North and South Korean military officers cross the border at Panmunjom to attend general-level military talks on the south side of the truce village.[Photo: AFP]South Korea and the Democratic People's...
KABUL, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Taliban has given a new deadline for 22 South Korean hostages until 12 p.m. (0730 GMT) on Friday, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said Thursday.The Taliban w...
White House political strategist Karl Rove walks to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base March 20, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)WASHINGTON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairma...
Smoke rises after a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada district July 26, 2007. Twenty people were killed and 60 others were wounded when a parked car bomb exploded near an intersection in the centra...
Investors monitor stock price movements at a brokerage in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province July 26, 2007. [newsphoto] China's main stock index reached a new high on Thursday due to strong c...
Some South Korean hostages might be released by the Taliban before 12:00 p.m. (0730 GMT) on Friday, an Afghan tribal elder engaged in negotiations told Xinhua.“I am hopeful that at least some South ...
MANILA, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The High Level Task Force (HLTF) drafting the landmark charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is confident it will meet the November deadline in time...
WASHINGTON - Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people don't take their medicine correctly - or quit taking it altogether - and the consequences can be deadly.On average, half of patients...
In front of a studio audience and cameras, 11-year-old Liu Yuxin began to cry. The young girl failed to guess the English word “credit card“, a banking concept a child her age wouldn't know. As a ...
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. economic foundations remain strong and prospects remain strong for healthy growth, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Monday. “Economic growth rebounded in the...