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Wyden Report: U.S. Losing Out to China on Goods that Protect the Environment

In recent years, global demand for environmental goods has skyrocketed, creating opportunities for U.S. manufacturers to reach new customers.

(WASHINGTON DC) - As President Obama signs an executive order creating an Interagency Trade Enforcement Unit, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden – chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness – issued a report illustrating why trade enforcement matters.

The report, entitled “Losing the Environmental Goods Economy to China” is the latest in a series of reports...

China`s Decisions Mean Certain Death for North Korean Refugees

Tell world leaders: Stop China from sending North Korean refugees to their deaths

(NEW YORK) - Moses Bak's* childhood friend faces imminent execution, but change.org says that with your help, he can save her.

CHINA: Public Frustration Over Denial of Basic Rights and Freedoms, Magnified by a Lack of Rule of Law

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - Public frustration in China over the government’s denial of basic rights and freedoms, magnified by a lack of rule of law....

China Merchants to raise stakes by 30pct in Sri Lankan port

No agreement has been inked.

(HONG KONG) - China Knowledge reported that China Merchants Holdings Co Ltd, the country second largest port operator plans to increase its stakes by 30% in a container port in Colombo, Sri Lankan for USD 5.5 million.

Upon completion of the acquisition, the Hong Kong-listed buyer will hold an 85% stake in the container port operator Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd or CICT from Sri Lankan conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC.

The Next War on Washington`s Agenda

Washington is getting all of us in over our heads.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Only the blind do not see that the US government is preparing to attack Iran. According to Professor Michel Chossudovsky, “Active war preparations directed against Iran (with the involvement of Israel and NATO) were initiated in May 2003.”

Washington has deployed missiles directed at Iran in its oil emirate puppet states, Oman and the UAE, and little doubt in the other US puppet states in the Middle East.

What an Attack in Iran Could Mean for America

An attack on Iran will be the real and true launch for World War Three, which Americans seem to actually want.

(SALEM) - Americans are slow at the draw, really painfully slow, and our inability to remember is a central theme when politicians decide which move to make next; especially when determining which country and people will be the next to "deserve" one of America's mighty military attacks.

There was a time when people were a little less fat and sassy; they used to have a better fix on the impact of what it means to be poor, sick, and for God's sake to wage war on another country...

Tibetan self-immolations - the most `underreported` story of 2011

“Not so the despair of many Tibetans at their plight under Chinese rule, now in its seventh decade” - TIME magazine

(DHARAMSHALA, Tibet) - An agony that many Tibetan and Tibet supporters continue to suffer, following the recent spate of self-immolations in Tibet, has now come to the fore of international media.

Is Obama Picking a Fight with Russia?

Campaigner Bruce Gagnon interviewed by RT news channel about America's missile defense systems.

(MOSCOW RT) - Russia’s President Medvedev sent a sharp warning this week to Western powers over the planned NATO missile shield in Europe. He said if the plans go ahead without guarantees of Russia's safety, Moscow would deploy missiles of its own.

Years of negotiations over the proposed shield, which America wants to place in Turkey and in former Warsaw Pact countries on Russia’s western border, have been deadlocked over the US refusal to agree to Russian participation in the project.

State Department `Concerned` Over Chinese Detainment of Dr. Zhicheng Hu

Explosive campaign on Change.org calling for China’s release of award-winning Chinese-American engineer Dr. Zhicheng Hu gains attention of State Department.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The U.S. State Department has expressed concern over the detention of award-winning Chinese-American engineer Dr. Zhicheng Hu in China after more than 40,000 people from around the world joined a popular campaign on Change.org calling for his release.

“We are concerned about the continued exit control on Dr. Hu, a U.S. citizen in China,” said a State Department official.

Oregon Wheat Farmer Brings $25 Million Annual Wine Business to the Columbia River Gorge

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Wheat to Wine and Why: A bright spot for a dull Oregon economy.

(THE DALLES, Ore) - The Oregon Wine Industry has reported doubling wine revenues during this recession and exports look very good as Red Wine sales in Hong Kong has doubled just this past year, as the fast-increasing affluent Chinese are demanding quality imported wines.

Capitalist Hong Kong now has more than 100,000 millionaires - a 33% increase since 2008.