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BY YVONNE LEEAND NISHA GOPALAN HONG KONG?Chinese state-owned oil company Cnooc Ltd. said Sunday it is paying $3.1 billion for a 50% stake in a unit of Argentina’s Bridas Energy Holdings Ltd. to form a joint venture in move to boost its production and reserves. The deal highlights China’s growing thirst for energy resources globally. ...

BY AARON BACKAND JASON DEAN BEIJING?A Chinese minister made the government’s strongest statement yet on Google Inc.’s future in the country, warning that the U.S. Internet company “will have to bear the consequences” if its follows through on its pledge to stop censoring its Chinese search site. Google said on Jan. 12 that it ...