A bench-clearing brawl between the Georgetown University men’s basketball team and the Bayi Rockets Thursday night marred the orchestrated harmony of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to China.
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Chinese Basketball Fans Criticize U.S.-China Brawl
A basketball match between an American and Chinese basketball game ended in a brawl on Thursday in Beijing, overshadowing a visit to the country by the US Vice-President Joe Biden.
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VIDEO: Brawl at US-China basketball match
US Vice-President Joe Biden tells his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that global economic stability rests on the US and China finding common ground.
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Biden in China economic ties call
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in China and began talks with Vice President Xi Jinping of China that will focus on the global economy, trade and currency.
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Cooperation Is Emphasized as Biden Opens Talks in China
BEIJING — Stressing the importance of personal ties, Vice President Biden sat down Thursday with his Chinese counterpart and the country’s leader-in-waiting for talks that will focus largely on U.S. economic woes. Biden was given an honor-guard welcoming ceremony before meeting Xi Jinping, who is expected to take over as Communist Party chief next year. Biden said ahead of the talks that it is of “the utmost importance” to develop a close relationship with China. Read full article > >
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Biden, Chinese vice president call for improved relations between China and the U.S.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will depart Tuesday for a trip to China, Mongolia and Japan that will include meetings with China’s top leaders.
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Biden to visit China, Mongolia and Japan
JERUSALEM — Israel’s interior minister gave final authorization to build 1,600 apartments in disputed East Jerusalem and will approve 2,700 more in days, officials said Thursday, detailing a plan that could complicate diplomatic efforts to dissuade Palestinians from declaring statehood at the United Nations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office knew the construction plans were moving ahead, Interior Ministry spokesman Roi Lachmanovich said. An earlier approval for the 1,600-apartment project badly embarrassed Netanyahu and caused a diplomatic rift with the U.S. because it coincided with a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden. Read full article > >
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Israel to approve 4,300 new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem
Federal officials are investigating a “potential conflict” between two planes at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, which happened shortly after Vice President Joe Biden’s plane landed.
The generous pension system enjoyed by millions of federal workers from clerks to senators and judges has emerged as a key target in negotiations between Vice President Biden and congressional leaders looking to restrain the growing national debt. Republicans have proposed saving more than $120 billion over the next decade by requiring the civilian workforce to contribute more toward retirement — a plan that would effectively impose an immediate 5 percent pay cut on more than 2 million federal employees. President Obama’s bipartisan fiscal commission has also endorsed the idea, calling the federal system “out of line” with the private sector. Read full article > >
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Federal worker pensions emerge as target in debt-reduction talks
Did Vice President Joe Biden fall asleep during President Barack Obama’s budget speech Wednesday? The vice president was caught with his eyes closed for an extended period of time. (April 13)
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Vice President Biden appears to doze during speech
At least now they have two weeks to find a way to the middle of these proposals. The White House proposed trimming another $6.5 billion from federal programs this year, while Republicans continue to demand $61 billion in cuts. Vice President Joe Biden…
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White House Proposes $6.5B in Cuts
President Obama is sending in the big guns to hammer out a budget before the March 18th deadline for a government shutdown: Vice President Joe Biden. Obama invited congressional leaders from both parties to meet with Biden and White House Chief of…
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Biden to Referee Budget Battle
The Obama administration wants to spend $53 billion over six years to promote construction of a high-speed, intercity passenger rail network, Vice President Joe Biden said.
Cairo – With a new wave of demonstrations in Tahrir Square on Tuesday — by some measures the largest anti-government protests in the two-week uprising — Egyptians loudly rejected their government’s approach to political change and renewed their demands for the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. read more
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Protests Swell in Rejection of Egypt’s Limited Reforms
All aboard! Vice President Joe Biden says the government will pour $53 billion into expanding the nation’s high-speed rail network over the next six years, including $8 billion in 2012 alone. It’s part of President Obama’s pledge to bring rail to 80…
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U.S. Will Spend $53 Billion on Rail
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