• First made-in-China regional jet makes longest trial flight

    First made-in-China regional jet makes longest trial flight

    15/07/2009 05:00

    China’s first domestically-developed regional ARJ21-700 jet made its longest trial flight of 1,300 kilometers in about two hours from Shanghai to Xi’an, capital of northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province, Wednesday. China’s first...

  • 168 people died in Iran’s passenger plane crash

    168 people died in Iran’s passenger plane crash

    15/07/2009 05:00

    An Iranian passenger plane crashed on Wednesday morning near the country’s northwestern city of Gazvin and all 168 people on board were killed, Iran’s state TV IRIB website reported. A rescuer searches among the debris of the crashed Caspian...

  • China regulator relaxes curbs on overseas investment

    15/07/2009 05:00

    China’s top currency regulator relaxed curbs on overseas investment by local businesses, allowing more funds to flow abroad after the nation’s foreign-exchange reserves topped US$2 trillion for the first time. The State Administration of...

  • Cheap housing offers lifeline to Indian developers

    Cheap housing offers lifeline to Indian developers

    15/07/2009 05:00

    An Indian laborer walks through a construction site for affordable housing in Gurgaon, some 40 kms from New Delhi on July 9 “No frills, Simple homes” reads the banner hanging in the Delhi headquarters of...

  • China’s GDP grows 7.9% in Q2

    China’s GDP grows 7.9% in Q2

    15/07/2009 05:00

    The Chinese economy expanded 7.9 percent year on year in the second quarter, as massive pump-priming and record lending pushed for a rebound from the worst growth in a decade, official data showed Thursday. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C), speaks...

  • U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off

    U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off

    15/07/2009 05:00

    The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after five delays, on a track to the International Space Station (ISS). The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on Wednesday evening from...

  • New Harry Potter film expected to break box office records in North America

    New Harry Potter film expected to break box office records in North America

    15/07/2009 05:00

    “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,” the latest installment in the popular boy-wizard movie franchise, is expected to break Hollywood’s several box office records as it opened Wednesday in North America. Actors James (L) and Oliver Phelps...

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