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...With that kind of word-of-mouth, Chinese cars could account for 10% of Russia's foreign-auto market in 10 years, says Bonchev. But profits may depend on whether Chinese manufacturers are able to own and operate factories independently on Russian soil. Currently, mainland automakers are forced to rely on joint-venture assembly plants and licensing agreements to sell cars to Russians. To protect its domestic car companies, Moscow may keep it that way. Though four Chinese automakers have applied to open their own Russian plants, none have been approved, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade...
...million last year - small change for the gargantuan defense industry. And since Libya has few military factories, Gaddafi is also unlikely to demand "offsets" - a common practice in arms deals, where a country agrees to buy expensive military items, in return for doing future maintenance on its own soil...
Viewed from Europe, Tuesday's deadly bombings of government and United Nations buildings in Algiers offers a prime example of how the threat of terror is rising even as it becomes more complex. Though its strikes have thus far been limited to Algerian soil, the group claiming responsibility for the strikes - al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - has signaled its desire to internationalize its jihad. With Tuesday's violence marking the first time AQIM has struck foreign targets in a major attack in Algeria, security officials fear it signals a significant broadening of the group's terror action that will...
...reason for this flying circus? Portugal, which currently holds the union's presidency, insisted that the treaty be signed on Portuguese soil and enter the history books as the Treaty of Lisbon. But under the E.U.'s Nice Treaty in 2000, all formal summits must take place in Brussels, home of the E.U.'s main institutions. So the leaders are obliged to meet in the Belgian capital for their scheduled summit, due to take place the day after the signing ceremony...
...tutorial, hopefully you choose the latter. But leaving laundry to deflate all afternoon while you enjoy a “quick” study break at Boloco is just rude. Laundry room transgressions happen anonymously. But just because there’s no face attached to the clothing you soil, that doesn’t make its owner any less real—nor any less angry. Maybe you’ve sat next to that pair of pants in section, or complained to that sweatshirt about a dining hall’s less-than-delicious “seasoned...