World Trade Organization (WTO) members resumed intensive negotiations on Monday on the long- stalled Doha Round of global trade talks, trying to narrow their differences in the next few weeks.The nego
An Iraqi soldier flashes a victory sign as he holds the Iraqi flag on the gate of Basra Palace, in Basra, 550 km (342 miles) south of Baghdad September 3, 2007. British troops quit the southern Iraqi
There is no threat of high inflation despite recent steep rises in food prices, a senior planning official said yesterday.The rising consumer price index (CPI), driven up largely by more expensive foo
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that the city has a plan just in case thousands of city cab drivers decide to hit the brakes this week.The New York Taxi Workers Alliance announced Su
A Russian grocery store chain owner and parliament member will become the next tourist, and the first from Russia, to the International Space Station (ISS), leading business daily Vedomosti reported o
The country's two biggest oil companies have not asked the government to raise prices of their refined products as reported by some media, a senior planning official said yesterday.“We haven't recei
Thirty-nine foreigners yesterday received Magnolia Silver Awards, one of the top honors Shanghai government bestows on expatriates for extraordinary contributions to the city's social and economic dev
LOS ANGELES- “Shrek the Third“ reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the foreign box office with an estimated weekend haul of $17.2 million, lifting its overseas total to $436 million.The animated film, whi
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the United States has agreed to remove the country from a list of states that sponsor terrorism and lift economic sanctions.The US dec