Special report: Pakistani Situation A paramilitary soldier stands guard on a street in Karachi Nov. 5, 2007. Pakistani police used teargas and batons on Monday against lawyers protesting at President
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has decided to reevaluate the necessity of maintaining anti-dumping duties imposed four years ago on coated art paper imported from the R
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese banks had issued more than 1.3 billion debit, credit and semi-credit cards by the end of September, roughly one for every person in China, according to China UnionP
Democratic Party leader Ichiro Ozawa smiles at a news conference after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Tokyo Nov. 2, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo Gallery>>&g
BUCHAREST, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu called on the Romanian political class on Sunday to show the utmost responsibility and to refrain from making any statements that might
Pakistan's government is committed to holding national elections but is undecided when, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday, a day after it imposed emergency rule to deal with rising militancy
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The British Armed Forces are “overstretched“ by the long-running operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released on Monday. “The conflicts in Iraq a
VIENNA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose to 86.32U.S. dollars per barrel last week, jumped 4.65 dollars from the prices
OTTAWA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- One of Canada's most profitable oil and gas companies, EnCana Corp., said Monday it will pay 2.55 billion Canadian dollars (2.73 billion U.S. dollars) to buy out a partner's
VIENNA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Serbia objects to the “14-point proposals“ on Kosovo's status drawn up by the Troika of the United States, Russia and the European Union, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Je