Two U.S. military brigades slated to return home will remain in Germany for two extra years until at least 2012, the U.S. military said Wednesday.The military has received permission from U.S. Preside...
CAIRO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- With a pair of wooden candleholders that have the label of “Made in China“ in hands, Mohamed with his wife and daughter chose gifts at Alfa market in the southern suburb...
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices rose for a second consecutive session on Thursday, lifted by restored confidence among investors. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday reflected upon his first year performance in office, telling of progress he achieved in U.N. reform, climate change, human rights and the Millennium Dev...
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...