3 Tesla workers die when plane hits N. Calif. home
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. - A twin-engine plane carrying three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors struck a set of power lines after takeoff Wednesday and crashed into a fog-shrouded residential neighborhood, raining fiery debris over homes, sending residents running for safety and killing everyone aboard.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-02-17
U.S. regrets China's response to arms sales
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday it regretted China's announced cuts in bilateral contacts and its plans to punish U.S. companies involved in a $6.4 billon arms package for Taiwan.
Nations:North Korea People:Dalai Lama Barack Obama Yang Jiechi Ma Ying-jeou George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations
2010-01-31
China threatens U.S. with sanctions over Taiwan arms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China threatened to impose sanctions on U.S. arms firms and cut cooperation with Washington unless it cancels a $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, in an unprecedented move signaling Beijing's growing global power.
Nations:U.S. North Korea Taiwan China People:Dalai Lama Barack Obama Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-30
China suspends military exchanges with US
BEIJING - China suspended military exchanges with the United States and threatened sanctions against American defense companies Saturday, just hours after Washington announced $6.4 billion in planned arms sales to Taiwan.
Nations:North Korea People:Robert Gates Dalai Lama Barack Obama Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao Activities:Taiwan-U.S. Military Relations China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(AP)
2010-01-30
Google negotiating ways to keep presence in China
BEIJING - Even if Google's stand against censorship leads it to close its search engine in China, the company still hopes to maintain other key operations in the world's most populous Internet market.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2010 Google China Dispute Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
China says Internet controls here to stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has every right to punish citizens using the Internet to challenge Communist Party power and ethnic policies, a senior official said Monday, pressing Beijing's counter-offensive against Google Inc.
Nations:China People:Hillary Clinton Liu Xiaobo Activities:2010 Google China Dispute China Control of Internet Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-24
China says not involved in cyberattacks on Google
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and defended Internet censorship as necessary, as a row with Washington over the US firm's threat to leave the country rumbled on.
People:Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Activities:2010 Google China Dispute Source:(AFP)
2010-01-24
Spotlight turns to Apple's 'latest creation'
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The technology rumor mill is busy grinding speculation regarding an Apple event Wednesday at which the culture-changing firm will unveil its "latest creation."
Nations:Canada U.S. Source:(AFP)
2010-01-23
China slams US criticism of Internet controls
BEIJING - Beijing issued a stinging response Friday to Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism that it is jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet, accusing the United States of damaging relations between the two countries by imposing its "information imperialism" on China.
Nations:China Uzbekistan Tunisia Saudi Arabia People:Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Google China Dispute China Control of Internet China-U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-01-23
Stocks sink again on Obama's pushback on banks
NEW YORK - The stock market suffered its worst setback in more than 10 months as investors rejected President Barack Obama's plans to restrict big banks and earnings reports that just weren't good enough.
People:Ben Bernanke Barack Obama Activities:U.S. Markets
2010-01-22
Berlusconi moves to impose Internet regulation
MILAN - Silvio Berlusconi is moving to extend his grip on Italy's media to the freewheeling Internet world of Google and YouTube.
Nations:Italy People:Silvio Berlusconi Source:(AP)
2010-01-22
'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57
LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Nations:U.S. People:Patrick Swayze Tom Cruise Emilio Estevez Forest Whitaker Rob Lowe Matt Dillon
2009-09-14
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