Oct. 13, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 14
NEW YORK -- Bloomberg LP. agreed on Tuesday to acquire BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill Cos. (NYSE:MHP) , but terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The purchase includes the print magazine and the BusinessWeek. com website, said Bloomberg. (Bloomberg-Acquisition)
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SAN FRANCISCO -- An earthquake of magnitude 6. 3 occurred off the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The quake struck the Fox Islands region at 12:21 p.m. local time and was located at a depth of about 13.7 kilometers, according to information posted on the website of the USGS. (Alaska-Earthquake)
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FRANKFURT -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for enhancing cultural exchanges to boost world peace at the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Xi, together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, witnessed the opening of the 61st version of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest annual book fair. China has been selected as the Guest of Honor for this year's fair. (Germany-China-Book Fair)
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government is on the final stages of negotiations to sign contracts left from the June energy auction after some giant oil companies agreed on fee terms put earlier by Iraqi Oil Ministry, an Iraqi top oil official said Tuesday.
The consortium, made up of the Italian ENI, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) of the United States, China Sinopec (NYSE:SNP) and Korea Gas Corporation of South Korea, is "qualified to take up the Zubair field and we will finalize the contract," Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told a news conference in Baghdad. (Iraq-Oil)
