BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- AT&T Inc. on Wednesday set a long-term target for its TV service, which is delivered over phone lines, saying it will be available to 30 million customers by 2010.T
TOKYO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 112.46 points, or 0.70 percent, from Tuesday to end at 15,932.26. The broader Topix index of all First S
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday to prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using “waterboarding“ and other harsh tactics to interrogate terrorist suspects
Nicolas and Cécilia SarkozyFrench voters have long shrugged off presidential extramarital affairs, but this year saw the first divorce of a French president while in office — a president whose wife
A United Nations human rights expert expressed grave concerns on Thursday that the CIA may continue using torture on terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.Martin Scheinin, U.N. special rapporteur on pr
Cristina Fernandez takes the oath of office as Argentina's new president at the Congress in Buenos Aires, Dec. 10, 2007. Fernandez rejected Thursday charges by the United States that she used money s
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday urged Argentina to settle its debt owed to Paris Club creditor nations. “We have to find a solution be
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States should settle their economic and trade disputes through dialogue and consultation only, Vice Premier Wu Yi said Wednesday. Speaking at the open
NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude-oil futures climbed more than 4 U.S. dollars Wednesday to close above 94 dollars a barrel after data showed U.S. crude inventories dropped for a fourth straigh
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will work with other central banks to deal with the credit crunch in the global market. It has reached an agreement with