Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif smiles during an interview with Reuters in London August 23, 2007.(Xinhua/ReutersPhoto)ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursda
TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday appointed Foreign Minister Taro Aso and two other lawmakers as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's new key executives, after the
Police found 19 unexploded bombs in a southern Indian city Sunday after at least 43 people were killed Saturday in blasts blamed on Islamic militants based in other countries.New Delhi has sent extra
As individual investors from the Chinese mainland will be able to directly trade Hong Kong-listed shares via domestic accounts from today, a capital drain may occur from the mainland's stock markets,
Institutional investors have become the top movers and shakers in China's securities markets, with investment funds, stock brokerages, insurance companies and government sanctioned foreign institution
A Chinese passenger plane deviated from its runway when it was taxiing on Vancouver airport before takeoff on Monday morning, Beijing time, and 140 passengers on board were evacuated safely, the Shang
China COSCO Holdings Co Ltd, the listed flagship of the country's premier shipping conglomerate, late on Sunday posted an 8.4 percent fall in first-half earnings, as higher operating costs outweighed
A senior Chinese official said that 85 percent of the more than 20 million toys recalled by Mattel were caused by problematic designs from the US.Li Changjiang, director of the General Administration
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq TIKRIT, Iraq, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The governor of Salahudin province north of Baghdad survived a twin roadside bomb attack near his procession in the provinci
·Firefighters saved the temples and stadiums of the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.·Hundreds of houses have been burned and thousands of people have fled the fires.·The government offered rewar