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KABUL – Technocrats and some existing ministers will be appointed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s new government, a spokesman said yesterday, but his main rival branded his re-election illegal and ruled out taking any part.
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BEIJING – With its external surplus melting like a snowman in the sun, China is likely to give short shrift to any attempts to blame it for the woes of the world economy when finance ministers meet in Scotland at the end of the week.
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WASHINGTON/BEIJING – Although U.S. President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up.
