WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The number of detainees held by the American-led military forces in Iraq has swelled by 50 percent under the troop increase ordered by President George W. Bush, with th
NEW YORK- Maria Sharapova loves New York, especially its style and skyline. When Sharapova defends her U.S. Open title next week, she'll be wearing tennis dresses decorated with graphic interpretation
The stereotype that women are addicted to shopping really is true, for a new study has found that the fairer sex has a evolutionary gene which makes them born to shop.The finding is based on a study c
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Abkhazia, a breakaway region in Georgia, on Saturday confirmed that a plane crashed in the region this week, one day after Georgia said its forces fired at a Russian plane
A fireman tries to approach burning houses in Smerna village, in the Zacharo area of Peloponese.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)Photo Gallery>>>ATHENS, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Greece declared a nat
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended sharply higher Friday, with the main indexes scoring weekly gains of more than 2 percent. The Dow Jones industrial Average rose more than 140 points in
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Shareholders of China Construction Bank (CCB), one of China's four largest state-owned commercial banks, approved a plan for the bank's domestic listing, the bank said in
Hu Ge came back to the limelight this June. [File photo: sina.com.cn]Martial arts TV drama “Legend of the Condor Heroes“, which has been suspended for one year due to injuries of Hu Ge, its lead a
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Three British soldiers have been killed by “friendly fire“ in Afghanistan, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Friday. The soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Angl
Palestinian Fatah members and supporters attend Friday prayers in Gaza City August 24, 2007. Hamas Executive Forces scuffled with Fatah protestors, fired in the air and detained journalists during the