MANILA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military on Monday deployed nearly 100 Army soldiers to poor residential communities in Metro Manila in an effort to thwart the alleged recruitment activitie
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Haunted by hurricanes past, officials in Erin-soaked Texas were taking no chances Sunday, stockpiling gasoline, buses and airplanes to get residents out of harm's way -
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Wealthy Moscowites are ponying up and paying big bucks for Bentleys, providing a tasty target for car thieves.Two stolen in the Russian capital this week brings the tot
The U.S. Pentagon paid 998,798 U.S. dollars to purchase two 19-cent washers as part of a fraudulent shipping costs scheme that garnered a small South Carolina parts supplier about 20
Wanna tour Beijing? Rent a bike.The Olympic city plans to put 50,000 bicycles for rent across the city ahead of the Games to curb pollution and ease congestion.A woman rides her bicycle on the overbri
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico arrived Monday in Montebello, Canada, to begin a two-day summit to boost trilateral trade and security cooperation.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) pose with their wives, Kristiani Yudhoyono (R) and Akie Abe (L), before a meeting at the Presidenti
An investor monitors stock price movements at a brokerage in Guangzhou, Aug. 17, 2007. (newsphoto)BEIJING, Aug. 21 -- China's main stock index jumped more than five percent on Monday, as g
BEIJING, Aug. 21 -- Mainland residents will, for the first time, be allowed to directly invest in overseas securities under a pilot program to be launched in the northern port city of Tianjin. Investo
BERLIN - Eleven people were injured when they fell off the back of a truck during the shooting of Tom Cruise's latest film in Berlin, police said on Monday.The 11 fell from the truck when a side panel