BERLIN, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Mercedes-Benz Friday announced that they will end their 11-year sponsorship of men's tennis when its current deal with the ATP Tour expires at the end of 2008. The company
ANKARA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and Iraq signed an agreement to fight against terrorism in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Friday. Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay and his Iraqi counterpart
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Mychal Bell, a U.S. black teenager accused of beating a white classmate, was released from custody Thursday, after his prosecution triggered a massive protest last wee
Three or more drinks a day, whether beer, wine or spirits, boost a woman's risk of breast cancer as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. The relationship between al
Beijing Post Office debuts its customized stamps service at its Fuxingmen branch. Residents and enterprises can design their own stamps now, Beijing Times reports.The customized stamps production cent
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- China Oilfield Service Ltd (COSL),a listing arm of the country's largest offshore oil producer, CNOOC, got off to a flying start on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with its s
HONG KONG, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Driven by robust economic conditions, the total gross premiums of Hong Kong's insurance industry grew 13.7 percent to 156 billion Hong Kong dollars (20.12billion U.S. d
BEIJING, Sept.28 (Xinhuanet)-- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former French finance minister, is expected to be named on Friday as the next head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to media r
LIMA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia and Iran signed a series of documents on Thursday in La Paz, Bolivia's administrative capital, after the two countries decided to strengthen diplomatic and economic
Beijing, the host of next year's Olympic Games, will offer an English-language phone service offering weather information from Friday. The new service was an expansion of the current “12121“ weath