(Xinhua Photo)BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 425.04 billion yuan (56.7 billion U.S. dollars) was raised on China's equity markets through initial and secondary public offerings in the first ni
HANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Power Grid plans to begin work on the Nam Tha 1 hydroelectric project in Laos' northern Bokeo province early next year, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street retreated Wednesday as investors awaited September employment report that could signal the direction of U.S. interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average f
JERUSALEM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday asked the negotiating teams from both sides to begin drafting
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed on Wednesday a bipartisan bill to dramatically expand children's healthcare program, igniting the fuse of a new round of battles wit
BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japanese electronics group Sony and Germany's Bertelsmann on Wednesday again won the approval of the European Commission for their joint venture that has created the secon
BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission handed down Wednesday fines totaling over 183 million euros on four companies for running an illegal cartel for bitumen in Spain. According to the
Thailand. Bali. Operating room?Whereas Southeast Asian destinations are growing in popularity for holidaymaking Chinese, others see the weeklong National Day vacation as a perfect window to squeeze in
A rain-swept national flag raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square drew over 100,000 spectators as dawn broke Monday on the 58th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.Chinesepeople watch
Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Il (R) and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun pose after they exchanged the document in Pyongyang, capital of