The Race is On for Clean Energy Jobs

Obama believes he has found the answer to the US unemployment problem yep it clean energy.  "Creating new jobs locally to clean up US polution".  Solar, wind and wave power and the family electric car in...

Chinese president warns on economy

"BEIJING, China (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis as he told Communist Party leaders the challenge posed a...

DC: Seasons Greetings to G20

Washington, DC – Even by DC protest standards, the Friday afternoon gathering of 1,000s in the Woodley Park area centered around the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel was very strange. Many in the assemblage were...

Chinese Prez Hu to attend G20 summit (Bretton Woods II) on crisis

A G20 Summit on financial markets and the world economy - called Bretton Woods II- will take place on November 15 in Washington DC. China, a major player in world economy has expressed its willingness to attend. "China has repeatedly called for close global...

Pakistan president set for key China visit

" Pakistan President Asif Zardari is set for his first ever official bilateral visit this week after being elected head of state last month when he flies out to Beijing on Tuesday. Official sources said Sunday the state visit to China will be from October 14 to 17 and...

Bush mixes sports and politics at Olympics

" In an Olympic medley of sports and politics, President Bush on Sunday called for more religious freedom in China, sought an end to an escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia and cheered...

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Stop Politicising the Games!

Chinese president Hu Jintao once again urged people not to politicise the Games. Hu again emphasized that the core aim for the Olympics was to promote international peace and friendship. His comments followed the...

Bush to G-8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'

"George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan. ""The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to...

Bush Wants to Score Tickets

Looks like President George W. Bush might make an appearance in the U.S.-China basketball game at the Olympics this year. On Wednesday, the US President asked Chinese President Hi Jintao for tickets after meeting...

President Bush fancies free basketball tickets

Opinion----George W. might be exploting his presidential status and pulling some strings to get hold of free tickets for the basketball game between USA and China at the Olympics in August. "Bush told Hu that he was looking forward to attending the summer Games with his wife,...

Bush to attend Olympic ceremony

Despite worldwide condemnation of China over its human rights abuses US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.  "US President George W Bush will attend the opening...

Chinese president promises divergent voices be heard online

"BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao talked to Internet users Friday morning via a major news portal, the first time that the nation's leader has gone online to chat with the public.      Hu, also general secretary of the Communist...

China and Japan 'Agree' to Gas Deal

After an historic diplomatic summit between China and Japan in May, the two countries are reportedly close to making a formal agreement to develop gas fields in the East China Sea that have long been disputed. Although the "known reserves" are a "modest 180 million barrels"...

China and Japan pledge to start annual meetings

" China and Japan pledged to hold annual meetings and put past suspicions behind them, as President Hu Jintao visited Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported. "Our relations are at a new starting point," Hu said during the visit, the first by a Chinese president in a...

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