Barack obama welcomes the dalai lama
US President Barack Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House today, despite repeated objections from China. This meeting has put a strain on the relationship between the two nations, one that is already strained, but Ray Lotta says both nations rely heavy on each other and have to get past these problems….
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China Ready to End Dollar Peg
Garry White London Telegraph Sunday, March 7, 2010 The head of China’s central bank has given the strongest signal yet that the country will move away from pegging its currency to the dollar, but he said any changes would be gradual. At the annual session of the legislative National People’s Congress in Beijing, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, said that the days of the “special yuan” policy were numbered.
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Is March 9 The Day Greece Gets Its Bailout From Tim Geithner?
Joe Weisenthal Business Insider March 1, 2010 We’ve joked that if all else fails, then surely Tim Geithner will come to the rescue of Greece. At least we thought we were joking.
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AFP March 1, 2010 Israel on Sunday began distributing new gas masks for civilians to use in a possible chemical or biological attack, the army said.
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Israel distributes new gas masks to civilians: army
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London Telegraph March 1, 2010 China should build the world’s strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global “champion”, a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions. The call for China to abandon modesty about its global goals and “sprint to become world number one” comes from a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Senior Colonel, Liu Mingfu, who warns that his nation’s ascent will alarm Washington, risking war despite Beijing’s hopes for a “peaceful rise”.
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JOHN GARNAUT Sydney Morning Herald Feb 28, 2010 BEIJING: China’s top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of ”revolutionary turmoil”.
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