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Foreigners pick their favorite Chinese cities Updated: 2011-01-05 15:00 Results of the "2010 Amazing China - the Most Attractive Chinese Cities for Foreigners" was announced on Jan 5, 2011. Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xiamen, Yantai and Wuhu...

Updated: 2011-03-10 05:57 NEW YORK - Rising steel and oil prices in Russia, more honest disclosure in Brazil and booming economies in China and India have fueled a spike in billionaires in the so-called BRIC countries. Moscow is now home to the most billionaires with 79, followed by New...

Chinese rescuers work in Christchurch after quak Chinese rescuers work on the rubble of the CTV building in central Christchurch following Tuesday's earthquake Feb 26, 2011. Chinese Embassy in New Zealand announced on Saturday a list of names and other information of 25 citizens...

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a press conference after introducing the "The Citizen's Arrest and Self-Defence Act" in Toronto, Canada, Feb. 17, 2011. (Xinhua/Zhou Zheng) TORONTO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday announced the...

Chinese give higher priority to ties with EU than US, others ............ China National News Friday 18th February, 2011 (ANI) London, Feb.18 (ANI) - The Chinese people give more priority to their country's relationship with the European Union as compared to relations with the...

Britain may go in for China's high-speed bullet trains China National News Thursday 17th February, 2011 (IANS) Britain may either rent or buy high-speed bullet trains manufactured by a Chinese firm, an official said. The high-speed bullet trains are...

Our home and naive land Toronto Sun [Canada] Michael Coren Canada Day. Denial Day. Complacency Day. A day for playing with fireworks while the country burns. Wave the flag. Wave a cloth adorned with a piece of vegetation in the colours of the Liberal Party, one with little tradition and less...

US navy unveils unmanned jet (Agencies) Updated: 2011-02-08 13:42 Comments(11) PrintMail An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in this US Navy handout photo dated Feb 4, 2011. The...

American police accused of using a Taser on an 86-year-old, bed-ridden grandmother By Mail Foreign Service American police have been accused of tasering an 86-year-old bed-ridden grandmother. Lonnie Tinsley called the emergency services to his home in El Reno, Oklahoma, when he...

The problem in America today is that they are broke. Americans can't consume so much crap that they can't afford. Americans need to start actually making stuff again. It's really easy. If you borrow $100 from the Chinese to stimulate your economy, and you do that by buying $100 worth of...

A guy on the radio (American) said "If you want health care reform get off the couch and move around" and that's what Americans need to do. Who wants to pay for all these Americans who choose to sit around loading up on junk food and ruining their health in the process so it costs billions...

New Egyptian cabinet sworn in amid protests 08:14, February 01, 2011 The new Egyptian cabinet was sworn in on Monday to replace the former which resigned upon President Hosni Mubarak's order on...

Daring Swiss acrobat challenges mountain walk Updated: 2011-01-30 07:46 Swiss acrobat Freddy Nock poses in front of the cable of a funicular on the Mount Corvatsch (3,303 m) near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz January 29, 2011. Nock walked down the cable over...

Russia says it may deploy first-strike nuke missiles Xinhua Updated: 2011-01-25 09:19 Moscow - Russia is waiting for NATO's response to the latest proposal about the European anti-missile defense (AMD) system, and if an agreement with the alliance fails, Russia would deploy its nuclear...

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China NationMobile phones' sale in China grew by 57 percent in 2010al News Sunday 23rd January, 2011 (IANS) Sale of mobile phones in China showed a growth of 57 percent in 2010 due to the popularity of internet and television enabled devices, according to a survey...

China buying up equity in U.S. companies China National News Friday 21st January, 2011 China's investment in U.S. business operations is growing rapidly, as the world's second largest economy seeks to find opportunities for profits on the home...

Son pleads for mom accused of adultery . Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, looks at her son Sajjad Ghaderzadeh during a meeting at a provincial welfare organisation in Tabriz, 633 km (396 miles) northwest of Tehran, Jan 1, 2011...

Updated: 2011-01-03 07:47 Fire fighting vehicles park near a Tupolev-154 passenger plane that caught fire and blew up in Surgut Airport in Western Siberia in this still image taken from video January 1, 2011. [Agencies] MOSCOW - Russia's transport oversight agency on Sunday ordered the...

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) military said on Thursday that the army of the DPRK was fully prepared to launch "a sacred war" based on the nuclear deterrent at any time, the official news agency KCNA reported. According to the KCNA, Korean People's Army (KPA)...