Australia concerned over Rio executive detention

Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:50am BST
 
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Australia's trade minister, Simon Crean, said on Saturday he had expressed "strong concern" to the Shanghai city government regarding the detention of an executive working for Rio Tinto.

He said Australian authorities had met with Stern Hu on Friday and found him in good health.

(Reporting by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)

 
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