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Booming China auto industry faces over-capacity - AFP
... policies for automotive companies in order to curb over-capacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 percent in August, a government official said. ...
Taliban death threats hang over Afghan elections - AFP
... community and NATO have been silent, preferring to characterise the election as "Afghan-led," said a Western diplomat who asked not to be named. ...
Judge orders Mexico drug lord 'La Barbie' held for 40 days - AFP
"Extradition to the United States has not been ruled out," a source close to the attorney general told AFP. Valdez was wanted by authorities on both sides ...
Threefold drilling effort to reach trapped Chile miners - AFP
The delay had been programmed to allow cementing operations," a rescue worker who asked to remain anonymous told AFP. Drilling had been halted Thursday ...
Threefold drilling effort to reach trapped Chilean miners - AFP
The delay had been programmed to allow cementing operations," a rescue worker who asked to remain anonymous told AFP. Drilling had been halted Thursday ...
'Mystery' explosions rock south Lebanon town - AFP
A nearby resident, who asked not to be identified, told AFP that the building had been rented out by the Shiite militant party. An arms cache believed to ...
Media doggedly pursuing political corruption - AFP
An anonymous source then put him on the trail of monies paid to communications firms with ties to the Liberals. Another star of investigative journalism in ...
German bank votes to expel disputed member - AFP
... agreed unanimously on Wednesday to recommend Sarrazin be dismissed for remarks deemed racist, the newspaper said, quoting a source close to the matter. ...
Long queues at Afghan bank amid corruption claims - AFP
As the ticket machine for those queuing up at the bank's head office in Kabul issued its 900th ticket, a 23-year-old man who asked not to be named said: "I ...
Long queues at Afghan bank amid corruption claims - AFP
As the ticket machine for those queuing up at the bank's head office in Kabul issued its 900th ticket, a 23-year-old man who asked not to be named said: "I ...
US places Pakistani Taliban on terrorism blacklist - AFP
A week ago, a US official, who spoke to AFP on the condition of anonymity, warned that the Taliban was planning attacks on foreigners participating in flood ...
Dolphin hunt kicks off in Japan 'Cove' town - AFP
... any of the sea mammals on the first day, said a local government official from Taiji in southwestern Wakayama prefecture, who asked not to be named. ...
Gyan poised for Sunderland move - AFP
RENNES, France — Rennes's Ghanaian international striker Asamoah Gyan is on the verge of a move to English side Sunderland, a source close to the French ...
Fiat to return to US market - AFP
... biggest car maker which controls 20 percent of Chrysler, aims at unveiling the minicar at the Los Angeles auto show in November, the source said. ...
Danish navy helicopter foils pirate attack off Somali coast - AFP
... launched a helicopter in response to a call for help from a merchant vessel, the Danish navy's duty officer, who declined to give his name, told AFP. ...
US-ASEAN economic ties 'priority' despite no-show - AFP
The spokesman, who declined to be named, added that representatives of the US-ASEAN Business Council -- which includes executives from major corporations ...
Suspected Islamists kill 3 Nigerian police: authorities - AFP
"We are ordained by Allah to be prepared and amass weapons in case the enemy attacks," said the 35-year-old who refused to be named.
Myanmar army reshuffle 'biggest in decades': officer - AFP
We can say that it's the biggest change within the military in decades," an army officer, who declined to be named, told AFP. ...
Greek fighter jets colliide: defence ministry - AFP
"We're just getting the information now," the spokesman who declined to be named said. "Three pilots were involved, and one of them was apparently seen ...
Nigerian electricity workers strike ahead of reform plan - AFP
... pay the 150 percent salary increase and arrears," a senior official of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) told AFP on condition of anonymity. ...
WikiLeaks releases CIA analysis, no bombshell revelations - AFP
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, made light of the development and sought to ridicule WikiLeaks, which had announced it was about to ...
India to reopen Kabul mission: report - AFP
"The medical mission in Kabul will resume full-scale operations shortly," an anonymous source told the Times of India. "The staff who had been injured are ...
72 bodies, likely migrants to US, found on Mexico ranch - AFP
... as hitmen for them, and began shooting them when they refused, according to a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office, who declined to be named. ...
Kidnapper of Spanish hostages says it was just business - AFP
"As a trader, one must also understand this is someone who will do anything for money," the source said. Hamma was born into a family originally from ...
Russian president drinks tea with Bono as Putin meets bear - AFP
The meeting lasted just over an hour, with Medvedev and Bono being filmed for around 15 minutes and then speaking off the record, a Kremlin spokesman told ...