The Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer (L) symbolically cuts a bar with his Slovak counterpart Robert Kalinak in Stary Hrozenkov, Czech, on the eve of the two countries accession to the Schengen area
Beijing's air quality was one of the key issues addressed at the year-ending meeting of the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board last week, with Beijing promising cleaner skies next summe
Actor Huang Xiaoming poses with the trophy at the Star of the Year awards ceremony held by a magazine in Beijing on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. [Photo: sina.com]Nearly one hundred entertainers gathe
Yearender 2007by Xinhua writer Wu Qiong BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported a year of prosperity. Annual profits were forecast to surge 30 percent to nearly a
BRASILIA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will come up with a policy to promote exports to Asian, especially Chinese markets in 2008, the country's export and investment authorities said in a statement Thu
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- In the most deadly year since 1994, at least 64 journalists were killed in 2007 with Iraq the most dangerous place to report worldwide, a U.S. media watchdog said on Mo
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- A civil emergency was declared in a central New Zealand city Friday after several older buildings collapsed during a 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked much of the island
New licensed products for the Beijing Games will hit the market to welcome the New Year and Spring Festival.Over 50 kinds of products will go on sale soon, with half of them in the 'very affordable' r
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday it has awarded the 2008 Games Internet and mobile-phone platform rights in China to the digital arm of State broadcaster CCTV.It sold the over
CHICAGO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. media group Tribune announced that it has completed its going-private transaction and will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange at market close Thursday. Sam