MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, will not be completed and operational as scheduled by the end of next year, the Russian media cited the Russian contractor as say
BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Wednesday that the euro zone was likely to face a longer period of high inflation than previously expect
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras Wednesday blamed the protectionist tariffs charged by the U.S. and EU markets for the fall in the company's ethano
MADRID, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spain's high court handed down Wednesday a total of 525 years imprisonment to 47 people convicted of belonging to organizations linked to the armed Basque separatist group
GAZA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Five Palestinian militants were killed and four wounded on Thursday in an Israeli army ground forces incursion into central Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said. The witness
Oracle Corp, the largest maker of database software, posted a 35 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong new software sales.(File Photo)Photo Gallery>>> BEIJING, Dec. 20(Xinhuanet) -- Orac
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The dollar rose against the euro and pound on Wednesday amid signs that financial market turmoil was starting to threaten economic growth of Europe. A latest report showe
NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- An email received in the name of terror outfit Al Qaeda has threatened to blow up the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court and some judges, according to Indo-Asian News S
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that will provide 70 billion U.S. dollars to support war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure cle
MANILA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua)-- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Uzbekistan with a 75.3-million-U.S. dollar loan to upgrade a key highway that is an integral part of a regional transport corri