Stories for March 16th 2007

Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
China finally passes landmark property rights law

China's People Congress (NPC) by a surprising majority approved this week landmark legislation increasing private property rights following years of debate inside the Chinese Communist Party. At the end of the day only 90 of the 2.978 deputies voted against the law.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Historic” debt relief for Latam's five poorest countries

United States Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery commended Friday the Inter-American Development Bank's “historic” approval of a debt relief package that will provide 3.4 billion US dollars in debt reduction for five of the region's poorest countries: Bolivia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Beijing's dilemma: how to invest without harming the US dollar

China confirmed plans to create an investment company to improve returns on its foreign currency reserves of one trillion US dollars which are the world's largest.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Interpol warrants for Iranian officials linked to Bs As bombing

Interpol plans to issue international requests as of March 31 for the arrest of five prominent Iranians and a Lebanese militant in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural centre in Argentina, the international police agency announced this week

China finally passes landmark property rights law