Taiyuan (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least 21 miners have been killed after inhaling poisonous gas at a coalmine in China's northern province of Shanxi, officials said...

Leaders of the world's major economies linked in the Group of Eight (G-8) were urged Sunday to raise the issue of Tibet with Chinese state and party leader Hu Jintao at their summit in...

US President George W. Bush defended Sunday his decision to attend the opening ceremony of next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, saying not to go would mean offending the Chinese...

Toyako (Japan), July 6 (Xinhua) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda officially announced here Sunday he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Aug...

Taiwan aborigines have been invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a newspaper said...

Wuhan (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least eight people have been killed and 13 injured in a building collapse in central China, officials have...

Dharamsala, July 6 : Buddhists took out a candlelight rally in Dharamsala on July 5 against the Chinese repressive policies in...

HONG KONG (AP) -- One of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy advocates said Sunday she will not seek re-election after her term in the territory's legislature ends this...

A state news agency said 21 workers are dead after an accident at a coal mine in northern China.Xinhua News Agency said four miners were saved by rescuers, while seven escaped on their own from the...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OMAHA, Neb. -- Michael Phelps will get another chance to go after Mark Spitz's Olympic record in Beijing. Phelps locked up his eight-race schedule by winning the 100-meter...

China 's deadly earthquake damaged her home gave birth to twin cubs on Sunday, a state news agency said.Guo Guo is the first panda to give birth since the 7.9-magnitude quake...

Shanxi province , it said.All of the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Xinhua reported, citing an unidentified city official. The number of miners underground at the time of the accident was...

-- You know the Olympics are near when the usual gang of juiced-up Bulgarian weightlifters gets tossed from the Games before even learning how to say in Chinese, "These needles are for therapeutic...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OMAHA, Neb. -- Katie Hoff has claimed a fifth individual race in Beijing by winning the 800-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Hoff pulled away from world...

TOYAKO, Japan — President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games next month, saying that skipping the event "would be an affront to the...

Dalai Lama's representatives and special envoys for talks with Chinese officials Lodi Gyari (R) and Kelsang Gyaltsen address press conference in Dharamsala, 05 Jul...

(Newser) – President Bush today defended his decision not to boycott the Beijing Olympics next month, saying skipping “would be an affront to the Chinese people" that would make it...

-- It looked like an invisible giant had lifted Tyson Gay off his feet and flung him to the track. A serious hamstring cramp will do that to a sprinter. In the amount of time it takes for a hammie...

BEIJING (AP) - A state news agency says 21 workers are dead after an accident at a coal mine in northern China. Xinhua (shin-wah) News Agency says four miners were saved by rescuers, while seven...

July 5, 2008 · While the U.S. celebrates its freedom this Fourth of July weekend, there's a new freedom being inaugurated a half a world away. Direct weekend flights between mainland China and...

Posted: 6:55 PM- EUGENE, Ore. -- Josh McAdams checked over one shoulder as he cleared the final hurdle in the men's steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field on Saturday. Moments...

BEIJING – An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported Sunday. Four miners were rescued by emergency workers, Xinhua News Agency said....

Sunday, July 6, 2008 At least eight construction workers have died and thirteen more are injured after a building collpsed during construction...

Olympics Some 52 Iranian athletes in 12 fields will participate in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Iranian athletes will take part in a number of events including free style and Greco-Roman wrestling,...

Cycling Iranian cycling team from Tabriz Petrochemical company will participate in the 2008 Tour de Qinghai Lake cycling race in China. The team's members include Hossein Asgari, Hossein Nateqi, Ahad...

At least 21 people have died in an accident at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province. State media says that seven miners managed to escape from the Wujiu mine and a further four were...

7/6/2008, 9:13 a.m. EDT BEIJING (AP) — An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported...

BEIJING : With Beijing struggling to clear polluted skies before the Olympics in August, the nearby industrial port of Tianjin has ordered 40 factories to suspend some operations for two months as...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan : From six table tennis tables at the Olympic training center here comes the rhythmic clack-clack-clack of ball against paddle against tabletop. Outside, the tropical heat of...

Beijing - An explosion killed at least 21 people at a coal mine in the northern Chinese city of Datong, state media said Sunday. The explosion trapped the miners underground on Saturday at the...

Taipei - Two international cruise lines, encouraged by Taiwan's new air links with China, plan to launch cruise services across the Taiwan Strait, it was reported Sunday. Royal Caribbean...

ATHLETICS: Michael Roeger was born without the lower half of his right arm and throughout his 20 years he has not let the disability prevent him from achieving whatever he sets his sights on.Whether...

Beijing - Severe rainstorms have killed at least 14 people, left seven missing and destroyed hundreds of homes in southern and central China, state media said on Sunday. At least eight people died...

SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) compiled a list of a hundred study questions for the citizenship test and had them printed on flash cards as an aid for those taking...

In light of their 2nd successful anniversary in Kuwait, Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi's national air carrier delivers breathtaking fares to China and South Africa's capital cities, Beijing and...

Today: U. S. Olympic team trials, gymnastics, 9-11 a.m., MSNBC; U.S. Olympic team trials, track and field and swimming, 7-9 p.m., NBC (same-day...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - In China's Olympic co-host city Qingdao, sea breezes that usually bring relief from baking summer temperatures now bring a cloying stench from a massive algae bloom that...

PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE') says that it is neither reasonable nor fair for the world's top eight industrialized nations to hold summits without including emerging...

Rescuers have recovered another two bodies in the East China Sea, bringing the death toll from a boat sinking of Friday to three, with one person still missing. A body was found at 11:55 p.m. on...

seattletimes.com/weekendphotos . Selected photos will appear here or in the "Pix From My Weekend" feature in The Seattle Times' NWWeekend section published each Thursday. See Travel Postcard and Pix...

Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") is pleased to announce that Molex Inc (NASDAQ: MOLX and MOLXA), a global electronic components company, has acquired Taiwan-based AFlextech Inc...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Democrats in Hong Kong urged Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to allow swifter implementation of direct elections on Sunday, during Xi's first visit to the city since taking...

Among mainstream analysts, predictions of the price reaching $200 are unexceptional. Last month Gazprom, the Russian oil giant, suggested it would hit $250 next year. The maverick energy guru...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Olympic athletes exposed to Beijing's polluted air face possible blood circulation problems which could affect their performance, experts say, adding they should avoid crowded...

Chinese engineers have begun installing lightning rods in 650 primary and secondary schools in underdeveloped areas to prevent casualty and economic loss in schools, as part of a national disaster...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang here Sunday morning. Xi arrived in Hong Kong Sunday morning from...

China is ready to promote economic and trade cooperation with Angola, visiting senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang said in Luanda Thursday. He, a member of the Standing...

over the next month for the Olympics, they will look up to see a stunning new skyline that China's leaders hope will showcase the nation as a modern world...

One miner was killed and another 16were still trapped underground after a coal mine accident occurred in north China's Shanxi Province on Saturday morning, local authority said on Sunday. The...

FOURTEEN-year-old H'ng Yuan Jun's gallant run in the National Under-21 Snooker Championships came to an end in the final, when he was edged 3-2 by Mohamad Azraf Yunos of Negri Sembilan at the Season...