AFP – Disillusioned by plunging stock markets and failing banks, or caught out by the unforgiving boom-bust capitalist cycle?
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AP – Investors welcomed China’s multibillion dollar stimulus package but analysts said Monday that Beijing must ensure companies get access to more credit to sustain its effectiveness.
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AP – Colombian president Alvaro Uribe predicted that Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon’s controversial efforts to combat the increasingly violent drug war that is wracking his nation would be successful.
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AP – China said Monday that no progress was made at recent talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama and said it would never accept the exiled leader’s demands for greater autonomy for the mountain region.
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AFP – China said Monday that talks with envoys of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, had failed to make progress, and insisted it would not compromise on the status of the Himalayan region.
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AP – A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck remote northwestern China on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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AFP – Fighting between rebels and pro-government forces opened up on new front in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as southern African nations said they were ready to send in peacekeepers.
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Reuters – A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 hit a sparsely populated area in China’s western province of Qinghai on Monday, shaking buildings in the remote mining city of Golmud and the regional capital, Xining.
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AFP – Zimbabwe’s neighbours failed to break an impasse on forming a unity government, prompting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to appeal to the African Union to step in.
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AFP – Arsene Wenger expects his young guns to build on the momentum created by Arsenal’s stunning win over Manchester United when they face Wigan in the League Cup fourth round on Tuesday.
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