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By By IAN AUSTEN, on May 18th, 2013 Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan’s business making toy animals. Sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have fallen 30 percent over the past six months, according to Luo, owner of Tongle Toy Enterprise, which employs 100 people in the southern city of Foshan, near Hong Kong. Orders from the United States and debt-crippled Europe are down 80 percent. “We don’t talk about profits anymore,” said Luo. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 
A total of 130 MPs have backed an amendment to the Queen’s Speech “expressing regret” that plans for an EU referendum were not included in the government’s plans for the year ahead.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Columbia’s centre-right premier Christy Clark has scored a stunning election victory, contradicting every poll to trounce the opposition New Democratic Party and silence critics of her Liberal Party’s pro-business agenda. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras kicked off his four-day trip to China yesterday, hoping it will help his country’s ailing economy by attracting investment and promoting the export of Greek products. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Arctic Council agreed yesterday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the planet’s far north. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country’s tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 metres, will serve the hydropower project on the Dadu River in southwestern Sichuan province. To be built over 10 years by a subsidiary of state power firm Guodian Group, it is expected to cost 24.68 billion yuan (HK$31.17 billion) in investment. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear arms programme, according to a confidential report by a UN panel of experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The mainland has launched a research rocket to gather high-altitude scientific data, with the experiment attracting widespread public attention because it was visible in the evening sky across many provinces. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil rose Tuesday after U.S. retail sales unexpectedly increased in April. Benchmark oil for June delivery was up 24 cents to $95.41 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 87 cents to finish at $95.17 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NEW YORK — The S&P 500 stock index gained marginally on Monday, notching an all-time closing high after data showed a rise in retail sales and as investors mulled when the Federal Reserve may begin to scale back its $85-billion-a-month bond-buying program. U.S. stocks fluctuated between small gains and losses for most of Monday’s trading session. “The market is pricing in a diverse set of information,” said Stephen Wood, chief market strategist for Russell Investments. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading S&P 500 edges up to record high; Dow drops
By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A deputy chairman of China’s top planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), is under investigation for suspected “serious discipline violations”, state media said on Sunday, as China’s new leaders tackle deep-rooted corruption. Liu Tienan, 59, who until March was also head of the energy regulatory body, the National Energy Administration, was under investigation by the Communist Party’s disciplinary commission, state television CCTV said in a one-line report. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Senior China planner investigated in new corruption crackdown
By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif’s party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll
By Tom Sykes, on May 11th, 2013 Harry, like his father and grandfather, has expressed concerns over the unsightly turbines used to create wind energy
Continue reading Harry Tells Green Energy Boss That Wind Turbines Are An Eyesore
By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Zhang Chunmei lost both her legs, amputated above the knee, after she was trapped for almost three days when her school collapsed in the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan five years ago. She now wants to be an “outstanding athlete”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Sichuan quake amputee dives back into life
By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Security concerns will probably delay the first shipments of gas and oil from the Myanmar coast to China through a new pipeline that runs across territory under the control of ethnic militia groups, a Myanmar energy official said yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Saturday to oppose plans for a lithium battery factory, highlighting growing social tension over pollution. Police stood by as residents marched peacefully along a busy street in the Songjiang district of the city, gathering at an intersection near the site of a Carrefour hypermarket, chanting and holding signs saying “No factory here, we love Songjiang.” Many wore matching t-shirts with an image of a smoky factory enclosed by the red “no” symbol. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Miranda Green, on May 10th, 2013 Two towns in California have passed laws requiring newly built homes to install solar panels. Is mandating green energy the wave of the future?
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended his visit to Beijing yesterday, analysts said China’s desire to play a greater role in Middle East affairs in order to expand its influence in the region had been conspicuous. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Finnish couple and an Austrian student abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda militants more than four months ago have been freed and have arrived safety in Vienna, authorities said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders
<!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan’s business making toy animals. Sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have fallen 30 percent over the past six months, according to Luo, owner of Tongle Toy Enterprise, which employs 100 people in the southern city of Foshan, near Hong Kong. Orders from the United States and debt-crippled Europe are down 80 percent. “We don’t talk about profits anymore,” said Luo. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders
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