BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese banks discovered 2,500 cases involving fake ID cards in less than a month with the help of a verification network that enables the police to share its database wit
Some Beijing hotels are raising their room rates by up to eight times to cash in on next year's Olympic Games, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. More than half of the hotels surveyed by the Beiji
Air China Ltd., the official airline partner for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is working to cut delays and improve employees' English language skills ahead of next year's Games, according to executives.
Smoke rises from the devastated Nahr al-Bared refugee camp during shelling of the Lebanese army in north Lebanon July 25, 2007. Lebanese troops advanced towards fortified positions o
BRUSSELS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- More than 75 percent of Europeans are satisfied with the quality of life in their cities, and a majority are positive about their own city's future, results of a survey p
NEW DELHI, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Global PC maker Lenovo said here on Thursday that it would invest 310 million U.S. dollars to set up two new manufacturing plants in India and Mexico, in order to meet t
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Sparked by demand for Macintosh computers and iPod media players, Apple Inc.'s third-quarter profit set a record by surging upward more than 73 percent.“We're thrille
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed
If your friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a startling new study that suggests obesity is “socially contagious“ and can spread easily from person to person
·Olmert said Israel would like to launch serious discussions on the Arab peace initiative.·The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan paid a “historic“ visit to Israel Wednesday.·Netanyahu said