BEIJING, China, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- With less than 38 weeks counting down towards London 2012 Paralympic Games, Organizing Committee chairman Sebastian Coe Sunday claimed that preparation progress was fully on track. We don't have many weeks now befo...
Kenyans to Sue Britain Over Torture Claim Four Kenyans, three men and one woman, plan to take legal action against the British government over alleged colonial-era atrocities. Britain's High Court ruled Thursday that the elderly Kenyans can sue over...
KATSINA, Nigeria May 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 secondary school teachers are reported to have died of food poisoning, and several others hospitalized in northern Nigeria's Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Tuesday. The incident o...
QINGDAO, China, May 29 (Xinhua) -- China was crowned the Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton champion for the fourth straight time by cruising past Denmark 3-0 here on Sunday. It is China's second fourth straight win at Sudirman Cup as the powerh...
MADRID, May 5 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona will have the chance to be crowned kings of the BBVA Primera Liga for the third consecutive season should results go their way this weekend. Barcelona can round up a perfect week which saw the club qualify for t...
BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhuanet) -- ABC television Friday announced it will cancel two of its three long-running daytime soap operas, media reports said. ABC said the two dramas（戏剧 ）, All My Children and One Life to Live, would be replaced by ne...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose by 51,000 from the previous（以前的） week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The Labor Department said that the advance fi...
将近一百五十年前有人在美国加州的一条河里发现了光灿灿的金块。这条消息立即传向四面八方，掀起了一股淘金热。发财梦促使八万多人跋山涉水争先恐后地涌到加州的旧金山。 这段被称作...
At the ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting in Hanoi, Chinese Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie invited his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit China, in what seems like an easing of military tensions in the region. Diplomacy appears...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces plans to send boat people to East Timor to have their refugee claims assessed, Sydney, 6 July 2010 The Australian government plans to continue talks with East Timor on establishing a refugee processin...
