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Japan, US, EU discuss rare earth supply security

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

As planes take off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, lawmakers on nearby Capitol Hill are arguing for an Article 84 court challenge against EU fees for carbon emissions. (Associated Press)

Pressure builds against EU fees

By David Hood - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with European People's Party President Wilfried Martens for the 20th Congress of the EPP in Marseille, France, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

EDITORIAL: Teetering Europe

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this July 13, 2008, file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma arrive for a formal dinner after a Mediterranean Summit meeting at the Petit Palais in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

EU slaps sanctions on Assad’s wife, relatives

By Don Melvin and John Heilprin - Associated Press

A general view of Damascus, Syria, is seen on March 22, 2012. Mounting international condemnation of Bashar Assad's regime and high-level diplomacy have failed to ease the year-old Syria conflict, which the U.N. says has killed more than 8,000 people. (Associated Press)

Syrian activists: Clashes near Turkish border

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** Tourists walk through the main square with the Town Hall on the right in Wroclaw, Poland, in this Aug. 18, 2011, photo. The latest backdrop for European financial crisis talks was Wroclaw, Poland — or Breslau, as the picturesque city on the Oder River is still known in Germany. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

EDITORIAL: Poland’s dilemma

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Economy Briefs: Airbus says 2,000 jobs at risk over China order freeze

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Belarusians Dmitry Konovalov (left) and Vladislav Kovalev stand in a defendant's cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Belarus executes 2 men convicted in subway bombing

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

** FILE ** A currency exchange bureau worker counts U.S. dollars, as Iranian bank notes are seen at right with portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in downtown Tehran, Iran, in this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)

SWIFT financial service cuts ties with Iran

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** FILE ** The Airbus A380 giant jetliner (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

U.S. sides with China against airlines emissions tax

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Fatuma Hassan Noor (top, left) and her daughter Amal Ahmed take a break from military training in Ibanda, Uganda. Fellow Somalis are being trained through a European Union program designed to provide a force that will contribute to the stabilization of Somalia. Ms. Noor instructs trainees in combat medical care using a mannequin (above). (Associated Press)

Middle-age Somali woman commands respect of trainees

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Poland out of step with Europe on climate

By KARL RITTER and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

US, EU and Japan challenge China in trade spat

By DON MELVIN - Associated Press

EU, US and Japan challenge China on rare earths

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

US, EU, Japan challenge China over minerals trade

By DON MELVIN - Associated Press

President Obama, accompanied by Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson (left) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama takes on China with high-tech trade complaint

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

China withholding ‘rare’ minerals used in high tech, U.S. charges

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk (Associated Press)

U.S.: WTO says Boeing got fewer subsidies than Airbus

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Airbus has applauded a ruling by the World Trade Organization that Boeing received "at least $5.3 billion" in illegal subsidies from the U.S. from 1989 to 2006. The U.S. has noted the WTO came down heavier on the European Union for its support of Airbus. (Associated Press)

Boeing downplays illegal subsidies

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves after a re-election campaign speech in Villepinte, France, north of Paris, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Sarkozy threatens French pullout from visa-free zone

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press