Egypt’s new leader visits China seeking investment

CHINA: Egypt's president will meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, seeking in his first state visit outside the Arab world to win badly needed investment and expand diplomatic ties.

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Climate change, Clinton to become hot topics

At Pacific Summit:

COOK ISLANDS: The challenges of climate change and protecting one of the world’s last pristine ocean environments are set to dominate this week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in the Cook Islands. But the expected presence of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ensure geo-political concerns, particularly China’s growing influence in the South Pacific,

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US arms sales nearly triple in 2011 -researchers

US: US arms transfers to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion, giving America a market share of nearly 80 percent, government researchers said Monday. The Congressional Research Service said the US figure for 2011 was the largest for a single year in the history of the arms export program.

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