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Top China filmmaker pays $1.2 million fine over children
China's best-known film director Zhang Yimou has paid 7.5 million yuan ($1.2 million) for violating the one-child policy, officials said Friday, closing a case that had attracted widespread attention. ... more
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Sino-Brazilian consortium wins Brazil dam fight
A group led by China's State Grip Corp. Friday won rights to build power lines to the huge Belo Monte dam in Brazil's Amazon. ... more
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Split blows open in Algeria ruling party as election looms
A split has blown open within Algeria's ruling party ahead of an April presidential election, after its leader accused the powerful intelligence chief of opposing the ailing incumbent's re-election. ... more
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Water supply availability 'to dominate US natural resource management'
Water supply is the most pressing environmental issue facing the United States according to a survey of policy makers and scientists revealed in a new publication in BioScience by researchers at the ... more
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