Mayfield misses deadline to enter car at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Jeremy Mayfield missed the deadline to enter this weekend's race after successfully fighting NASCAR to get back behind the wheel following a failed random drug test.
Nations:U.S. People:Mike Wallace Activities:NASCAR Source:(AP)
2009-07-02
China Web controversy highlights public role
BEIJING - Beijing's retreat on its latest Internet-censorship effort highlights the rise of China's increasingly tech-savvy, vocal public as a factor in the authoritarian government's decisions.
Nations:China Activities:2009 China Internet Filtering Source:(AP)
2009-07-01
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
WASHINGTON - Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
Nations:China Israel Russia Source:(AP)
2009-06-01
Pelosi calls for US-Chinese climate cooperation
BEIJING - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a frequent, fierce critic of China, called for U.S.-Chinese cooperation to fight climate change in a speech Tuesday that skirted human rights and other contentious issues.
Nations:U.S. North Korea China People:Timothy Geithner Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama Activities:China-U.S.
2009-05-27
CAW votes to accept cost-cutting deal with GM
TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers members voted 86 percent in favor of a cost-cutting deal with General Motors Canada as the automaker bids to qualify for more government loans and assure its future in Canada.
Nations:Canada Source:(AP)
2009-05-26
Analysis: NKorea's bomb test adds to atomic threat
WASHINGTON - North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant North as a facilitator of the atomic ambitions of others, potentially even terrorists.
Nations:Japan South Korea China Russia Afghanistan North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Bill Clinton Lee Myung-Bak Barack Obama Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis
2009-05-26
UN Security Council condemns NKorea nuke test
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council swiftly condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution and said it will start work immediately on another one that could result in new sanctions against the reclusive nation.
Nations:North Korea Russia Japan China Denmark South Korea People:Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-05-26
Study says businesses can create clean energy jobs
COPENHAGEN - Business leaders vowed Monday to help world governments set a price on carbon, establishing a market that governments can use to cut greenhouse gases.
Nations:Denmark France U.S. China India People:J.R.R. Tolkien Cate Blanchett
2009-05-25
US House Speaker Pelosi due in China
BEIJING (AFP) - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's rule over Tibet and its rights record, was to arrive in Shanghai Sunday for a trip focused on energy and climate change.
Nations:China People:John Kerry Nancy Pelosi Activities:China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2009-05-24
Censor-defying Chinese director back at Cannes
BEIJING (AFP) - Defying the authorities, controversial Chinese director Lou Ye is offering a movie on love and homosexuality at the Cannes film festival this week that was shot on the quiet in east China despite a state work ban.
Nations:China People:Lou Ye Zhang Ziyi Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival Source:(AFP)
2009-05-11
Mexico's schools cleaned, ready to resume classes
MEXICO CITY - Scoured and disinfected, most of Mexico's primary schools and kindergartens stood ready to welcome back millions of students Monday after a nationwide shutdown ordered to help put a brake on the spread of swine flu.
Nations:China Mexico U.S. Canada Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-05-11
East Asia sets up emergency $120 bln fund for crisis
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thirteen East and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Sunday to set up a $120 billion emergency fund for use in an economic downturn, the first independent move by Asia to shield itself from financial crisis.
Nations:Japan China Indonesia Cambodia Philippines South Korea Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-05-03
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