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• 30 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan

  2008-08-27 22:05:19   /   English News

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than 30 Taliban fighters and four policemen were killed in a series of clashes, airstrikes and bombings in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.Afghan policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Ghazni province.Taliban fighters attacked a police checkpoint in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province Tuesday, sparking a clash that killed 18 militants, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal said.The militants attacked the office.

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• 20 dead in Chinese chemical plant explosion

  2008-08-27 22:03:45   /   English News

  BEIJING, China (CN*) -- The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in southern China has reached 20, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.A fire rages after explosions at a chemical plant in Yizhou city of China's Guangxi province.According to The Associated Press, another 60 people were injured in the blasts that started at about 6 a.m. Tuesday and continued until 1 p.m.Most of the dead worked at the plant, located in China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous .

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• Oil price spikes on tropical storm fears

  2008-08-27 22:00:02   /   English News

  (AP) -- Oil prices spiked to over US$118 a barrel Wednesday on growing concerns that Tropical Storm Gustav may disrupt operations in the Gulf of Mexico, home to a quarter of U.S. crude production. A weaker dollar also helped lift prices.The oil price has dropped on a stronger U.S. dollar despite the latest hurricane.By afternoon in Europe, light, sweet crude for October delivery was up US$1.98 at US$118.25 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The cont.

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• Thai judges issue warrants to arrest protesters

  2008-08-27 21:58:35   /   English News

  BANGKOK, Thailand (CN*) -- Thai judges issued arrest warrants Wednesday for anti-government protesters who led crowds to seize government buildings -- including the prime minister's residence and the state-run television station, the official Thai News Agency reported.Protesters gather inside the compound of Thailand's Government House on Tuesday in Bangkok.1 of 2Police had asked the judges to issue warrants for nine leaders of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democrac.

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• Police seize opposition MPs in Zimbabwe

  2008-08-27 21:57:51   /   English News

  HARARE, Zimbabwe (CN*) -- Police in Zimbabwe arrested more opposition lawmakers Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe announced he would include opposition members in his new Cabinet.Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honour at the opening of parliament in Zimbabwe.Police said they arrested five members of parliament from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) since Monday. Police said the arrests were not politically motivated and were in connecti.

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• Analysis: Clinton speech was 'generous,' 'authentic'

  2008-08-27 21:55:49   /   English News

  By Rebecca SinderbrandCN* Political UnitLike nearly everything else Clinton-related this week, Hillary Clinton's convention speech remained a question mark until the last minute.The overriding goal for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night was to redirect her supporters toward Barack Obama.Its content was a mystery to even some of her closest advisers, who told CN* hours before the speech they weren't sure it was finished quite yet.It was a work in progress until the ver.

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• Tensions build as U.S. ship arrives in Georgia

  2008-08-27 21:54:55   /   English News

  (CN*) -- A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying humanitarian aid docked in the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi Wednesday, as Georgia's Western allies renewed their criticism of Russia amid escalating tensions.The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dallas arrives in the Georgian port of Batumi.The cutter Dallas bypassed its original destination, the Georgian port of Poti, which is controlled by Russian troops still in the country despite a cease-fire deal to end conflict between the two countries..

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• Taiwan starts drive to bring domestic company listings back from China

  2008-08-27 20:53:53   /   English News

  By Kathrin Hille in TaipeiWednesday, August 27, 2008The Taiwan Stock Exchange has embarked on a big drive to lure Taiwanese-owned companies in China back home to list, according to the bourse's new head.Schive Chi, who became chairman this month, told the FT in his first interview yesterday that TWSE's own planned initial public offering would take a back seat to this campaign.He said: “Linking up across the Strait is so much more important than the IPO and preparation.

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• SINOPEC

  2008-08-27 20:53:19   /   English News

  LexTuesday, August 26, 2008Servingthe people or its shareholders? While China's drivers fill their tanks on subsidised gas, investors can only watch and weep. Sinopec, part of China's triumvirate of oil and gas companies and Asia's biggest refiner, loses $19 on every barrel of oil it refines, according to brokerage CLSA – and that is after cross-subsidies and recent increases in gasoline prices.Sinopec's operating profit fell by 86 per cent to slightly more than $1bn i.

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