WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives announced on Thursday that it has passed a bill to make all private security contractors in Iraq and other combat zones subject to pros
(Xinhua Photo)BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's antitrust watchdog announced on Wednesday that it has fined credit card giant Visa 10.2 million euros for refusing to admit Morgan Stanl
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased unexpectedly last week while supplies of gasoline and distillates declined, the Energy Department reported Wednesday in i
Pop singer Jacky Cheung surprised his Beijing fans by incorporating a 30-minute musical into his concert on Sunday.Jacky Cheung entertains at Beijing's Fengtai Sports Center, on Sunday, September 30,
LOS ANGELES - Dwayne “The Rock“ Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office. Disney's “The Game Plan,“ starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bachelor lifestyle is disrupted
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto speaks to the media at a house in London October 4, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)ISLAMABAD, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani Federal Minister
South Africa miners, who was trapped underground, emerge from Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine near Carletonville, about 110 km west to Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 4, 2007. A t
ROME, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italy is no longer the “sick man of Europe,“ Premier Romano Prodi told the foreign press in Rome on Wednesday. Summing up 14 months of government action, Prodi said Italia
BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- More Chinese are getting used to shopping by simply punching bank cards instead of carrying large sums of cash, as the first two days of the National Day “Golden Week“
Princess Diana's impromptu dance with John Travolta at a White House function in 1985 has been voted the Most Memorable Screen Dance Of All Time. The late royal's twirl with the Pulp Fiction star beat