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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says that New York University is forcing him to leave because of pressure from his country’s government
China has lifted a two-decade ban on people with HIV/Aids from entering the country, just as it is about to welcome the world to the Shanghai Expo.
The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
Oil prices slipped more than a barrel on Monday as traders worried that the flagging United States economy would cause oil demand to soften. Oil’s sharp decline started last…
Travel and tourism are expected to bring ,6-trillion a year to the Asia Pacific region by 2010 despite the threat of a United States recession, according to a study released last…
Oil prices dropped on Tuesday after a key Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) member left open the possibility the oil cartel will increase output to curb…
Oil prices rose on Friday to regain ground lost in a fall the previous session, as persistent supply concerns and a late rebound in United States stocks offset worries about US…
Oil prices fell on Monday as traders took profits after crude futures settled near an all-time high in the previous session. Light, sweet crude for September delivery lost 46…
Oil prices dropped in Asian trading on Monday after no major disruptions to production were reported around the weekend presidential election in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil…
Crude oil futures rose back above a barrel on Friday on persistent supply fears linked to Iran’s nuclear stand-off with the international community and militant attacks in…
Crude oil prices gained on Wednesday as traders fretted over threats to supply if sanctions were to be made against Iran, Opec’s second-largest producer, over its nuclear…
Crude oil prices jumped on Tuesday as Iran’s nuclear ambitions and an attack on an oil platform in Nigeria kept traders edgy over potential supply snags. Light, sweet crude for…
Crude futures fell on Tuesday in thin post-Christmas trading, as forecasters in the United States said the weather would be milder in the week ahead, raising traders’…
Oil prices settled below $60 a barrel for the first time in three months on Monday, as forecasts calling for warmer weather sparked a wave of selling. Earlier in the month, the…
Crude futures fell on Thursday on news that United States gasoline stocks rose last week and as forecasts predicted Hurricane Wilma will likely avoid key US oil facilities along…
Oil prices gained slightly on Monday on expectations of higher demand for heating oil as the northern-hemisphere winter approaches, stretching supplies strained by the slow…
Oil prices slipped on Friday, a day after its record-setting session, as Hurricane Katrina spared refineries in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall on Florida’s coast, easing…
Crude futures rose to a new high of ,69 in Asian trading on Monday as the United States government announced the closure of its embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia due to…
