BEIJING, Aug. 17 - Property prices in the country's 70 large and medium cities rose by 7.5 percent year-on-year last month, the National Development and Reform Commission said yesterday.The growth rat
Beijing yesterday criticized Canada's move to launch a dual probe into oil and gas well casings from China.The Canadian government is going ahead with its anti-dumping and countervailing investigation
Hurricane Dean strengthened and threatened to become a dangerously powerful storm as it plowed toward the Caribbean and aimed for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula or the Gulf of Mexico beyond, forecasters s
DHAKA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Death toll due to drowning, water-related disease and snakebite during the current flooding in Bangladesh shot up to 536 with 20 more deaths reported till Friday morning. Ac
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities were up a record 7.5 percent in July from the same month last year, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (N
Traders work at the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Aug. 15, 2007. The Wall Street traded lower Wednesday morning with the Dow Jones i
Two hijackers surrendered to Turkish security forces at Antalya Airport in southern Turkey on Saturday and no problem occurred in this incident.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)Photo Gallery>>>A
KABUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Face-to-face talks between the Taliban and South Korean officials on 19 South Korean hostages have failed and Taliban fighters holding them are waiting for a decision from t
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is to invest 12 million U.S. dollars in China to boost trade and promote its businesses. Rod MacKenzie, group managing director of
In this photo released by The Weinstein Company, Nicholas Art, left, and Scarlett Johansson appear in a scene from the new film, 'The Nanny Diaires.' which opens Friday, Aug. 24, 2007.[AP]Life is good