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CORNING, United States (AFP) - China has accused the world's top optical fiber producers in the United States, South Korea (news - web sites) and Japan of dumping, US technology group Corning Inc. said. Corning said it had received a preliminary determination from the Chinese trade ministry that it had dumped US-made "single-mode optical fibre," causing injury to Chinese producers. The Chinese authorities also named the other major manufacturers: Japanese giant Furukawa and its US-based OFS subsidiary, and South Korean groups Samsung and LG, a Corning official said. The preliminary ruling against Corning means Chinese importers of its optical fiber...

Dec. 8, 2003 Olmert: Palestinians not ripe for negotiations By JPOST.COM STAFF Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters Monday that the present Palestinian government is not ripe for negotiations. Olmert told Army Radio that the days of Qurei's government may be numbered because of the Cairo failure. The presentation of a full ceasefire was a critical condition for Israel. Speaking after a Likud faction meeting dealing with the stamping of EU-bound Israeli products, Olmert said, "We are approaching the moment of truth, and it is evident that the new Palestinian government is not seriously capable of making the decissions...

Summary of Editorials from the Hebrew Press (Government Press Office) Jerusalem, 24 November 2003 Haaretz - http://www.haaretzdaily.com Ma'ariv - http://www.maariv.co.il Yediot Aharonot - http://www.ynet.co.il Globes - http://www.globes.co.il Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com The Jerusalem Post writes: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is reportedly responding to international and internal pressure to come up with a plan. That plan bears a great similarity to a particularly popular idea: build a fence and pull back behind it. The line Israel is drawing with a security fence is not necessarily supported by the US, let along the UN, and therefore Israel will be given no credit...