WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a 459.6 billion-U.S. dollar defense budget early Sunday for the 2008 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. Speaker of the U.S. House of
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is vacationing in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, defended on Sunday his actions in helping secure the release of six foreign medics who
SHANGHAI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) --Tickets to Shanghai World Expo will be put on sale as of Sept. 9 next year, with the benchmark price being set at 160 yuan. Chen Xianjin, deputy director of Shanghai World
BEIJING, August 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government Saturday cautioned gasoline retailers about hoarding and profiteering, while urging its major gasoline producers to do their best to increase suppl
The only man-made structure that can be seen from space may not be visible to the eye even from the ground if the present state of affairs continues. The Great Wall by all accounts is 6,300-km long. B
Family planning slogans like “Raise fewer babies but more piggies“ and “Houses toppled, cows confiscated, if abortion demand rejected“ have been in the spotlight lately. But the coarsely worde
Doves fly over the Peace Memorial Park with a view of the gutted A-bomb dome at a ceremony in Hiroshima August 6, 2007, on the 62nd anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city. [Photo:
Hot air-balloons fly over a field near the Chambley-Bussieres air base, eastern France, during the “Lorraine Mondial Air Balloons“ (LMAB) gathering, the world's largest international balloon event
GUANGZHOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Experts attending a forum said China's booming automotive industry needs more talents to support its rapid development. As the country's auto industry expanded quickly in
SHANGHAI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese economy will maintain its robust development after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, said Shanghai party chief Xi Jinpingon Sund