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BEIJING: Hillary Rodham Clinton said she wanted to spend her first trip as secretary of state listening. But she ended up saying a lot, and in blunter terms, than many of her pinstriped predecessors.
The Clinton Straight Talk Express made its last big stop in Beijing on Sunday, with Clinton explaining to a Chinese talk show host why China had better keep buying United States Treasury bonds.
“It’s a good investment, it’s a safe investment,” she told Yang Lan, the host of a show on Dragon Television.
The film about an out-of-work classical musician who becomes a funeral worker is the first Japanese win in the category for more than 50 years.
Japanese film Okuribito (Departures) has won an Oscar for best foreign language film in a surprise victory over the favourite, Waltz With Bashir.
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