MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Russia party is determined to gain a number of seats in the State Duma that would guarantee it a stable majority, party leader Boris Gryzlov told the media on Tue
JINAN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese coastal city has rejected 47 tons of frozen sardines infected with disease-inducing bacteria which were originally manufactured in the United States. The batch of s
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Yucheng Technologies Limited, a Chinese IT company, announced Tuesday it has appointed Lawrence Yeung, former head of information technologies at the United Nations as ind
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The bilateral relationship between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan is at its worst stage, Choe Su Hon, Deputy Foreign Minister of the DPRK
CANBERRA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday said Australia won't follow the United States to take any possible military action against Iran. Downer's comments
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Crude futures fell Tuesday as the dollar rebounded against several foreign currencies. In recent days, oil futures have fallen as the dollar has strengthened. Some analyst
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Annette L. Nazareth announced her intention on Tuesday to leave the Commission to return to the private sector. In her ni
BRUSSELS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- An intergovernmental conference of legal experts has finalized a draft of a reform treaty for the European Union (EU), the EU's Portuguese presidency said on Tuesday. The
China's central bank yesterday said it will maintain a “moderately tight“ monetary policy in the last quarter of 2007 to curb inflation, limit asset prices and prevent the economy from overheating
China's central bank plans to issue over 100 billion yuan (US$13.32 billion) of three-year bills after next week's long holiday to absorb funds from the money market, market sources said on Saturday.T