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BEIJING, Aug. 14 -- Surging food prices drove the consumer price index (CPI) to 5.6 percent in July-- the highest in a decade -- the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday. But analysts re...

Channel 9 is trying to lure TV's hottest property, former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins, away from rival Channel 7.The Great Outdoors reporter's three-year contract with Seven expires in early Octobe...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that the United Nations is to provide humanitarian assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) which is suffering from heavy loss from ...

Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq ·The death toll rose sharply to 175 from four suicide car bombings nearMosul Tuesday.·The coordinately bombings attack was one of the deadliest attacks sinc...

PetroChina's largest oil discovery in a decade boasts more reserves than estimated, it was confirmed yesterday - a shot in the arm for both the company and the country's energy security.Jidong Nanpu O...

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- China Everbright Group, a state-owned financial conglomerate under the State Council, will complete a capital injection into Everbright Bank Co. for its financial restruct...

TOKYO - The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman who counted eating well and getting plenty of sleep as the secret of her longevity, died Monday at age 114, a news report said.Yone Minagawa, who li...

Canadian pop punk queen Avril Lavigne arrives in Shanghai on Monday. [163.com]Canadian pop punk queen Avril Lavigne has arrived in Shanghai on Monday to make preparations for her upcoming concert in t...

Gregorio Smith (L) of New York and Verity Greese (R) of England participate in a “Kiss-In“ in front of the sculpture “Unconditional Surrender,“ in New York's Times Square August 14, 2007. Time...

The Chinese government is taking a series of aggressive measures to reduce air pollution in the run-up to the Olympic Games, a senior US environmental adviser said yesterday, and pledged to work toget...