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Because of the city's previous incarnation as a center of global capitalism, the Shanghainese today ranks as China's most ardent conspicuous consumers, equally voracious when buying local or global. Nevertheless, given the somber economic mood worldwide, Shanghai has tried to reign in the excess a bit. October's...
In a prepared statement this week, the FCO refuted the report's allegation of a cover-up and said portions of the report contained "statements that are unfair and unfounded." But in a concession to Ward, it also added: "While we refute any allegations of collusion with the Kenyan Government...
Zebari and Rice both acknowledged that the security agreement they're pursuing would include a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, which was demanded by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki but initially resisted by Washington. In what may be another reluctant U.S. concession to al-Maliki...
One apparent concession is that in setting a numerical limit on each side's arsenal of strategic warheads, Moscow would no longer insist on counting America's "forward-based" nuclear weapons systems, such as those deployed on carrier-based warplanes and on planes and missiles based in Europe. However, instead...
The agreement that has caused so much turmoil in Indian politics - and so much trouble for Singh - is a version of a pact that the U.S. has signed with more than a dozen other nations. It would open up nuclear-materials trade between the U.S. and India, with the proviso...