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With three in the top four after the first run, the Austrians had looked set to end their 58-year wait for gold but Rebensburg, in sixth place, had other plans.

Britain's Chemmy Alcott was 27th out of the 29 starters. Britain's men curlers followed the women out of the competition in a 7-6 extra-end defeat to Sweden in a play-off.

Britain's reigning women's bobsleigh world champions Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke crashed out after Minichiello lost control of the sled.

Customers bought 22% more Valentine's gifts and chocolates than last year, while the number of bottles of sparkling wine rose by 83%.

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ANKARA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- China and Turkey said Wednesday the two countries look to stronger political trust and closer economic cooperation in future to benefit the people of both countries.

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China highly values its relationship with Turkey and will continue to handle the relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective during his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

Erdogan said the Turkish government has the same political will to cement ties with China, noting that Turkey adheres to the one- China policy and acknowledges the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legal government that represents the whole China.

The two countries should fully tap the potential of cooperation in trade, investment and infrastructure construction and jointly tackle the impact of the global financial crisis, said the prime minister.

Yang expressed China's appreciation for Turkey's stance to uphold the one-China policy and respect for China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

He also extended welcome for Turkey's participation in the World Expo to be held in Shanghai this year.

China and Turkey have seen frequent visits by high-level officials in wholesale colthing recent years and witnessed their trade surge from more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in 2000 to 12.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2008.

Yang arrived in Turkey on Monday for a two-day visit and attended a regional summit on Afghanistan held in Istanbul as a special representative of Chinese President Hu Jintao.

He held talks with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul on Wednesday and agreed to advance friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met Swiss President Doris Leuthard here on Tuesday and both sides voiced their opposition against trade protectionism amid the ongoing global financial crisis.

Li, who arrived in Switzerland on Monday for a four-day visit, said the creation of a free trade area between the two countries is under discussion and serves as a concrete action for both sides to combat trade protectionism.

"Both sides should push the feasibility study on a free trade area forward, and be well prepared to start negotiations in 2010," Li said.

The creation of the free trade area is of great significance to bilateral ties and will be conducive to further promotion of bilateral trade and investment cooperation, the Chinese leader said.

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Bilateral ties have been developing in an all-round way since the two sides established diplomatic relations 60 years ago, Li said.

He said China attaches great importance to its ties with Switzerland and is ready to join hands with the European country to seek a long-term, healthy and stable development of bilateral ties.

"We should stick to the principle of sincerity, mutual trust and friendly consultation, and seek common ground while reserving differences, in order to cement the political basis of bilateral ties," Li said.

For her part, Leuthard said Switzerland opposes any form of trade protectionism and expects more Chinese companies to invest in the country, as well as more cooperation between the two countries in such fields as technology and finance.

Switzerland treats the Switzerland-China ties from a long-term perspective and highly values its cooperation with China, she said.

She hoped that both sides could step up efforts on the feasibility study on a free trade area so as to draw a good result to open a new chapter of bilateral economic and trade ties.

Leuthard said she will visit China this year and attend the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

The Swiss leader also reaffirmed that her country will firmly stick to the one-China policy.

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Work at Siemens Flow Instruments in pandora beads Stonehouse is moving to France and China. A total of 116 jobs will go when it shuts permanently by December. In November, staff were warned that a review by Siemens' parent company could put jobs at risk.

Following are basic facts relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, whose senior officials gathered in Hiroshima on Monday for a two-day meeting to prepare for an annual summit in November which will be hosted by Japan in Yokohama.

APEC

-- was established in 1989 as a gathering to boost trade among Pacific Rim economies. Its activities are based on nonbinding principles.

-- currently groups 21 economies -- Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, rolex replica Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

-- accounts for half the world's global economic output, some 40 percent of its population and 44 percent of its trade value.

-- rotates chairmanship annually with the chair hosting a series rolex fake of meetings throughout each year, including ministerial meetings and the leaders' summit.

-- has various committees that discuss issues ranging from market access and intellectual property rights to human resource development.

-- takes advice from the nongovernmental APEC Business Advisory Council.

-- aims to create a region-wide free trade zone, dubbed the Free Trade Area in the Asia Pacific, or FTAAP.

HONG KONG, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange went down 324.26 points, or 2.64 percent, to close Thursday's trading at 11,957.83.

The H-shares index, initiated in August 1994 and readjusted on Sept. 7, 2009, tracks the overall performance of 44 major Chinese mainland state-owned enterprises listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The Hang Seng China H-Financials Index was down 432.46 points, or 2.60 percent, to close at 16,215.31.

The H-Financials Index, initiated on Nov. 27, 2006, readjusted on Sept. 10, 2007, tracks the performance of nine major banks and insurers of the Chinese mainland.

The Hang Seng Mainland Composite Index moved down 94.66 points, or 2.34 percent, to close at 3,942.50.

Introduced on Oct. 3, 2001 with the Prada Replica Handbags latest readjustment effective on March 9, 2009, the Hang Seng Mainland Composite Index gauges the performance of 132 Hong Kong-listed companies with principal places of business in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

The Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index dropped 94.33 points, or 2.27 percent, to close at 4,067.80.

The index tracks the performance of 34 locally listed companies with a significant equity interest held by entities in the Chinese mainland.

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The aggregate amount of the investment from both investors will be up to US$17 million in cash.

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