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EU leaders sign Lisbon Treaty
2019-04-08Photo Gallery>>>LISBON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) member states on Thursday signed the Lisbon Treaty, which they hope can make decision-...
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LONDON, Dec.13 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Thursday condemned Russia's plans to shut down two British Council offices in the country as “illegal.“ “Russia's threatene...
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut a key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent, the third rate reduction in three months, in an effort to prevent the economy from sliding in...
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese quality watchdog official reassured Wednesday that Chinese-made toys are safe and guaranteed for quality. “I'm confident that with all the measures we have tak...
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said on Wednesday that surging domestic consumer prices and recent U.S. interest rate cuts would have “considerable influe...
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese real estate stocks posted large losses Wednesday after the government decided to take further actions against speculative property transactions. Declines in the pr...
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Special Report: Fight against Global Warming BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore here on Thursday joined the voices asking America to do more on climate change, say...
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Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Iran have reached an agreement on the Bushehr nuclear power station in Iran. “We have resolved all the problems with the Ir...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac predict glum 2008
2019-04-08BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A weakening housing market and rising home-loan defaults have the chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac warning their hard-hit mortgage-finance companies will ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- THe state-owned National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES) announced on Tuesday it has granted loans that totaled 66.7 billion reais (38.1 billion U.S...