BANGKOK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Initial results show that a national referendum Sunday on Thailand's new constitution draft has been approved, the country's Election Commission announced shortly before m
KABUL, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A German woman kidnapped two days ago in Kabul was rescued in a police operation early Monday, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari said. A
Photo taken on Aug. 16, 2007 showstwo workerswith China's Chery Automobileis testing a newly-produced car. Chinese automakers saw their total profits grow 65.8 percent in the first half of the year as
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China investigated and dealt with 24,879 commercial bribery cases in first half 2007, with 6.156 billion yuan of illicit money involved. About 5,523 commercial bribery cas
BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday, French foreign ministry said in a statement. Iraq's Prime Minister
BERLIN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The German Foreign Ministry confirmed Sunday that a German woman taken hostage Saturday in the Afghan capital of Kabul has been set free. The 31-year-old woman, who works f
BEIJING, Aug. 20 -- The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on Sunday announced new rules for stock trading to prevent and curb irregularities. The new rules, targeted mainly at “abnormal price fluctuatio
SINGAPORE, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned on Sunday night that the recent turbulence in global financial markets may affect economies in the United States, Europ
A resident walks in the rain, as Hurricane Dean passes close to Jamaica, in Kingston August 19, 2007. Jamaica declared a curfew and troops patrolled the streets on Sunday as fiercely powerful Hurrican
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Two more persons in Memphis, Tennessee, were killed by the two-week heat wave, bringing the number of heat wave victims in Southeast and Midwest of the United Sates to