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BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened its fifth plenary session in Beijing Fr...

Rescuers descend underground at the coal mine in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 16, 2010. A gas explosion hit coal mi...

Chinese Vice Culture Minister Wang Wenzhang addresses the open ceremony of the Second U.S.-China Cultural Forum in University of California,...

XINING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Soil erosion on Qinghai-Tibetan plateau's wetlands and meadow continues despite tremendous government effort...

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Saturday expressed "regret" over a U.S. government decision to...

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China expressed its deep concern over Japanese right-wing demonstration at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Satu...

XINING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ten people died while 34 others were injured after a passenger bus plunged over a bridge in a mountainous region...

A worker walks past the gate of Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd. in Yuzhou, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 17, 2010.(Xinhua/Zhu...

BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- China is expected to battle the strongest typhoon this year as Typhoon Megi intensified into a super typhoon Su...

Tourists watch performance at the Asia Theatre of the World Expo Park in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Pei Xin) SHANGHAI, Oc...

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) - China's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow about 9 percent next year, but the economy will be challenged...

DJs win comes with a costly price KRISTY Fraser-Kirk set to lose a third of claim in legal fees, while Mark McInnes' ...

GEORGE GALLOWAY FLIES TO TORONTO AFTER FEDERAL COURT DECISION Eighteen months ago, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason ...

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Germany and Japan are joining the U.S. in pressuring Beijing to let the yuan appreciate to prevent an international currency war from spi...

Carla Sarkozy. Photo / AP Pope Benedict XVI told President Nicolas Sarkozy of France that his wife Carla was not welcome on his recent vi...

The last miner to be rescued, Luis Urzua, center, gestures as Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, looks on. Photo / AP. They ma...

A Rwandan Hutu rebel gropes a local woman as he passes her on a crowded mountain path in eastern Congo. Photo / AP. A Rwandan Hutu rebel gr...

A dawn explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed 20 and trapped 17 workers underground Saturday in the country's central region, a nationa...

Miners celebrate after the tunnel drilling machine 'Sissi' breaks through the last section of the Gotthard Base Tunnel near Sedrun ...

Kim Kye Gwan. Photo / AP North Korea's media on Saturday threatened a "1,000-fold" military buildup as the United States rul...

An Indiana teenager who admitted he strangled his 10-year-old brother and told police he identified with a TV serial killer has been s...

Clinton: US working to ending Mexico drug violence (AP) Clinton rallies youn...

Clinton: US working to ending Mexico drug violence (AP) Clinton rallies youn...

It is a land of immense beauty and growing wealth, of stunning poverty and troubling conflicts. The Star examines the fascinating world of I...