesday found. While the United States spends more than twice as much as other developed ...
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100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! FinanceIn a few weeks, the Treasury Department's czar of executive pay will have to answer this $100 million question: Should Andrew J. Hall get his bonus? Mr. Hall, the 58-year-old head of Phibro, a small commodities trading firm in Westport, Conn., is due for a nine-figure payday, his cut of profits ...
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U.N. powers agree on draft North Korea sanctions - Yahoo! NewsWorld powers on Wednesday agreed to expand sanctions to punish North Korea for its recent nuclear test and weapons program, as Russia said it expected the North to launch another provocative missile test. The draft U.N. sanctions resolution, written by the United States and endorsed by the four ...
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BBC NEWS | Business | Obama plans 'leaner' car industryPresident Barack Obama says he hopes US carmakers will come out "leaner and meaner" from their financial troubles. General Motors (GM) is currently trying to stave off bankruptcy, while Chrysler has already sought bankruptcy. GM last week received another $4bn of US government loans, taking ...
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China ready for post-Kyoto deal on climate change | Environment | guardian.co.ukChina is ready to abandon its resistance to limits on its carbon emissions and wants to reach an international deal to fight global warming, the Guardian has learned. According to Britain's climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, who met senior officials in Beijing this week, China is ready ...
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BBC NEWS | Business | 'Deeper' recession ahead says IMFIn January, the IMF had predicted world output would increase by 0.5% in 2009. It now projects that the UK will see its economy shrink by 4.1% in 2009, and by a further 0.4% in 2010. But other major economies are predicted to shrink even more, with Germany declining by 5.6%, Japan by 6.2%, and ...
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G20 agrees on IMF boost, tax-haven crackdown: Brown - MarketWatchLONDON (MarketWatch) -- Leaders of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to provide more than $1 trillion in resources to the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions in an effort to confront a deep global economic downturn, while also moving to rein in hedge funds and ...
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World Bank offers trade boost ahead of G20 | ReutersThe World Bank announced a $50 billion program on Tuesday to counter a decline in global trade and Britain called on G20 leaders to supply "the oxygen of confidence" to drag the world economy out of recession. The scale of the problem was underlined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation ...
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