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Beijing — China voiced its deep concern and opposition yesterday to a European Union plan to counter airline emissions, and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after China’s major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law.
‘Kenya wind power project to start by April’
NAIROBI — Construction of a 310 megawatt (MW) wind power project in Kenya is expected to start in April after its financiers complete due diligence on the project, a senior company official said yesterday.
China trade surplus narrows
China’s trade surplus has narrowed for a third straight year as demand for its products weakened in the US and Europe.
Commerce Minister Chen Deming said the surplus was around $160 billion in 2011. That compares with a record of $295 billion in 2008.
Honda, Toyota US sales fall
Toyota and Honda saw sales in the US fall sharply in 2011 as production was hit by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand, figures show.
SA imports Romanian maize
Johannesburg — Two cargo ships of yellow maize from Romania are en route to the Western Cape for unloading, the head of producer group Grain SA said on Tuesday.
Saurombe wins Super Eight
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
RONZAI Saurombe clinched the title in the Super Eight tennis tournament boy’s Under-18 category yesterday when he beat Taremeredzwa Mariga at Harare Sports Club.
Vincent returns, takes Straker lead
Sport Reporter
UNITED STATES-based amateur golfer Scott Vincent returned home and took the lead in the Ray Straker junior championship at Chapman yesterday.
Leading car makers jostle for space at India’s Auto Expo
New Delhi. – The world’s leading car makers jostled for space at the start of India’s Auto Expo yesterday, eyeing a market that has slowed sharply but remains a hotspot compared with depressed Western economies.
Sikumi: Where guests sleep on tree-tops
Isdore Guvamombe Tourism Matrix
GAME viewing starts the moment you turn from the highway. A giraffe races besides the dusty road, all legs and neck, yet oddly elegant in its awkwardness.
Asian markets mixed as oil prices rise
HONG
KONG. – Concerns over Europe’s debt crisis returned to the forefront yesterday, leaving Asian markets mixed while the euro continued to be pressured by the dollar and yen.