Fuwei Films Receives RMB 25 million ($3.65 million) R&D Loan from ... - Earthtimes
BEIJING , Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Limited (Nasdaq: FFHL) ("Fuwei" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic film located in China , today announced that Fuwei Films ...

Chile leader announces $4 billion anti-crisis plan - International Herald Tribune
SANTIAGO, Chile : President Michelle Bachelet on Monday announced a $4 billion plan to help Chile fight the global economic crisis and create as many as 100,000 jobs. The plan, which contains some measures that must be approved by Congress, includes ...

Special OPEC meeting in February: Iran - Daily Times
TEHRAN: Iran’s OPEC representative Mohammad Ali Khatibi said on Monday that the organisation would hold an extraordinary meeting in Kuwait in February, state television website reported. “The extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum ...

Blagojevich Appointment Sets Off Dispute - AOL
Blagojevich tapped former state attorney general Roland Burris for the seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, thrusting the 71-year-old political veteran back in the spotlight and immediately in a corner. The Illinois secretary of state ...

RUSSIA SPARKS GAS SUPPLY FEARS - Daily Express
Moscow announced a 20% cut in the volume gas piped to Europe via Ukraine, which is refusing to pay higher prices demanded by Russia's monopoly supplier Gazprom. Although Gazprom's boss promised to make up the EU shortfall by sending more gas via ...

China faces wave of unrest in 2009 - MSN UK News
BEIJING (Reuters) - China risks a wave of protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent among migrant workers and university graduates, a state-run magazine has said in one of the bluntest alarms yet of rising unrest. The ...

Bosnia-Herzegovina decides to send peacekeepers to Afghanistan - Focus Infomation
Sarajevo. Bosnia-Herzegovina's three-member presidency on Monday decided to send a small number of peacekeepers to Afghanistan later this year, according to Xinhua news agency. The 10 Bosnian army officers will perform operative, administrative and ...

Subaru recalls 1,135 SUVs in China for control system flaws - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Japanese auto maker Subaru will recall 1,135 Tribeca sport utility vehicles (SUVs) it sold in China over control system flaws, said China's quality supervisor here Monday. A sensor defect in the dynamic control system may ...

U.S. researchers say brain scans can detect early signs of Alzheimer's ... - Xinhua News Agency
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Early signs of Alzheimer's disease can be detected through using brain scans, researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) said on Monday. They said in a statement that the disease can be ...

Hard times ahead for Chinese economy - New Kerala
Beijing, Jan 6 : Unemployment driven by the global financial crisis could cause social unrest in China, though the economy looks set to reach its annual growth target of eight percent, a study said. Han Kang, vice-president of the National School of ...