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A man, 3rd from left, is detained by police officers near a cinema that was a planned protest site in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Jittery Chinese authorities staged a show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution" apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East.
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Chinese Government Responds to Call for Protests
Mon 21 Feb 2011
BEIJING -- Skittish domestic security officials responded with a mass show of force across China on Sunday after anonymous calls for protesters to stage a Chinese "Jasmine Revolution" went out over... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
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Euro firm but lacks vigour to test resistance
Mon 21 Feb 2011
* Euro supported by ECB official rate comments * German election results dent euro rally * Resistance seen at $1.3750 By Ian Chua and Hideyuki Sano SYDNEY/TOKYO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The euro held firm... (photo: Creative Commons / lesterhead)
Paramilitary policemen look back while patrolling on the Tiananmen Sqaure in front of the late communist leader Mao Zedong's portrait in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010.  Wall Street Journal  Mon 21 Feb 2011
Call for Protests Unnerves Beijing
By JEREMY PAGE BEIJING—Chinese authorities detained dozens of political activists after an anonymous online call for people to start a "Jasmine Revolution" in China by protesting in 13... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
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Michael McCarron, director of Community Affairs at San Francisco International Airport, holds a bag of liquids and gel products which will be allowed through security checkpoints under amended rules, Monday, Sept. 25, 2006, during a news conference at the airport in San Francisco. The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels aboard airliners, as long as they are purchased from secure airport stores, and will also permit small, travel-size toiletries brought from home, officials said Monday.  The New York Times  Mon 21 Feb 2011
European Airports Balk at Easing Rule on Liquids
PARIS — With barely two months remaining before the European Union is scheduled to partially lift a nearly five-year ban on liquids in air passenger hand luggage, airports across the region are... (photo: AP / Tony Avelar)
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Jane Moran, left, 14, and Emma Rankin-Utevsky, 14, protest outside of at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are on their sixth day of protesting. The New York Times Mon 21 Feb 2011
Wisconsin Protesters Say They Are Staying Put
MADISON, Wis. — Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the... (photo: AP / Andy Manis)
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev,Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, from left, pose for a photo at the first full-fledged summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively called BRIC, in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Irish Times Mon 21 Feb 2011
Older powers find themselves up against a Bric wall
ARTHUR BEESLEY ANALYSIS:�Reaching agreement on reforms is difficult when the economic health of countries is so varied THE CONFLICTS at the heart of the global recovery... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
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Cigarettes - Tobacco Hong Kong Standard Sun 20 Feb 2011
Tsang's duty on smoking
The global scientific evidence on the relationship between tobacco price and consumption, especially among young people, clearly demonstrates that raising the price... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Japan's Miki Ando performs in the free skating competition, at the World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy, Saturday, March 27, 2010. CNN Sun 20 Feb 2011
Japan's Ando wins ladies title at Four Continents
PRINT EMAIL FACEBOOK DIGG TWITTER RSS SHARE TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Miki Ando of Japan won the ladies title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Sunday,... (photo: AP / Alberto Ramellai)
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From left to right, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pose during the family picture of the G20 Finance summit at Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Finance chiefs from the world's 20 industrialized and fastest developing nations wrestle over how to steady the world economy at a two-days meeting in Paris. NZ Herald Sun 20 Feb 2011
G20 reaches compromise on imbalances
China agrees to five indicators to track problems in world economies. PARIS - The world's dominant economies have reached a compromise deal on how to track imbalances in... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
Economy   Financial Crisis   G20   Photos   Wikipedia: G-20 major economies
South East Asian Airlines or SeAir passenger tickets are seen in Manila, Philippines in this December 18, 2008 file photo Inquirer Sun 20 Feb 2011
SEAir expands reach, plans flights to Taipei
MANILA, Philippines—Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAir) has sought government approval to mount flights to Taipei, Taiwan, as the company expands its route network in the... (photo: WN / RTayco)
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A man, center, confronts with police officers in front of a cinema that was a planned protest site in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Jittery Chinese authorities staged a show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution" apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East. The Los Angeles Times Sun 20 Feb 2011
China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution'
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Toyo Ishii, 84, listens to questions during an interview with The Associated Press at her Tokyo home, July 29, 2006. Ishii, a former military nurse, went public in June this year with the first eyewitness account of the burials of corpses, bones and body part at two locations _ and evidence of other graves that could be linked to Japan's dreaded germ and biological warfare outfit, Unit 731. "We had to quickly bury the bones to hide them from the U.S. occupation forces," Ishii said. CBS News Sun 20 Feb 2011
Japan Digs WWII Site Linked to Human Experiments
(AP) TOKYO -- Japan is starting to excavate the site of a former medical school that may reveal grisly secrets from World War II. The investigation begins Monday at the... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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*** FILE *** A sign of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) at a branch in central London, in this Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 file photo. The Royal Bank of Scotland has posted the largest annual loss in British corporate history of 24.14 billion pounds ($34.4 billion) for 2008. The bank also confirmed in Thursday Feb. 26, 2009 earnings report that it will offload toxic assets into a government insurance program. Government 'to sell off RBS shares' London Evening Standard
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn addresses reporters during a press conference held at the end of the G20 Finance summit at Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The world's dominant economies have reached a compromise deal on how to track imbalances in the global economy that have been blamed for exacerbating the financial crisis, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Saturday. Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries managed to get China to agree on a list of yardsticks for imbalances, by softening the criteria for measuring current account surpluses. G20 agrees on watch list against financial crisis The Australian
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Protesters demonstrate against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, shown on placard at left, in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria in Egypt Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry. Writing in Arabic on placard reads "Down, the leader of the Abu Salim massacre", referring to an incident when hundreds of inmates were killed when security forces opened fire during 1996 riots at Libya's most notorious prison. Protests continue in Libya, across Mideast Lexington Herald-Leader
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A police officer, right, urges people to leave as they gather in front of a cinema that was a planned protest site in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Jittery Chinese authorities staged a show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution" apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East. China muzzles protesters The Australian
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