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Western companies will be free to set up joint ventures, even in sensitive areas like mobile phones, insurance and banking.
BBC: Chinese man walking past WTO wall mural
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In three critical markets, Thailand, Malaysia and China, AIA has special rights to operate independently, free from laws requiring local joint-venture partners.
ECONOMIST: Prudential buys AIA: Grand Pru | The
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Officials from China, Japan and South Korea met on the sidelines to start talks on the possibility of a free-trade zone, the three countries said in a joint statement.
BBC: Obama at Asean summit urges nations to ease sea rows
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Joel Glazer, United's co-chairman, issued a "voluntary free-payment notice" on Monday informing lenders that Red Football Joint Venture Ltd.
WSJ: Glazers to pay off Manchester United loans
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With capacity of 17.6 kWh the lithium-ion battery from the joint venture with Evonik Industries provides for well over 140 kilometres of pollutant-free driving fun.
ENGADGET: Third generation Smart Fortwo ditches Tesla powertrain, gains two wheeled cousin
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England's defence is the joint-meanest in the tournament, while Brazil's attack has been in free-scoring form.
BBC: Cafu praises England
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He became the 2010 World Cup's joint leading scorer with a spectacular volley on Saturday before striking the bar from a free-kick in the dying moments of Germany's 3-2 victory.
CNN: Forlan named World Cup's best player
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Other reported contributions include offering more CF-18 jet fighters for joint patrols of North American skies and Canadian soldiers for peacekeeping duties in Bosnia to free U.S. troops there for duty elsewhere.
CNN: Response to attacks on Bush-Chretien agenda
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And only the Jordanians seemed ready to have anything to do with the Israelis: they signed a deal, sweetened by the Americans, to create joint factories in Jordan, leading, perhaps, to some kind of duty-free zone.
ECONOMIST: America and the Arabs
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Three joint presidents of Birmingham Churches Together, the Bishop of Birmingham, the city's Catholic archbishop and Free Churches representative wrote a letter of protest to the radio station.
BBC: Church condemns 'blind wedding'
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EdX, the nonprofit joint venture started last year by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, offers university-level classes free online and already has attracted more than 700, 000 people.
WSJ: Harvard Expands Reach in Asia