BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) --A Thai court issued arrest warrants Monday for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife because of their alleged violations of stock-trading laws.It is the
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, pictured in February 2007, has been elected as the new chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts, which supervises the work of the sup
China's shipbuilding industry posted a 151 percent increase in its first-half profit, and the volumes of new and existing vessel orders in the period both exceeded those of Japan and South Korea for t
China's largest steelmaker Baosteel is seeking to more than triple its steel output from 23 million tons to 80 million tons by 2012 by acquiring other producers in a national industry restructuring dr
Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman and her co-stars, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh, moved in together to prepare for their roles in the new movie 'Margot at the Wedding'. In the film they play
Just 10 minutes of chatting on cellular phones is enough to trigger such chemical changes in the brain that can increase the risk of cancer, warn scientists.A study by the Weizmann Institute of Scienc
MANAGUA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Felix reduced from category five to category three on the Saffir-Simpson scale on Tuesday, with top wind speeds of 195 kph, after making landfall in Nicaragua wh
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A series of raids late Monday night in the greater Copenhagen area likely prevented a terrorist bombing, said reports reaching here on Tuesday. According to the Police I
Jason Diaz from New York seems confident about the future. He's working on a scheme that allows people to pay with credit cards for taxi rides.He's also part of a charity involving 10,000 Big Apple ca
BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China can still maintain robust economic growth even if the subprime credit crisis slowed down the U.S. economic growth, according to the Deutsche Bank AG. “China's econ