Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth The New York Times | NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. | These days, the continent’s riches draw a new cast of prospectors and predators, but the question is the same: who b...
A Persian message for Obama Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 A Persian message for Obama | By M K Bhadrakumar | The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. Another harsh winter has passed. Rhetoric has touched a point of diminishing returns. | The logical conclusion of the sanctions pack...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's The Boston Globe | BEIJING-China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. | By some measures it has already moved to se...
Chinese rescuers battle to save 24 trapped in mine Khaleej Times BEIJING ' Rescuers raced on Sunday to free 24 people trapped in a flooded mine in northeastern China, state media reported. | Heilongjiang provincial governor Li Zhanshu met coal industry and work safety officials at the scene in Jixi City, ordering ...
Accidents Plague China's Workplaces Wall Street Journal By JAMES T. AREDDY | Xinhua/ZUMA Press | The site of Wednesday's explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China. The blast killed at least 12. Factories in China are often situa...
Iran ready to curb enrichment if swap deal pans out Daily Star Lebanon | Compiled by Daily Star staff | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | Iran has given assurances that it would stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if world powers agreed...
24 trapped after coal mine flood in NE China, day after 17 killed in mine explosion Orlando Sentinel BEIJING (AP) — Two dozen workers were trapped in a flooded mine in northeast China on Sunday, the latest accident in the country's notoriously dangerous coal industry. | The State Work Safety Administration has dispatched a team to investigate ...
Two mine accidents leave 17 dead, 24 trapped China Daily | TAIYUAN/HARBIN - The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in Linfen City of north China's Shanxi Province early Saturday has risen to 17 after another two bodies were found, local authorities said. | The blast at Liugou Coal Mine of Yiche...
Oil prices up, market shrugs off growth concerns Inquirer | NEW YORK – World oil prices climbed Friday as investors shrugged off concerns that the US economic recovery could stall following a slower economic growth rate in the second quarter. | New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in September, rose 59 cents to $78.95 per barrel. | London's Brent North Sea crude for September also gain...
Alcatel-Lucent, Arch Coal among big movers The Boston Globe | NEW YORK-Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: | NYSE | Alcatel-Lucent, up 38 cents at $2.98 | The French-U.S. telecommunications equipment supplier said its net loss in the second quarter was wider than expected. | , down $1.70 at $9.56 | The maker of computer chip wafers...
