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Wind Energy Investment of $65 Billion May Curb Fossil Fuel Use
China WindPower Group Ltd., Iberdrola SA and Duke Energy Corp. will lead development of an estimated $65 billion of wind-power plants this year that let utilities reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
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India finds in Russia a good friend to count on
TWO summits in three months is unusual, even considering the strategic ties India and Russia have nurtured for over five decades.
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China, Russia sign major agreements worth $1.6bn
China and Russia signed 15 deals cumulatively worth $1.6 billion in the Russian city of Vladivostok over the weekend, with more coming up on Monday.
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PACE wants early Armenian vote reforms
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, or PACE, has agreed to give Armenia until the end of this year to reform its electoral system.
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Pakistan gas pipeline is Iran's lifeline
As Iran braces for another broadside of economic sanctions over its nuclear program, Tehran moves closer to opening up a new lifeline -- a natural gas pipeline to Pakistan and possibly India and China as well.
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Rio Tinto announces Guinea deal
Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.
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Mounting pressure on China to revalue yuan
On Thursday, the US ambassador in Beijing said China's currency was a major concern not only in the US. Earlier this week, a bill to threaten China with punitive duties if the yuan did not rise was put to the US Senate.
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China growing influence ‘good for RI’
Indonesia and China have increasingly boosted economic and defense ties amid the absence of attention from the US, observers and officials say.
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