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Photo - Aug 31, 2008
&$ &$Fishing boats march into the Taihu Lake, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, as an annual fishing festival kicks off on August 30, 2008.&$&$ &$ &$Fishing boats march into the Taihu Lake …
World - Aug 31, 2008
Divers of the Colombian army retrieved on Sunday the first of 100 cyanide cans that fell into the country's principal Magdalena River in a ferry accident early Saturday. The recovered can was "unbroken", which …
World - Aug 31, 2008
Leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member states are to hold an emergency summit here Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia and the bloc's future relations with Russia. The three-hour summit, initiated by …
Sports - Aug 31, 2008
"Competing in sports gave me a life," Maha Barghouti, Jordan's wheelchair table tennis ace who headed to Beijing for Paralympics, was quoted by local daily The Jordan Times on Sunday. In Sydney 2000, Barghouti won the …
Sports - Aug 31, 2008
The Paralympic torch relay continued its journey in Wuhan on Sunday as the second leg of the "Modern China" route. The opening ceremony started at about 8 a.m. at Wuhan Sports Center. Sixty torchbearers, including 11 …
Sports - Aug 31, 2008
"The torch relay makes my Paralympic dream come true ," said Wen Qing, who was crowned as "wheelchair princess", also the last torchbearer in Beijing Paralympic Torch Relay Wuhan leg on Sunday. As the forerunner of …
World - Aug 31, 2008
A Romanian soldier was killed and another four were injured while on patrol in Afghanistan on Sunday, the Romanian Defense Ministry said. "Troops of the 30th battalion Mountaineers Dragoslavele were on patrol on A1 …
Business - Aug 31, 2008
Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said Sunday that 100 U.S. dollars per barrel is the lowest suitable price for oil, the English-language Press TV satellite channel reported. "This (crude at 100 USD a barrel) …
China - Aug 31, 2008
China will produce the world's fastest bullet train for the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, a senior railway official has said. Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer with the Ministry of Railways, said the …
China - Aug 31, 2008
The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Sichuan province announced that 11-year-old panda Lun Lun gave birth to a cub in Zoo Atlanta in the United States at 10:11 am Beijing time yesterday. It was her second …