URUMQI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Tarim oil field in northwest China's Xinjiang is expected to produce 15.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas this year, up 40 percent year-on-year, company sources sai
MANILA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a 100-million-U.S. dollar loan to expand Lae Port, the largest and most important port in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the bank sai
The traditional Chinese festival Dongzhi, or midwinter in English, falls on this Saturday. Chinese people normally eat dumplings to mark this occasion. The reason why they eat dumplings is to protect
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The market capitalization of 194 companies listed on the Shenzhen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) board surpassed 883.6 billion yuan (120 billion U.S. dollars) a
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Congress passed on Wednesday the nation's first gun control law since 1994, months after it was first introduced to the legislature in response to April's Virg
Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations GAZA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Several Israeli army tanks and armored vehicles pulled out from central Gaza Strip on Thursday after killing seven Palestinian mili
The list of the torch bearers who will carry the 2008 Olympics Flame will be announced in the coming weeks, Beijing organizers said on Thursday. Speaking at a national mobilization meeting on the torc
Children compete in a crawling contest during a parents and kids sports day at a kindergarten in south-west China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday, December 20, 2007. [Photo: Chongqing Morning Pos
U.S. President George W. Bush jokes with reporters a news conference at the White House in Washington Dec. 20, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)U.S. President George W. Bush touted progress in Iraq and Afg
Two Palestinian militants take position during an Israeli army incursion in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of al-Mughazi, Dec. 20, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)Israel is seriously considering a ceasefire