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04 Nov 2009 23:11
UN to pull out 900 staff from Afghanistan-source 2009-11-05 13:52China's preferential housing policy may cease at year-end: official 2009-11-05 11:33Moderate quakes hit Northwest China 2009-11-05 10:065.1-magnitude earthquake hits NW China's Qinghai 2009-11-05 10:03Strong earthquake rocks Qinghai 2009-11-05 09:57Flu death toll rises to 86 in Ukraine 2009-11-05 03:37Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case 2009-11-05 01:53Israeli navy intercepts arms ship: military 2009-11-05 01:04Mickey Mouse and friends are on their way to Shanghai after long-awaited plans for a Disney theme park near China's financial hub got the thumbs-up from central authorities.
Shanghai Disneyland no threat to HK
Lifting of the Internet ban in Xinjiang is a vital ingredient in mission to restore lasting harmony, say residents. Full Coverage: Riots in UrumqiJapan struggled with the touchy issue of reorganising US military bases on the island of Okinawa, just a week ahead of Obama's first visit to Japan as leader.China's second largest freshwater lake, Dongting, has shrunk in area by almost two thirds in just a month, a local meteorologist said Wednesday.A 60-year-old man in Jinzhou, Liaoning province, was arrested on charges of killing his wife, whom he suspected of having an affair with their son-in-law.China Investment Corp, the country's sovereign wealth fund, has begun talks on setting up its first international office in London.- Petrobras gets $10b loan from Chinese bank
- China to see double-digit GDP growth again: UK expert
- China plans 3 inland nuclear power stations
- Sinovac Biotech to transfer quote to NASDAQ from Amex
- China bubble concern overblown as bank deposits gallop
- Rumaila deal key to CNPC goals
- 'Disneyland' effect fetches record sum for nearby plot
The World Bank yesterday revised upwards its forecast for China's growth this year - from 7.2 percent to 8.4 percent - and projected a slightly faster pace of expansion in the coming year.China Investment Corp, the country's sovereign wealth fund, has begun talks on setting up its first international office in London.Sinovac Biotech Ltd, China's first officially approved H1N1 flu vaccine maker, announced yesterday it would transfer its stock exchange listing to the NASDAQ Global Market from NYSE Amex in a bid to raise more funds and become a leading vaccine producer.Astronomers in Chile and Japan have for the first time seen part of the "cosmic web" of galaxies that permeates the known universe in a gigantic assembly some seven billion light-years from Earth.Japan struggled with the touchy issue of reorganising US military bases on the island of Okinawa, just a week ahead of Obama's first visit to Japan as leader.World number one Tiger Woods returns to the HSBC Champions this week with the every intention of wrapping up some unfinished business.World number one Roger Federer eased into the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors, his home-town tournament, with an easy win over Italy's Andreas Seppi on Wednesday.Jennifer Hudson believes her dead mother is her guardian angel who has helped her cope with overcoming tragedy and becoming a mum in the past year.- Lady GaGa: 'I'm happy being single'
- Natalie Portman ‘dating a million people’ & her ‘extreme’ sex scene
- Nicole Kidman warned off Tom
- Nicole Kidman dishes sexual secrets
- Michael Lohan on why he wants Lindsay back in rehab
- Chris Brown is unsure about his image
- Group urges CW stations not to air 'Gossip Girl'
Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has splashed out ￡1,400 on two miniature pigs as a Christmas present for soccer-playing husband David.
The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over.As a child acrobat growing up in an obscure village in Jiangsu province in the 1950s, Lu Yi did not have it easy. Getting beaten up by his teachers for every little lapse was routine.Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully.Jim Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.Drinking untreated rainwater is safe for your health, according to an Australian study.Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.
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