Some Big News on Chinese Aircraft Carriers
lefarkins.blogspot.com 5/24/2009 — Feng at ID highlights two new bits of data on China's aircraft carrier program. The first is that the Chinese have carried out significant work on the ex-Varyag, the Kuznetsov class carrier that they purchased several years ago and that has been the ...

China and Brazil try to flee from the US dollar - Pravda.Ru
newsfromrussia.com 5/22/2009 — Marc Chandler Brazil's state visit to China has set the chins wagging. Will an agreement be struck to invoice their bilateral trade in their own currencies rather than the dollar ? Brazilian President Lula had made some allusions to this last month ...

Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar
faustasblog.com 5/19/2009 — The handwriting on the wall? Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil’s central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president. The move ...

Brazil and China Eye Plan To Axe Dollar
democraticunderground.com 5/18/2009 — Source: [b]Financial Times UK[/b] Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil's central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president. The move follows recent Chinese challenges to the ...

FT.com / Americas - Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar
ft.com 5/18/2009 — Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil’s central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president. The move follows recent Chinese challenges to ...

More on Varyag + news from Brazil
informationdissemination.blogspot.com 5/23/2009 — I've actually had these photos for a few days, but have been too busy to post them. They've been posted in other places already, but I thought I could offer some of my thoughts. Here are the photos (The final one is a rough blueprint of Varyag):  ...

More on Al Qaeda in Brazil
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 6/16/2009 — My earlier post on Air France 447 reminded Rocha, a reader from Brazil, about the Al Qaeda terrorist in Brazil who was arrested and then released several weeks ago. Rocha has kindly translated a May 26 post from the blog of Reinaldo Azevedo, who also ...

Mexico to Consider Free-Trade Agreement With Brazil: 15 Minutes on Latin America
faustasblog.com 8/18/2009 — In today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, Mexico to Consider Free-Trade Agreement With Brazil , and why that is good news . Related reading: Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling Too bad it’s not in U.S. waters. You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama ...

Huge Chinese Heli-Carrier to Reinforce Giant, Submarine Aircraft Carrier
warisboring.com 6/10/2009 — by DAVID AXE The blog China Military Report is a treasure trove of bizzaro weapons ideas, like something straight out of the nuclear-hand-grenade 1950s. The Navy Times‘ new blog The Scoop Deck highlighted CMR’s hilarious, giant, submarine ...

Oddly Enough, We Play Better With 11 Men on the Pitch
lefarkins.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — USA v Brazil . 19:30 (BST), BBC 3. 14:30 (EDT), 11:30 (PDT). And other times. Google, kids, don't miss this one. Ignore the Italy and the Brazil match. Well, perhaps Brazil is relevant, but when you play a man down, as we seem to prefer doing, you sort of stack the deck against you. This side ...

Obama to meet China's Hu at Group of Eight summit (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 7/1/2009
AFP - US President Barack Obama will meet China's President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Italy next week, a senior White House official said on Wednesday.

Immigration Policy Shifts Focus to Employers — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 7/2/2009
The Obama administration announced a crackdown on companies suspected of employing illegal immigrants, signaling a shift in strategy: going after employers instead of workers.

USTR investigating reports China blocks U.S. poultry — Reuters: Politics 7/2/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is concerned about industry reports that China will stop issuing import permits for chicken, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative said Thursday.

EU: China, India must make emissions cuts (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 7/2/2009
AP - The chances of concluding a new global climate change pact remain dim unless China, India and Brazil make significant cuts in carbon dioxide emissions as well a senior Swedish climate change official said Thursday.

The Saturday Profile: A Pentagon Trailblazer, Rethinking U.S. Defense — NYT > Politics 7/3/2009
Michèle A. Flournoy, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, is considered the “brains” of the Pentagon building.