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Stories for September 14th 2009

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 09:02 UTC

  Beijing reacts to higher tyre’ tariffs with probes into US poultry and cars

  

  Beijing announced it would launch anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into some United States imported vehicles and chicken products from the United States, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday, escalating a trade disputes which was triggered when the US decided to raise tariffs on Chinese-made tires.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 09:01 UTC

  Father of the Green Revolution and Nobel Peace Prize dies in Texas

  

  Norman Borlaug, the man known as the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture, died in Texas aged 95. Prof Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for agricultural innovation and the development of high-yield crops.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 08:57 UTC

  Australia signs 60 billion USD deal to supply gas to Japan and South Korea

  

  US oil firm Chevron has signed 60 billion US dollars worth of deals to supply natural gas to Japan and South Korea from its Gorgon project in Australia. Chevron Australia said it would supply Osaka Gas with 1.375 million tonnes of natural gas a year over 25 years.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 08:49 UTC

  Spain resumes Gibraltar-Algeciras maritime link 40 years later

  

  Maritime links between Gibraltar and Algeciras, Spain will be resumed next month after an interruption of 40 years, a spokesman for the Spanish shipping firm Transcoma confirmed to the Gibraltar Chronicle over the weekend.