BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- PetroChina and Sinopec, China's two biggest oil companies, may continue to cut gasoline exports in September following a huge reduction in August, the China Securities Jou
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- A draft report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Iraq has failed to meet all but three of the 18 congres
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Justice Department is probing whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales gave false or misleading testimony to Congress on a broad range of issues,
NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- DuPont announced Thursday it has acquired from Process Dynamics, Inc., certain business assets including the intellectual property of IsoTherming Technology, a leading te
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Reserve pumped 10 billion U.S. dollars into the financial system on Thursday to help beat back a widening credit crisis. Since Aug. 9, the U.S. central bank
TIRANA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Serbia threatened on Thursday to take every means possible to retaliate if Kosovo declares unilateral independence, news reaching here from Belgrade reported. “If someone
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq HELSINKI, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- High-ranking representatives of Iraq's majority Shiite and minority Sunni Muslim groups would meet in Finland within a couple of
GENEVA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) launched an expert panel on Friday to probe whether China is illegally subsidizing its industrial exports as alleged by the United States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke vowed Friday that the central bank is prepared to take more actions to keep the credit crisis from hurting the economy. “Th
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday afternoon launched a gas pipeline that runs from the southwestern inland of Sichuan to coastal Shanghai, another “energy artery“ to fuel the booming bu