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Subtle Signs of Progress in U.S.-China Relations
By MICHAEL WINES
WASHINGTON — President Hu Jintao came offering some concessions to demonstrate that constructive relations were essential.
WASHINGTON — President Hu Jintao came offering some concessions to demonstrate that constructive relations were essential.
BEIJING — The report from the National Bureau of Statistics did little to quell concern that China’s economy was growing at an unsustainable pace.
WASHINGTON — Well-known Chinese-Americans, along with the heads of Microsoft, Boeing, Goldman Sachs and Walt Disney, joined President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China.
HABBANIYA CECE, Iraq — A town known for its religious harmony had about 70 Christian families before the 2003 invasion by the United States. Now it is down to just one.
WASHINGTON — An extraordinary Iraqi archive kept classified until this week reveals how Saddam Hussein attempted to win Soviet support before the first United States war with Iraq.
WASHINGTON — President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China pledged to nurture their nations’ common interests, but they also acknowledged differences on trade and human rights.
BRUSSELS — Accused of stifling press freedom, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would amend the law if it were found incompatible with European law, but then accused his critics of insulting the Hungarian people.
BAGHDAD — For the second time in two days, Iraqi security forces were attacked by a bomber, who blew up an ambulance packed with explosives, killing at least five.
TUNIS — Leaders of Tunisia’s tiny legal opposition parties prepared a push to reshuffle the nascent unity government.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was ousted in 2004, said “the people of Haiti have never stopped calling for my return,” but the United States is expected to block any attempt that he do so.
WASHINGTON — The move would clear the way for tribunal officials to bring new charges against detainees for the first time under the Obama administration.
“President Obama and President Hu both set the right tone at the official ceremony for closer cooperation of the two countries. ” writes T888tai in Belmont, Calif.
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