• Asia currencies gain, led by won, as China buoys global outlook

    10/09/2009 05:00

    Asian currencies advanced, paced by South Korea’s won and Indonesia’s rupiah, as reports showed China’s factory output and retail sales beat analysts’ estimates, buoying the outlook for a global economic recovery. The won and Malaysia’s...

  • Violence, accidents are killing world’s youth: study

    10/09/2009 05:00

    Road accidents, pregnancy and childbirth complications, suicide, violence, the AIDS virus and tuberculosis are the biggest killers of young people across the world, according to a study published Friday. Researchers supported by the World Health...

  • Former Taiwan leader sentenced to life imprisonment

    Former Taiwan leader sentenced to life imprisonment

    10/09/2009 05:00

    Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Taiwan district court on corruption charges Friday afternoon, local media reported. Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian raises his handcuffed hands before being taken to...

  • Japan launches first cargo rocket to supply ISS

    Japan launches first cargo rocket to supply ISS

    10/09/2009 05:00

    Japan launched a rocket with its first unmanned transportation vehicle to supply the International Space Station (ISS), said reports reaching here from Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s space agency JAXA’s H-2B rocket, carrying Japan’s...

  • New York Fashion Week kicks off

    New York Fashion Week kicks off

    10/09/2009 05:00

    New York Fashion Week, also called Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, kicked off Thursday at Bryant Park in New York. Models present creations at the BCBG Max Azria Spring 2010 collection during New York Fashion Week Sept 10, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)...

  • Iran submits package of proposals to major powers to initiate talks

    Iran submits package of proposals to major powers to initiate talks

    09/09/2009 05:00

    To initiate talks with six major powers on global issues, Iran handed over its new package of proposals on Wednesday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (1st R) meets with the four ambassadors of China, Russia, France and Germany, the...

  • Mexico authorities say hijacker made no threats, demands

    Mexico authorities say hijacker made no threats, demands

    09/09/2009 05:00

    Mexico’s public Security Minister, Gernaro Garcia Luna, said that only one person had been arrested for the hijacking of an aircraft from Mexican resort town Cancun to Mexico City earlier Wednesday. Mexican security forces take into custody a man...

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