The gas-rich desert nation says that the massive spending spree has already poured in US$8 billion in international investment and 4 trillion manats (HK$10.9 trillion) of its own funds since...
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Chinese dissident Wang Xiaoning has been released, but journalist Shi Tao, also convicted using information provided by Yahoo!, remains imprisoned.
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China's upstream energy forays have become the stuff of folklore - carving out tracts of Central Asia, Africa and the Gulf in the desperate quest for hydrocarbon resources.
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