| U.S., S. Korea, Japan coordinate on DPRK's planned rocket launch (2009-03-31) |
| Officials of the United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to "maintain close coordination" to deal with the situation when DPRK has missile test. |
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| Emerging economies call for bigger say at G20 (2009-03-31) |
| While the G20 summit is about to convene in London Thursday, BRIC and some other emerging economies insist developing countries should have a bigger say in multilateral financial discussion and relevant policy-making process. |
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| Missile BrahMos test fired at India's Pokharan (2009-03-30) |
| India Sunday successfully test fired a new version of its supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile BrahMos at Pokhran in the deserts of the western Indian state of Rajasthan. |
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| GM names new CEO (2009-03-30) |
| U.S. automaker General Motors on early Monday confirmed the resignation of Rick Wagoner as chairman and chief executive officer of the company, and named Fritz Henderson as its new CEO. |
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| 7 residents, 1 nurse die in nursing home shooting (2009-03-30) |
| A lone gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything". |
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| World Buddhist Forum participants say dialogues significant in Buddhism development (2009-03-30) |
| Participants hailed the importance of dialogues in the development of the Buddhism as the Second World Buddhist Forum wrapped up its first part on Sunday. |
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| Defense chief: U.S. not to shoot down missile launched by DPRK (2009-03-30) |
| The United States would not shoot down a missile that DPRK was expected to launch soon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview to be aired on Sunday. |
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| Chinese vice premier calls on G20 London summit to act together to fight crisis (2009-03-30) |
| Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan has called on the international community to "act together" at the upcoming London summit to get through the global financial crisis. |
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| PetroChina hit by refining loss (2009-03-26) |
| PetroChina Co, the country's largest oil and gas producer, yesterday said its 2008 net profit fell 22 percent because of oil price volatility and widening refining losses. |
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| US has to clean up dollar mess: economist (2009-03-26) |
| US President Barack Obama may have dismissed the need to replace the greenback with a global currency, but economists said yesterday that he should take more steps to restore confidence in the dollar. |
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| China slashes U.S. Congress resolution on Taiwan (2009-03-26) |
| China voiced its strong dissatisfaction Wednesday against a U.S. Congress resolution on the Taiwan Relations Act saying it is an interference in its internal affairs. |
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| Foreign diplomats visit exhibit on Democratic Reforms in Tibet (2009-03-26) |
| Over 150 foreign diplomats visited the 50th Anniversary of Democratic Reforms in Tibet exhibition in Beijing on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. |
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| Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times (2009-03-24) |
| Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years. |
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| Fed's Bernanke wanted to block AIG bonuses (2009-03-24) |
| Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday he wanted to sue to stop insurance giant AIG from paying millions in bonuses, but was talked out of it. |
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| NKorea reasserts right to satellite launch (2009-03-24) |
| North Korea warned the United States, Japan and their allies not to interfere with its plan to launch a satellite into space next month. |
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