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BRASILIA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil, Russia, India and China will seek to expand coordination beyond the economic realm at their second summit slated for April.

Feb. 18 (Al Jazeera) - Barack Obama, the US president, has met the Dalai Lama, despite a warning from China that talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could strain ties.

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (China Daily) - China sold $34b in bonds in Dec; Japan becomes biggest foreign holder

DHARMSALA, Feb. 16 (AP) - The Dalai Lama says he is happy about meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington later this week.

Feb. 12 (The Hindu) - Downplaying the threat from the China PLA Navy with periodic reports of its move to acquire an aircraft carrier, the former Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral (retd.) Arun Prakash said on Thursday it was not going to happen soon.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 10 (Times of India) -  Flush with cash despite the global economic downturn, China's sovereign wealth fund quietly snapped up more than $9 billion worth of shares last year in some of the biggest American corporations, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup.

Feb. 10 (Al Jazeera) - China's top court has urged judges across the country to limit the use of the death penalty against convicted individuals.

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (China Daily) - China has completed construction of 13 permanent facilities - stone tablets and lighthouses - on islands and reefs in the East China Sea, in an effort to clarify its territorial waters' baseline in the oil-rich area.

TEHRAN, Feb.7 (ANI) - Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that China is keen to join the IPI Pipeline Project.

Feb. 3 (Bangkok Post) - The economic crisis of 2008-09 appears to be over, but along the way it has transformed the shape and dynamics of the global economy.