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Factbox: China's oil and mineral deals in Africa Nov 4 (Reuters) - China has become a major investor in African energy and mineral resources, which it needs to feed its booming economy.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:23 | Reuters
Analysis: China tries to wean Africa investors off state loans BEIJING, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Chinese investors in Africa, long used to low-interest policy loans, are being reluctantly pushed towards commercial lending as Chinese investment in the continent outpaces Beijing's willingness to take on risk.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:22 | Reuters
Obama's brother emerges in China with novel GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful childhood under an abusive father.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:20 | Reuters
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who engineered a change in the city's term-limits law so he could run again and set a campaign financing record, narrowly won a third term on Tuesday, local media declared.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:18 | Reuters
Obama plays China card,but who holds the ace? WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Although U.S. President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:13 | Reuters
U.S. likely to keep key interest rate at record low WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:10
Poland looks beyond missile defense disappointment WASHINGTON (AP) — Poland's foreign minister says he is looking beyond tensions over the Obama administration's decision on missile defense in Poland as he meets with U.S. officials.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:04