时事经纬
09-09-09
中国副外长武大伟会晤多名日本新政府政要
武大伟8日上午在和龟井会谈表示希望日本新政府今后采取措施加强日中关系，并邀请龟井访问中国。龟井强调“新政府将诚心诚意地对待日中关系”。武大伟还和外务省亚大局局长斋木昭隆举行了会谈，就朝鲜核、绑架及导弹等问题交换了意见。
温家宝接见日本访华团 期待尽快会晤鸠山
日本三党党首会谈就联合执政正式达成协议
鸠山邀请社民党党首福岛瑞穗、国民新党代表龟井静香入阁。除已经内定的主要内阁成员外，内阁其他成员的人选也将于本周内相继确定。三党9日下午干事长级会议就外交和安保问题，考虑到社民党的意见，在协议中写入了“为减轻冲绳县民的负担，将提出修改《日美地位协定》的要求，重新审视美军整编计划以及驻日美军基地问题”。
卡尔扎伊以54%得票率领先阿富汗总统大选
经过对91%以上投票站选票的统计，阿富汗的独立选举委员会表示，现任总统卡尔扎伊现在很明显处于领先地位。卡尔扎伊获得了54%的有效选票，超出了为避免进行第二轮投票所需的绝对多数。他最接近的竞选对手、前外交部长阿卜杜拉的得票率为28%。
缅甸反对党要求军政府重新开放其办事处
被软禁的缅甸反对派领导人昂山素季所在的缅甸全国民主联盟表示，希望在各地的办事处重新开始办公，这是参加计划明年举行的全国选举的关键措施。军政府目前只允许在仰光的全国民主联盟总部正常办公。这位发言人说，全国民主联盟星期五给军政府写了一封信。信中指出，尽管全国民主联盟是合法注册的组织，但政府仍然限制该组织的活动。
南部非洲领导人呼吁结束制裁津巴布韦
南部非洲领导人呼吁国际社会结束对津巴布韦的制裁。南部非洲发展共同体15个成员国的领导人星期二，在刚果民主共和国结束两天峰会前发出了这项呼吁。南非总统祖玛说，解除制裁是帮助津巴布韦领导人执行一个权力分享协议所需要的。 祖玛星期一在峰会的开幕式上敦促津巴布韦联合政府为执行一年前签署的权力分享协议“扫除障碍”。
以色列总理秘密访问莫斯科
以色列媒体报道，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡这个星期早些时候曾经秘密前往莫斯科，讨论莫斯科和伊朗和叙利亚的武器交易，伊朗和叙利亚都是以色列的敌国。希伯莱语报纸《新消息报》说，内塔尼亚胡星期一乘飞机抵达莫斯科，对他当天有几个小时不见踪影做出了解释。内塔尼亚胡办公室曾经说他在以色列视察一个安全设施。以色列政府一直在争取说服俄罗斯不要把S-300防空导弹系统卖给伊朗，因为伊朗可能会把这个系统部署在有争议的核设施附近。
中国企业再次出手投资澳洲铀矿和铁矿领域
据澳大利亚联合新闻社报道，中广核铀业发展有限公司计划收购澳大利亚铀矿出口商能源金属公司（Energy Metals）70％的股份，价值达1.1946亿美元。
另据美国《华尔街日报》等媒体8日报道，中国铁路物资总公司已经同澳大利亚铁矿石开采商FerrAus达成协议，收购后者12％的股权。FerrAus在一份公告中称，上述12％的股权价值约为1260万澳元。
中投公司将投资美国房地产
中投公司(China Investment Corp.)的管理人员与贝莱德(BlackRock Inc.)、Invesco Ltd.和Lone Star Funds等美国私募股权基金公司的经理商谈了受到打击的房地产资产中的投资机会，其中包括写字楼、宾馆和其它商业地产支持的抵押贷款、实际建筑的所有权等。
分析师说，在美国，商业房地产的价值已比高峰期下跌了35%。显示中投对海外房地产投资的兴趣正在日益增加的迹象是，中投最近投资了澳大利亚大型房地产信托基金Goodman Group，还购买了Songbird Estates PLC的股份，后者是伦敦写字楼及零售商店业主及开发商Canary Wharf Group的主要股东。
此外，据知情人士透露，中投已承诺向摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)的全球房地产基金投资约8亿美元，这家基金计划筹资50多亿美元，投资于全球房地产。
为了帮助银行出售他们难以定价的抵押贷款资产，从而推动银行资产负债表解冻，美国政府大体会通过股本和债券两个方面予以支持。美国政府将对投资者的股本投资实现等额现金补偿，并为收购交易提供有吸引力的债券融资。
Hamas, Fatah set to reconcile by 2010
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal's recent visit to Egypt has brought the Islamist movement and Fatah closer to ending their differences, sources close to Hamas in the Gaza Strip revealed on Tuesday.
Israeli PM in 'secret' Russia visit over Iran
Amid rumors in the Israeli media about the mysterious disappearance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports reveal that he made a secret visit to Moscow to discuss Russian arms sales to Iran and Syria.
Netanyahu stole away to Moscow on Monday, Yediot Aharonot daily quoted anonymous sources as saying on Wednesday.
The premier's office reiterated that Netanyahu had spent Monday at the headquarters of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency.
Moscow also denied that Netanyahu met either Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin or President Dmitry Medvedev.
A spokesman for the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, which oversees arms exports, declined to comment.
With concerns in the West about military ties between Russia and Iran, an official at Russia's state arms exporter had earlier expressed willingness to consider orders for military equipment from Tehran, should a request be made.
Despite domestic production of fighter jets, Iran seems to be interested in refurbishing its army's aging air fleet.
While Moscow signed a contract with Tehran in 2007 to supply the powerful S-300 missiles to Iran, there has been interminable confusion reigning over the delivery of the sophisticated defense system.
The S-300 surface-to-air system, known as the SA-20 in the West, can track targets and fire at aircraft 120 km (75 miles) away. It also features high jamming immunity and is capable of simultaneously engaging up to 100 targets.
Tehran has opted to acquire the sophisticated S-300 system to counter potential air strikes on its nuclear facilities as Israel continues to mention such measures as prudent in dealing with the Iranian issue.
Israeli and US officials have strongly urged Moscow not to supply the missiles to Iran, and the issue has been the subject of intense diplomatic wrangling for years.
Israeli President Shimon Peres said last month that Russia promised to review a decision to sell Iran the 'game changing' S-300 anti-aircraft missiles.
"President [Dmitry] Medvedev gave a promise he will reconsider the sales of S-300s because it affects the delicate balance which exists in the Middle East," Peres said.
The US, Israel and their European allies -- Britain, France and Germany -- claim the Islamic Republic has military objectives in its nuclear enrichment program.
The Tehran government, however, says the only aim of its nuclear program is the civilian applications of the technology.
The country says that it would have no use for such weapons as it considers them 'obsolete.' Iran has also called for the removal of all weapons of mass destruction across the globe.
Greenspan predicts new market crisis
The former US Federal Reserve chief predicts the world will face another financial meltdown due to the long period of economic prosperity.
"The crisis will happen again but it will be different," Alan Greenspan told BBC on Tuesday.
He said the financiers and governments should get tough on fraud and increase capital requirements for banks to escape a new crisis.
Greenspan, however, said that the economic crisis crippling the world would eventually end in a difficult process.
He said financial crises "have one fundamental source”, and added, "That is the unquenchable capability of human beings when confronted with long periods of prosperity to presume that it will continue."
The collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers caused a worldwide financial crisis and global recession.
Greenspan blamed the trade in US sub-prime mortgages for the global economic crisis.
If it were not the problem of these toxic debts "something sooner or later would have emerged", he said.
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