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Gold prices dropped sharply in holiday-thinned trade on Monday, falling as much as 2.7 percent after Wall Street stocks opened higher, deflecting interest from the safe-haven metal.
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Figuring out what the People's Bank of China is doing can be as perplexing as parsing a statement from Alan Greenspan, the notoriously opaque former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman.
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Tropical storm Nanmadol headed for China on Monday, losing strength after drenching southern and eastern Taiwan, forcing evacuations, shutting businesses and disrupting transport, but causing no major damage or casualties.
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Record gold prices, rather than denting China's enthusiasm for bullion, have emboldened investors to plough more money into gold bars and riskier bullion-based derivatives.
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China's fast-growing consumerism and lax policing of ivory laws are the latest threats to wild elephant populations, said an author of a recent report on endangered species.
China moves Tibet hardliner to heavily Catholic province
The hardline Chinese official removed last week as Communist Party chief of restive Tibet has been made head of the province in the center of contention over China's Catholics, giving him an influential role in another sensitive religious issue.
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A U.S. and European push to impose U.N. Security Council sanctions on Syria for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is meeting fierce resistance from Russia and China, U.N. diplomats said.
China charges Tibetan monks with homicide in self-immolation
A court in southwest China has charged three Tibetan monks with intentional homicide for hiding a fellow monk and preventing him from getting treatment after he set himself on fire, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday.
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Top After-Market NYSE Gainers (STD, BPO, JAG, SD, RSH, TOL, GGP, END, BAC, CVI)
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Global Warming not Considered a Major Threat by Many in Developed Nations
Concern over climate change has taken a back seat to economic concerns in developed nations, a recent poll indicates.
Australian Gold Production Up 10 Percent
A drive to benefit from record bullion prices lifted Australian gold production by 10 percent, or 24 metric tons, to 270 metric tons in the 2010/11 financial year, maintaining Australia's No. 2 ranking behind China, a sector survey released on Sunday showed.
Lady Gaga Threatens China’s National Cultural Security: Officials
Chinese authorities seem to waging a war on pop music. The Ministry of Culture has handed music download Web sites a blacklist of 100 so-called offending songs that the sites must remove as they pose a threat to China's national cultural security, say reports.
'Jurassic Mother' Replaces 'Dawn Mother' as Mankind’s Oldest Relative
Scientists have discovered the oldest mammalian ancestor in northeast China, according to a paper published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
Bank of America may sell CCB shares by next week
The Bank of America (BAC.N) is completing plans to sell over half of its shares in the China Construction Bank (0939.HK), with a group of Asian and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds negotiating to buy, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Zanzibar Ivory Haul Highlights Large-Scale Killing of African Elephants
Tanzanian authorities have seized as many as 1,041 elephant tusks on the island of Zanzibar, in the largest ivory haul in a year, reports say.
Besson's Suu Kyi Film The Lady to Open Rome Festiva
Luc Besson's The Lady, inspired by Myanmar pro democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will open the International Rome Film Festival which runs from October 27 to November 4.
'Jurassic Mother' of Mammals, Humans Discovered in China
scientists believe that the newly discovered remains of the so-called Jurassic mother indicate the ancient ancestor of modern mammals.
Sour Tech: 5 Signs Industry Growth is Slowing Down
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Bank of America to Sell off Part of Its China Construction Bank Shares?
Bank of America could strike a deal as early as Monday to sell about half of its 10 percent stake in China Construction Bank, CNBC reported Friday, citing an anonymous source.
Guinea and China in Talks Over Bauxite Mine, Alumina Refinery
Guinea is in advanced talks with state-owned China Power Investment to develop a bauxite mine and build an alumina refinery, deep water port and a power plant in the West African state, Guinean government sources said.
Ghana Parliament Approves $3 Billion Chinese Loan
Ghana's parliament on Friday approved a $3 billion Chinese loan and the country's finance minister said the west African nation was in talks with China's Exim bank for loans worth another $6 billion, which are part of a broader Chinese package.
Fat camp shows China battling the bulge
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North Korea's Kim repeats to China he willing to resume talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told his neighbor and biggest patron China on Friday that he was willing to return to stalled nuclear talks without precondition, China's Xinhua news agency reported, following a similar pledge to Russia.
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