| Another 100-km traffic jam builds up in China A traffic jam more than 100 km long has formed in China just one week after gridlock led to tailbacks lasting 10 days northwest of... | |
| China marks 65th anniversary of victory against Japanese invasion China Friday marked the 65th anniversary of Japan's surrender and paid homage to soldiers who died fighting during the Second World War, Xinhua... |
| Kim Jong-il preparing rare congress to extend 'Dynastic Rule' in North Korea North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il is reportedly preparing to hold a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist world, extending dynastic rule to a third... |
| Australian swimmer Leisel excited about Commonwealth Games Champion swimmer Leisel Jones of Australia is more excited than apprehensive about competing in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games because she feels that last minute work is not a new thing in big sporting... |
| NSW pacer Hazlewood raring to fire in India with an eye on the Ashes New South Wales pacer Josh Hazlewood is thrilled over the prospect of going on tour with Australia to... |
| India, South Korea ink two MOUs to boost defence cooperation India and South Korea on Friday inked two landmark Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) to give a huge boost to strategic defence cooperation between the two... |
| 150,000 wild boars go on a rampage in China Over 150,000 rampaging wild boars in a province in eastern China are giving sleepless nights to farmers who have been forced to maintain round-the-clock vigil to save their... |
| England pacer Graham Onions out of Ashes series due to back surgery England fast bowler Graham Onions has been ruled out of the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia after being told that he will have to undergo surgery to fix a back... |
| Cricket Australia gives go ahead to betting during Ashes Cricket Australia has given the green signal to cricket betting during the Ashes this summer, despite the controversy of betting corruption scandals rocking the cricket... |
| Australian ex-cop jailed for pushing wife off cliff A former police officer in Australia who murdered his wife by pushing her off a cliff was Friday jailed for 33... |
| 12 killed in China landslide At least 12 people have been killed and 36 are still missing after mudslides hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said... |
| China and Nigeria Building Huge Free Trade Zone in Lagos China Using Detention to Silence Dissent China and Nigeria are building one of Africa's largest free trade zones in the commercial capital, Lagos. Chinese companies will use the facility to... |
| Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Shi'ite Rally Kills 43 Bombing of Pakistan Religious Procession Kills 33, Injures 250 Pakistani officials say a suicide bombing killed at least 43 people Friday in the second attack on the country's Shi'ite minority this... |
| Iran Blasts Israeli-Palestinian Talks Iran Digging Mass Graves For US Troops Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the relaunched direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the talks are doomed to fail.... |
| China Cord Blood Corporation to Announce First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO; "the Company") today announced its plan to release financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011... |
| Pacific Rubiales Farms-Out Buganviles Block Pacific Rubiales has executed an agreement with Petrodorado South America S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petrodorado Energy Ltd.) for the earn-in of an additional participating interest in the... |
| India conveys concern to China on Gilgit, Kashmir Beijing/New Delhi, Sep 3: India Friday conveyed its "serious concerns" to China over the reported presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and rejected Beijing's description of... |
| Bank’s business club members fly to China to explore opportunities The members will travel to China’s Shanghai, Yiwu and Guangzhou and will have an opportunity to conduct business and tour historic sites and local businesses, including electronics, apparel and... |
| PAC10 Looks At Professional Ethics And Law In Pharmacy, Australia As pharmacy begins implementing a renewed legislative framework, it is timely to reflect on professional behaviour and the implications of the new legislation on the profession's Code of Ethics. ... |
| E-House's New Act in China The news for China's real estate industry has been glum since April. The central government has tried to curb a run-up in residential property prices with a mix of jawboning and lending restrictions... |
| Iran too strong for China Goals in each half from Andranik and Mohammad Gholami helped Iran beat China 2-0 in a friendly at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium.Andranik opened the scoring seven minutes before the break and Gholami... |
| South Africa seeks value-added China investment South African President Jacob Zuma has asked for more China investment in infrastructure, which would create new jobs amid 25 percent... |
| Beached whale euthanized with explosives in Australia SYDNEY - Australian officials used explosives to kill a large whale beached on a sandbar Thursday by blowing a hole in its head. The 9.5 metre (30 foot) humpback whale was stranded for a fortnight... |
| School in gay kookaburra song row An Australian head teacher is under fire after removing the word gay from the famous song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. Garry Martin told pupils at Melbourne's Lepage Primary to... |
| Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A blast ripped through a Shiite protest, the second such attack in three days, in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 40 people and... |
| Another Lengthy Gridlock in China drew global attention last month , Chinese news sources report. More than 100 regional police officers manned the road, called the Jingzang Highway, in an effort to break the 75-mile, 10,000-vehicle... |
| Paul Hogan is free to leave Australia ACTOR Paul Hogan will be there when his son starts high school in America next week after the taxman agreed to let him go home after a two-week... |
| Japan OKs New Economic Sanctions Against Iran (AP) Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an... |
| Thousands of trucks stuck in China traffic jam BEIJING — Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the... |
| Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran TOKYO—Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment... |
| EU presses China to step up fight against fakes The European Union pressed China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world. European tax, customs... |
| Apple Japan replaces 5,000 iPod batteries in 3 weeks+ TOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Apple Japan Inc. replaced about 5,000 batteries of its iPod nano music players in three weeks in August following reported incidents in which the popular device... |
| 49 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing ISLAMABAD: In yet another sectarian assault, a suicide bomber targeted a rally of Shia Muslim minority in Pakistan's volatile south-western city of Quetta, killing 49 people and injured dozens of... |
| Indian woman immolates self over failed marriage Dalvinder Bains , 30, in 2007 but soon afterwards began complaining of domestic abuse. After months of alleged abuse, the woman doused her body in petrol and set herself alight in the couple's... |
| US Officials Applaud Japan Sanctions Against Iran , Japan's decision to robustly implement [its sanctions] is not without a cost," the U.S. officials said in a joint statement. Japan's new sanctions include a freeze on the assets of 88 groups and... |
| China and US stage Yellow Sea wargames China and the US have been staging near-simultaneous naval exercises this week in the oceans around the Yellow Sea in one of the most open displays of the rising competition between the two rival... |
| Two truck-bus collisions leave at least 26 dead in NE China Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2010 shows the scene of a traffic accident on the Changping Speedway in northeast China's Jilin Province. A bus ran into the rear of a car and then collided head-on with a... |
| South Korea, US To Hold Yet Another Anti-Submarine Drill (RTTNews) - South Korea and the United States are to conduct yet another anti-submarine drill along the South's western sea border beginning on Sunday, its official Yonhap news agency said on... |
| Death toll rises to 40 in Pakistan's suicide blast People transfer an injured to an ambulance after the suicide blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Sept. 3, 2010. At least 40 people were killed and over 100 others injured in a Friday afternoon suicide blast... |
| China, Kenya eye closer cooperation, more exchanges Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) meets with Chen Zhili, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, in Nairobi, capital of Kenya,... |
| Chinese President receives credentials of 6 new ambassadors to China Chinese President Hu Jintao received the credentials of six new foreign ambassadors to China in Beijing Friday.The ambassadors were: Arafan Ansu Camara from Guinea-Bissau; Francois Ngarambe from... |
| China to give one-off payment to veterans of anti-Japan war to honor their contributions In commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the victory in the anti-Japan War (1937-1945), China's central government will give some veterans of the war a one-off cash payment of 3,000 yuan (441 U.S.... |
| Vancouver mayor spreads message of "green future" in China The Vancouver mayor and a delegation of representatives from 22 corporations in the Canadian city will bring a green message to China in an upcoming trade mission designed to promote and sell clean... |
| 3 Pakistani Players Charged With Corruption Pakistani Cricketers in Scandal Are Two Vets and a Rookie Three Pakistan cricket players accused of taking part a betting scandal have been charged by the International Cricket Council under its... |
| European Businesses Says China Breaks Trade Rules China Orders More Food Production to Counter Inflation A European business group has accused the Chinese government of failing to honor promises to the World Trade Organization - a policy it says has... |
| China Orders More Food Production to Counter Inflation China Sentences US Geologist to 8 Years Rising food prices have led China's government to order an increase in vegetable production to ward off inflation and the threat of a public backlash. Rising... |
