China rejects clean energy probe, calls US unfair
BEIJING – A senior Chinese official rejected a U.S. trade complaint about Beijing's clean energy policy and said Sunday that Washington might be improperly supporting its own industry. The U.S. government said Friday it would investigate complaints by a labor union that Beijing unfairly subsidizes its producers of wind and solar equipment.
Troops 'overwhelmed and cannot defeat Taliban'
THE Taliban have ''overwhelmed'' foreign troops and cannot be defeated by military means, one of Australia's top combat soldiers has warned. Brigadier Mark Smethurst says securing Afghanistan could take decades, but success is uncertain without a fundamental change in strategy.
Poll: Those craving for change now look to the GOP
President Barack Obama's winning coalition from 2008 has crumbled and his core backers are dispirited. It's now Republicans who stand to benefit from an electorate that's again craving change.
Philippine maids pay high price - Video
Overseas workers provide much-needed funds, but some suffer abuse from their employers. Almost 15 per cent of the Philippines' adult population, about eight million people, live and work overseas. The money they earn is vital to the economy, last year more than $17bn dollars was sent back in remittances. But the cost proves to be too high for some of the migrant workers that find themselves suffering the abuse at the hands of their employers.
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