An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan early Sunday morning, but there was no report of damage or...

Chengdu (China), May 11 (Xinhua) A Japanese non-government foundation has resumed funding for bamboo plantation in China's southwestern province of Sichuan as part of an effort to protect the Giant pandas. Bamboo is an important food for these...

The labour ministers of eight of the world's most powerful economies gathered in the central Japanese city of Niigata Sunday for a three-day summit on labour...

Shanghai (China), May 11 (Xinhua) China is set to unveil its own jumbo jet manufacturing company here Sunday, marking a crucial stage for the country's research and development of giant passenger...

Dharamsala, May 11 : President of the regional parliament of south Tyrol in Italy Franz Pahl on Sunday met the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, and condemning Chinese repression in Tibet said that holding the Olympics in China was not a good...

BEIJING (AP) - Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (neh-groh-PAHN'-tee) is in Beijing for discussions expected to focus on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs and the crisis in...

By MARI YAMAGUCHIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOKYO -- Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the...

ISLAMABAD: The US on Sunday pitched-in to break the deadlock between Pakistan's ruling PPP and main ally PML-N on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, ahead of Monday's ...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- As Hong Kong moves closer to implementing a competition policy, the tycoons who dominate big business in the city-state will be watching...

MOSCOW: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown telephoned Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday, the Kremlin said, suggesting they discussed ways to smooth out their countries' strained ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani leaders failed on Sunday to reach a deal on restoring judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, increasing the likelihood that the ruling coalition could shatter after just...

YANGON, Myanmar : A trickle of aid shipments arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, more than a week after a massive cyclone smashed the country, but officials continued to bar major shipments to the...

LONDON: Many soldiers in the British army are living in poverty, and some of them are so poor that they are unable to eat and are forced to rely on emergency food voucher schemes set up by the ...

The Sri Lankan president on Sunday hailed his party's election victory in the country's tense Eastern Province as a mandate to push ahead with his war against Tamil Tiger rebels in the...

Al-Baath on Sunday said Hezbollah had foiled a US-planned coup to seize control of Lebanon during the gunbattles which rocked the country. "The Americans launched a pre-emptive strike ...

PICHER (OKLAHOMA): Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache. A tornado ripped through a 20-block ...

CRAWFORD, TEXAS: President George Bush's daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members ...

May 11, 2008 · China is in the midst of a building boom of colleges and universities. The country is attempting to improve the quality of these institutions and its world...

Kathmandu - Nepalese police Sunday arrested more than 550 Tibetan demonstrators, most of them women, during anti-China protests in the capital Kathmandu. The demonstrators, including Tibetan nuns,...

KHARTOUM: Sudan on Sunday severed diplomatic relations with neighbouring Chad, public radio reported, citing what it called Ndjamena's support for a Darfur rebel attack north of...

(AP Photo) CRAWFORD: In a welcome break from two wars, terrorism and soaring oil prices, US President George W Bush celebrated his daughter Jenna's wedding on his Texas ranch. Far from the...

KATHMANDU: Nepal police on Sunday detained about 559 Tibetan refugees mostly women, who were protesting here against China's recent crackdown in...

ISLAMABAD: Nine tribesmen from Pakistan's restive South Waziristan were among 13 Taliban militants killed in a clash with NATO-led forces in...

WEST SPRINGFIELD: Six people died as a minivan was hit by an oncoming car in Pennsylvania, near the border with Ohio. Chief Deputy Coroner Korac Timon said that four men and two women died on...

BEIJING - China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday - a step forward in the country's quest to become less dependent on Boeing and Airbus. ...

Posted on: Sunday, 11 May 2008, 09:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Olympic Torch To Relay in Quanzhou, Xiamen" - Xinhua headline]...

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), in the midst of a rebranding drive to lure foreign firms, said on Sunday that exchange traded funds (ETFs) from Japan and Taiwan could list on the index by...

Posted on: Sunday, 11 May 2008, 09:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Seven Dead in Southwest China Fire, Arson Suspected" - Xinhua...

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BEIJING: China on Sunday took for the first step to fulfil its long-held dream of manufacturing jumbo aircrafts. It has registered a $2.7 billion company that could take on Airbus and...

PICHER/OKLAHOMA: Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache. A tornado ripped through a 20-block...

China has launched a new commercial plane maker which it hopes will one day compete with the likes of Boeing and Airbus, state media have reported. China Commercial Aircraft will aim to develop...

An Australian swimmer who was mauled by a 16-foot shark and survived said today he saw a shadow in the water seconds before the attack and thought it was a dolphin.The shark, believed to be a great...

BEIJING – Nothing about the lunch rush at a McDonald’s in China would feel out of place in America: Students huddled around video games and fries; a computer salesman scarfing a chicken...

TAIPEI: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan early on Sunday morning, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The...

KANSAS CITY: A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the central part of the country on Saturday, taking at least 11 lives, mangling ...

COLOMBO: At least 29 LTTE cadres and three soldiers were killed in fierce clashes in the Sri Lanka's restive north amidst air attack by the fighter jets on a rebel stronghold, officials said on ...

World champion Walker wins Grand Prix meet: World champion Brad Walker, a former Washington Huskies standout, won the pole vault at the Osaka Grand Prix meet Saturday in Japan. Walker cleared 17...

Fire and subsequent explosions destroyed a chemical workshop in east China's Zhejiang Province early on Sunday, but no casualties have been reported so far. A three-story building of Dinglong...

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Sunday Australia will raise its aid commitment to Myanmar to 25 million Australian dollars (23.5 U.S. dollars) in the wake of cyclone Nargis. Smith...

ATHENS, May 11 (Itar-Tass) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 was registered in Taiwan early on Sunday. Chinese seismic services fixed earth tremors in the area of the eastern coast of the...

May 11, 2008, 08:00 Australia dramatically increased its aid contribution to the cyclone victims of Myanmar today, pledging an extra A$22 million to taking its total offer to A$25 million ($23.4...

LABUTTA, Myanmar - Apart from the sound of children crying, the town of Labutta is strangely silent.Traumatized by the ordeal of surviving Cyclone Nargis, few people have anything to say. But it is...

For the South Korean left, the April 9 general election was another fiasco following the presidential election last December, in which the election of Lee Myung-bak brought forth the return of the...

see Indiaspora ). "The idea is not to have a Harvard replica...and besides, the dollar still goes a long way in India," said Neelam Deo, India's consul-general in New York who hosted the...

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time on Saturday in the fight for the all-important superdelegates whose votes will be decisive in choosing the Democratic party's...

UNITED NATIONS: The UN chief "condemns strongly" the recent attacks by rebel forces in Sudan's Darfur province, and calls for an end to the fighting, fearing it could hamper regional peace ...

The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) launches a campaign here on Saturday, asking consumers to back charity donations by buying its branded goods. The campaign, called "buying means...

The Children's Foundation of China Friday launched a "sunshine plan" to provide better education to children of migrant workers living in cities. An official with the Children's Foundation...

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Beijing Saturday night after he concluded a five-day state visit to Japan. The visit is the first trip to Japan by the Chinese president over the past decade....