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•  Gates: Iran support for Taliban 'pretty limited' (AP)

•  Bomb kills 5 Afghan civilians, including 4 kids (AP)

•  Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from voting (AP)

•  Pakistan's Acid-Attack Victims Fight Back (Time.com)

•  HSBC: data on 15,000 Swiss account holders stolen (AP)

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•  Safety agency under spotlight in House hearing (AP)

•  Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years (AP)

•  Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan (AP)

•  Gates regrets Northrop withdrawal from tanker bid (AP)

•  Senate passes $149 billion for jobless aid (Reuters)

•  Volkswagen confirms 2009 net income fell 80 pct (AP)

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•  Bank of China Plans New Share Offering
Bank of China said it wants to issue more shares in Hong Kong soon, an offering that could strengthen its balance sheet by some $7.7 billion.



•  A.I.G.'s Sale of Its Taiwan Unit in Regulatory Limbo
Officials are investigating whether the buyers are funded by China, a historical foe of the island nation.



•  Chinese Consumer Prices Rose 2.7 Percent
The year-on-year rise in February was partly attributable to the Lunar New Year holiday but also to rising inflationary pressures in China’s economy.



•  Dalai Lama Voices Support for Uighurs
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader risked further worsening his fraught relations with Beijing.



•  Chinese Exports Increase 46% as Demand From West Rebounds
Some economists suggested the robust growth could increase pressure on China to let its currency appreciate against the dollar.



•  Zhang Hong’s Letter About His Editorial
This letter was released Tuesday to selected Chinese and foreign journalists and translated by the New York Times Beijing bureau.



•  China: Protester Is Sentenced
Mao Hengfeng has been ordered to serve one and a half years of “re-education through labor” for shouting slogans about human rights outside a Beijing courthouse, according to a rights advocacy group.




•  Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System
Zhang Hong’s dismissal is a fresh warning that journalists who challenge government policy too directly can face retribution.



•  China and India Join Climate Accord
The countries are the last two major economies to join the agreement reached in December, which calls for limiting the rise in global temperatures.



•  Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India
The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.



•  Sweden: Uighur Sentenced for Spying
Babur Maihesuti, 62, was convicted of handing information about other Uighurs to a journalist and diplomat who was a Chinese intelligence officer.



•  No Leeway Given in Picking Dalai Lama
The new governor of Tibet said that the Dalai Lama did not have a right to choose his successor however he wanted, appearing to harden the government’s stance on a delicate issue.



•  China Blames U.S. for Strained Relations
The Chinese foreign minister said the Obama administration had seriously disrupted the relationship with weapons sales to Taiwan and a visit with the Dalai Lama.



•  China’s Cyberposse
Internet users are hunting down and punishing people who have attracted their wrath.



•  China’s Bank Chief Says Currency Is Unlikely to Rise
Zhou Xiaochuan said China should be “very cautious” about revaluing its currency, also known as the yuan, as long as major economies remained mired in slow growth.
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