| China says U.S. naval ship broke int'l, Chinese law (2009-03-10) |
| China on Tuesday said that a US navy vessel broke the international and Chinese law in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea. |
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| World Bank: Global economy to shrink in 2009 for the 1st time since WWII (2009-03-09) |
| The World Bank said that the global economy will shrink in 2009 and estimated developing countries face a financing shortfall of US$270-700 billion this year. |
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| DPRK vows to attack if its satellite gets intercepted (2009-03-09) |
| The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Monday it will stage a war on the territories of the US, Japan and the Republic of Korea if its satellite launch was intercepted. |
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| China's top legislator delivers NPC Standing Committee work report (2009-03-09) |
| Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo is delivering a work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress at the second session of the 11th NPC Monday morning. |
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| China sweep All England badminton championship titles (2009-03-09) |
| China's head coach Li Yongbo said their All England badminton championship clean sweep of all five titles had not been uppermost in their minds here. |
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| China's monetary policy takes effect, further moderate adjustment possible: central bank governor (2009-03-06) |
| China has acted fast amid the global financial crisis to ease its monetary policy that is beginning to take effect, said central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan on Friday. |
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| Obama says U.S. can't afford to wait on healthcare (2009-03-06) |
| Saying Americans cannot afford to put off an overhaul of healthcare, President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to break the political stalemate and pass a comprehensive plan this year. |
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| Official: Situation in Tibet stable, riots unlikely (2009-03-06) |
| Even though there is a possibility of minor protests in Tibet, no major riots, like the one on March 14 last year, will take place in the region this year, a top official of the Tibet autonomous region said Thursday. |
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| Wen: We can achieve 8% growth (2009-03-06) |
| Proclaiming that "no difficulty can daunt China", Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday announced an ambitious agenda for the nation's economic and social growth this year. |
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| Overseas press praise China's persistence for 8% economic growth (2009-03-06) |
| BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The international press has given extensive coverage to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report at the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) which started on Thursday, and praised China's persisted target of 8 percent annual economic growth in the face of the world financial crisis. |
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| China oil majors covet Africa-focused Tullow Oil (2009-03-05) |
| Tullow Oil is the latest Africa-focused energy firm to draw Chinese takeover interest, but the $8 billion oil and gas independent, emboldened by its prospects, has snubbed potential buyers. |
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| Sudanese presidency rejects ICC arrest warrant (2009-03-05) |
| Sudan's three-member presidency "absolutely rejects" the arrest warrant against the country's president issued by the International Criminal Court, Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha said. |
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| Chinese gov't vows to address public complaints to main social stability (2009-03-05) |
| Social stability has become a major concern in China as it will be, as a government report says, the most difficult year for China's economic development since the beginning of the century. |
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| China budgets record-high fiscal deficit in fight against global crisis (2009-03-05) |
| China announced Thursday a fiscal deficit budget of 950 billion yuan (139 billion U.S. dollars) for 2009, a record high in six decades, as the country boosts spending to cushion the impact of the financial crisis. |
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| China starts parliament session (2009-03-05) |
| Wen Jiabao Thursday called on the nation to strengthen conviction for victory while he envisaged "arduous and formidable" tasks in 2009 as the country tried to keep economic growth amid a global downturn. |
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