China to raise proportion of community-level deputies to people's congresses BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- China will increase the proportion of community-level deputies to the people's congresses, and reduce the number of deputies elected from among l...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up iPhone 4 as he talks about the Apple iPhone 4 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, July 16, 2010. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs addressed problems with the company's new iPhone 4 in an emergency news co...
While much attention is being paid to South Africa as the host of Africas first World Cup, the nation also made history 10 years ago when it hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference. It was the first time the worlds largest AIDS gathering was he...
They call it Radio Free Fahad, the vigil held by friends and supporters of Syed Fahad Hashmi every two weeks outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The 29-year-old Hashmi, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen who grew up in New York, has...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 20 March 2006 watch Prejudice report More Americans are expressing unfavorable views about Islam. A recent public opinion poll shows 25 percent of Americans now sa...