BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China said Wednesday its first national oil reserve base has been filled with crude oil, one day after it announced the setting up of a national oil reserve center. Locate
Opposition Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-Bak gestures to supporters.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)The presidential elections was kicked off in South Korea nationwide at 6 a.m. Wednes
The presidential elections kicked off in South Korea nationwide at 6 a.m. Wednesday (2100 GMT Tuesday).A total of 13,178 polling stations nationwide will be opened to 37.65 million eligible voters fro
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China Investment Corp. (CIC), the nation's state-owned forex investment firm, said late Wednesday that it has agreed to invest 5 billion U.S. dollars in the No. 2 U.S. inv
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices closed sharply higher Wednesday with bargain hunting, ending two consecutive days of decline. Analysts said the rebound also came after a report that
A new report released here Tuesday by the Pentagon touted “across-the-board“ progress in Iraq, including “significant improvement“ in the security, economy, government services and political r
A passenger train packed with holiday travelers derailed in southern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and injuring many others, according to local media.The train was traveling fro
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Corp. (GM) Tuesday announced a price adjustment on most of its 2008 model year vehicles to partially recover increasing steel and commodity costs. The price
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The United States is seeing a sharp increase of online shopping for this holiday season, an Internet information provider said Tuesday. ComScore, a leader in measuring the
This handout picture, released by the Japanese Defence Ministry, shows a Japanese Maritime Defence Force's destroyer Kongo launching a missile off Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean. A Standard Missile 3 (S