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...been long enough now that we have not been at war ... Perhaps we can move from being cordial to being friendly.' NICOLAS SARKOZY, President of France, ahead of a bridge-building state visit to Britain with new wife Carla Bruni Numbers
...Still, better days lie ahead for Zhaoyuan and for China's gold-mining industry. Beijing began reforms in the mid-1990s, encouraging the hodgepodge of small operators to consolidate and allowing foreign companies to form joint ventures so that Chinese companies could learn modern management practices, financial controls, and environmental and safety standards. China now has several publicly traded gold-mining companies, among them Fujian Zijin Mining Industry Co., Lingbao Gold Co. and Zhaojin Mining Industry Co. Their IPOs over the past several years provided an influx of investment capital - Zhaojin Mining raised $282 million from its listing - and also...
...They get a good mine and they start acquiring. It is really down to corporate fate. That's the only thing stopping Chinese groups." Says Zhang of the China Gold Association: "We can keep this up for a long time." Having passed South Africa and with its best years ahead, "China won't have any problems remaining on top for the next 20 years." The country's miners may have reached the sun god's lair after...
...peace symbol. The war in Iraq has created all kinds of opportunities for it at rallies and demonstrations. If it's true, as John McCain has suggested, that the U.S. may have to remain in Iraq for 100 years, then the peace symbol probably has a long life ahead...
...This April promises to be crueler than most. The two campaigns have started attacking each other with chainsaws, while the Republican John McCain is moving ahead in some national polls. At this point, Clinton can only win the nomination ugly: by superdelegates abandoning Obama and turning to her, in droves-not impossible, but not very likely either. Even if Clinton did overtake Obama, it would be very difficult for her to win the presidency: African Americans would never forgive her for "stealing" the nomination. They would simply stay home in November, as would the Obamista youth. (Although the former President...