Australian FM pledges to keep troops in Afghanistan news/chinaview -
Oct 12,2008
CANBERRA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Sunday it was important for Australia to remain troops in Afg...
Death toll in Chechnya earthquake reaches 13 news/chinaview -
Oct 12,2008
MOSCOW, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people, including three children, were killed in an earthquake that hit the Russian North Caucasus region of C...
Wildfire threatens homes, wineries in Napa Valley (AP) yahoo.com_InternationalMostPopular -
Oct 12,2008
ST. HELENA, Calif. - Hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire that is threatening homes and wineries in California's Napa Valley. Fire officia...
Official: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq's Mosul (AP) yahoo.com_InternationalMostPopular -
Oct 12,2008
BAGHDAD - Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi mi...
Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred' (AP) yahoo.com_InternationalMostPopular -
Oct 12,2008
WASHINGTON - Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campa...
Bush, allies seek to calm jittery investors (AP) yahoo.com_InternationalMostPopular -
Oct 12,2008
WASHINGTON - President Bush and financial leaders from nations rich and poor pledged Saturday to intensify their efforts to unblock a frozen financial...
Reports: Russia test-fires long-range ballistic missile news/chinaview -
Oct 12,2008
MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia test-launched a long-distance ballistic missile Saturday as part of its Northern Fleet's military exercises, news a...
Official: Banks in UAE enjoy strong financial position news/chinaview -
Oct 12,2008
ABU DHABI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Saturday that national and foreign banks in the Gulf countr...
Nigerian civil aviation authorities to shut Kaduna Airport news/chinaview -
Oct 12,2008
LAGOS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the country's civil aviat...