The Qinghai-to-Tibet railway spans 1,956 kilometers and started operating on July 1 last year.Tibet Autonomous Region officials said over the weekend that a 33-billion-yuan (US$4.2 billion) railway li...
The fiscal income of Tibet Autonomous Region hit 1.06 billion yuan (US$133 million) in the first six months of 2007, an increase of 26.7 percent year-on-year, according to sources with the region's st...
MOSCOW, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The consultations between Russia and America on missile defense might see an agreement that considers Russia's interests, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in...
Hospital workers carry a coffin containing the body of South Korean Christian pastor Bae Hyung-kyu, 42, shot dead by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, at a hospital in Anyang, south of Seoul, July 30...
Two news helicopters fall after colliding in midair while covering a police pursuit in central Phoenix, the United States, Friday, July 27, 2007, killing everyone on both aircraft, police said. Both h...
Britain's Red Arrows flying display team fly in formation over Edinburgh airport during a press preview for this weekend's Museum Of Flight airshow at East Fortune in east Scotland July 27, 2007. [Reu...
ISLAMABAD, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's banned militant group Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) Friday claimed responsibility for killing Baluchistan provincial government spokesman Raziq Bugti, private ...
BRUSSELS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) hopes that the Contact Group negotiations over the future status of Kosovo will start as soon as possible once the negotiating “troika“ of EU,...
TOKYO, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The administration under Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will face a major political test when the House of Councilors election opens on Sunday, as the ruling and opposit...
UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Friday the appointments of three top UN officials, all in the ranks of assistant secretary-general. Guatemala's Edmond...