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Most Americans think the Bush administration's upcoming Iraq status report will exaggerate progress, and few expect it to result in a major shift in the administration's policy, a latest poll found. The new Washington Post-ABC News poll released here Sunday, underscore the depth ...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed for Sudan yesterday to lay the groundwork for a solution to the Darfur conflict through talks and deployment of thousands of peacekeepers. Ban, who was flying to Khartoum from a meeting of senior UN staff in Turin, Italy, will seek ...
Polish President Lech Kaczynski went home from a military hospital yesterday after a brief stay because of high fever and a serious stomach infection. Kaczynski should be back at work "very soon", a spokesman for the hospital told a news conference earlier. The TVN24 news channel ...
Japan's farm minister resigned yesterday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, delivering a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his Cabinet to try to revive his popularity. A junior minister also quit and the head of a parliamentar...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon announced Tuesday that he is to visit Darfur next week with a three-part strategy for that region. Ban told reporters at a press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York that he will travel next week to Sudan, Chad and Libya, ahead of the ...
Visiting German Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said Tuesday that her country intended to offer 4 million euros to help Syria deal with the big number of Iraqi refugees. Wieczorek-Zeul made the remarks at a joint press conference with ...
Eleven Israeli fighter jets violated Lebanese airspace on Thursday, Lebanese army said in a statement. The army said nine war jets and two surveillance ones flew over several areas in the country since early Thursday till night. The command said the jets entered Lebanese airspace ...
Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution decided on Thursday to release two MPs on bail, one day after their detention for reportedly involvement in activities of a banned group, the official MENA news agency reported. Paying 10,000 Egyptian pounds (about 1,770 U.S. dollars) ...
A presidential runoff will be held in Sierra Leone between the top two runners since none of the candidates succeeded in garnering at least 55 percent of the ballot in the first round, the National Electoral Commission said on Thursday. According to the results released by the ...
The United States will begin training of the Palestinian Presidential Guard this fall to help enhance its security capabilities, the State Department said in a statement. The training program, which will run through early next year, will "enhance the capabilities of the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered strategic bombers to resume regular long-range patrols, a show of armed muscle aimed at sending a pointed message to the United States. The resumption of bombing patrols, which analysts say signaled a significant change for ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), a major regional bloc in Africa, will begin its annual summit on Thursday in Lusaka, capital of Zambia. The SADC has been in existence since 1980, when it was formed as a loose alliance of nine majority-ruled states in Southern ...
U.S. President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will stage a summit on Aug. 20-21 in Canada to discuss drug trafficking, security, trade and cooperation. Mexico's Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said Wednesday this ...
South Africa Cape Town city announced on Wednesday that 87 metro policemen who were involved in a protest in the city were suspended with immediate effect. Local SABC news reported that over a hundred of them blockaded the N2 in a protest over their pay structure and new job ...
Spain has condemned the recent deadly bomb attacks in Iraq and called on the groups fighting each other to reach an agreement for national reconciliation, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The death and suffering caused by the attacks, "make the outlook for ...
Two Indian Naval ships are to arrive at Shuwaikh Port of Kuwait on a goodwill visit scheduled for Aug. 14-18, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Sunday. The forthcoming visit of the INS Rajput and the INS Betwa will be an important addition to the development of the ...
Opening an intense round of Mideast shuttle diplomacy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday played down expectations her mission would finalize preparations for a US-hosted peace conference next month. Rice began a four-day visit to the region with a rare warning to ...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said his country is to "re-invigorate" its ties with the African continent and strengthen "south-south" cooperation. Singh made the remarks before he left here for a tour of Nigeria and South Africa. The Indian prime minister is ...
Blackwater, the U.S. security firm whose armed personnel allegedly opened fire on innocent Iraqi civilians last month, was sued Thursday by an injured survivor and three families of the men killed in the incident. Philadelphia law firm Burke O'Neil, the Center for Constitutional ...
The United States expressed hope Thursday that Turkey's ambassador to Washington Nabi Sensoy would return quickly after he was recalled because a U.S. congressional panel voted to label the wartime massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as "genocide." "We look forward to ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday slammed the remarks of ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
GM China chairman to retire
GM China chairman to retire
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. announced Friday that ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
China cloning pigs on industrial scale
China cloning pigs on industrial scale
Cloning is a controversial and decisive issue that has split public ...
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Every day at 7 a.m., Xiao Lin, a Shentong Express courier in Hangzhou, ...
Airbus opens Chinese logistics center
Airbus opens Chinese logistics center
A model of an Airbus SAS A350 XWB on display at an air show. The ...
Dollar trades at lower 102 yen level in early Tokyo deals
Dollar trades at lower 102 yen level in early Tokyo deals
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 102 ...