Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi court begun Tuesday a new trial for 15 aides of former president Saddam Hussein over charges of crimes against humanity
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices continued an upward trend on Tuesday as the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went up 1.02 percent, or 50.35 points, to 4,955.20. The major index rea
Boeing 737 (File Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines said on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Boeing to buy 55 Boeing 737s to meet rising market dema
Two years ago, Katie Melua had a hit with her song about there being “9 million bicycles in Beijing“.Now, authorities in the city are hoping a new bike promotion campaign will be equally popular a
NEW YORK - Healthy subjects who received daily caffeine-free green tea extract capsules had an increased production of detoxification enzymes, which may provide some cancer-fighting benefits, study fi
Special report: Internal situation in Palestine Members of the Hamas Executive Force attend the funeral of six Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip Aug. 21, 2007. Al-Qassam
The above photo shows passengers wait for departure from Mexican airport on Aug. 20, 2007. Hurricane Dean, the first powerful storm of the Atlantic season, is threatening to make lan
ABU DHABI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- National airlines of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Morocco have agreed on code share to gain better access to destinations in West Africa, UAE newspaper Khaleej Tim
BEIJING, Aug. 21 -- China's home-grown 3G market revenue reached 7.2 billion yuan (949 million U.S. dollars) in the second quarter. ZTE Corp, Datang Mobile and TD Tech were the top three players in th
The sub-prime loan crisis has in fact had a limited impact on the Chinese economy, Zheng Jingping, spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said yesterday, the Securities Daily reported t