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China's Hu resists U.S. yuan concerns - Business -...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41107289/ns/business-w...

Chinese President Hu Jintao urged an end to a "zero sum" Cold War relationship with the United States but resisted U.S. arguments for allowing China's currency to strengthen.

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US and China on collision course for trade war? - ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42776993/ns/business-w...

Businesses in the U.S. are split over the benefit of trade with China; for some the two countries are in the "middle of an economic war" while others say they need each other.

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What side will Pakistani militias take? - World ne...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43518643/ns/world_news...

Pakistani militia leaders feel abandoned by the state, which promised funding and moral support, and at least one even speaks of switching sides to support the Taliban.

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UAE donates $500

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44093687/ns/us_news-wo...

A $500,000 gift from the embassy of the United Arab Emirates to spend on laptops is the latest donation aimed at helping tornado-damaged Joplin, Missouri, schools prepare to open next week.

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Cubans allowed to own state land in all but name? ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45737777/ns/world_news...

Cuba, trying to increase food production, has modified a land lease program so that private farmers can keep it in their family as if they owned it, farmers said.

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Italy risks environmental disaster if ship fuel le...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46013518/ns/world_news...

As the Costa Concordia shifted dangerously on Monday, Italy's environment minister raised the prospect of an environmental disaster if the 2,300 metric tons of fuel on the half-submerged cruise ship l...

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