BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The director of China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has defended the revision of its gross domestic product (GDP) figures for 2007, which revealed officially for the first time that China had the third largest GDP in the world.
BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A court in Shanghai began to hear a lawsuit on Thursday by a European cargo airlines, which blamed a Chinese service provider for an aircraft damage.
MANILA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's push to make its energy sector cleaner and more efficient is to receive increased support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the lender said on Friday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday as disappointing economic data of housing and unemployment and corporate earnings report weighed on the market.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose Thursday on hopes that a possible U.S. economic stimulus plan could raise energy demand.
Sid Ganis (R), president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Oscar-winner U.S. actor Forest Whitaker announce the list of nominees of the Best Foreign Language Film for 81st Oscar Academy Awards in Los Angeles of the United States, Jan. 22, 2009. (Xinhua/Qi Heng)
Actress Zhang Ziyi poses with an ox toy and sends her New Year's wishes out to fans. (Photo: CRIENGLISH.com)
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The romantic fantasy "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" led in Oscar nominations announced here on Thursday, collecting a near-record 13 nominations, including best picture and best director.
Sean Manning swims with a nine foot long American Alligator at Jungle Island animal theme park in Florida. Carrying no protection and breathing through a snorkel, Sean has to rely on the mood and attitude of the alligator before he attempts to get close. Eventually swimming head to head with the welRAFAH, Gaza Strip, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Abu Ali, a 45-year-old owner of a tunnel which was dug under the border between Gaza Strip town of Rafah and Egypt, several months ago, said he was lucky to find his tunnel is still working, after intensive Israeli F-16 warplanes strikes on the border line duri