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Stories for December 13th 2010
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Monday, December 13th 2010 - 01:19 UTC
Falklands’ friends: HMS Scott to Antarctica; HMS Invincible to the scrap
The future of the Royal Navy’s ice patrol vessel HMS Endurance may remain in doubt well over a year after it nearly sank in the Straits of Magellan and returned to Portsmouth on the lift ship MV Target, but there is no doubting the UK’s ongoing commitment to the Antarctic Treaty.
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Monday, December 13th 2010 - 01:08 UTC
President Lugo confirms he will not attend the Mercosur summit
Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo confirmed Sunday he would not be participating of the Mercosur summit next December 17, unless there is a quick solution to the blockade of Paraguayan trade by Argentine maritime unions, announced Sunday afternoon Foreign Affaire minister Hector Lacognata.
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Monday, December 13th 2010 - 00:58 UTC
EC begins crucial discussions on fisheries and agricultural policies reforms
The European Commission Agriculture and Fisheries Council meets Monday in Brussels to begin the discussion process of the Common Agriculture Policy proposals recently set out. In the fisheries chapter the Council is expected to reach a political agreement on two regulations fixing the fishing opportunities for 2011 regarding certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable
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Monday, December 13th 2010 - 00:43 UTC
New-car sales in China expected to reach a world record 18 million in 2010
More new automobiles are expected to be sold in China this year than have ever been sold in any nation ever in a calendar year, beating the current record of 17.4 million units from 2000 in the U.S.
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Monday, December 13th 2010 - 00:25 UTC
China promises “healthy and stable” economic development in 2011
China will enhance and improve macro-economic regulation to ensure stable and healthy economic development in 2011, said a statement released Sunday in Beijing after the annual Central Economic Work Conference.
