LONDON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese gymnasts cleared doubts that followed their sixth-place finish in the preliminary, winning the Olympic men's team gold in a dominant fashion on Monday. The Chinese pulled off a nearly perfect performance to garner...
The U.S. Senate has passed a compromise measure that extends payroll tax cuts for American workers for another two months. Lawmakers in the upper house of Congress overwhelmingly passed the legislation by a vote of 89 to 10, a day after Republicans a...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Sao Paulo on Thursday announced that the club has extended head coach Emerson Leao's contract through to the 2012 season. There is no way not to win next year, Leao said, adding that he will bring in more titles to...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 19-year-old phenom Neymar extended his contract with Santos until July 2014 on Wednesday. The news frustrated a host of international clubs who had previously had their sights on the star striker. Both Real Madr...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil, Iraq 22 February 2008 Iraqi radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has extended for another six months a cease-fire between his Mahdi army militia and U.S. and Iraqi forces. Daniel Schearf reports from the northern Iraqi city...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 October 2007 South Korea says it will continue to contribute non-combat military personnel to U.S-led stabilization efforts in Iraq. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, the deployment is half a world away, but has ev...
By Suzanne Presto New York 20 August 2007 The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution extending its authorization of the African Union's mission in Somalia for another six months. It also calls for the U.N. to develop plans...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 13 August 2007 A study has found that women with breast cancer who take part in group psychotherapy do not live longer than those who do not -- contrary to a much-publicized study from 18 years ago. But the author of t...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 July 2007 The 53-member African Union says its peacekeeping mission in Somalia has been extended another six months because U.N. forces are not ready to take over peacekeeping duties in the war-torn country. Uganda, the only...
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