International

NATO defense ministers yet to reach consensus on drug role in Afghanistan
09/10/2008 05:00
NATO defense ministers are yet to reach consensus on the alliance’s role in the fight against narcotics in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday. General view of the informal meeting of NATO defence ministers in Budapest...
Hilton continues online "presidential campaign"
09/10/2008 05:00
Watch out world: Paris Hilton is continuing her bid for the White House. In this Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 file photo, Paris Hilton arrives at the launch party of new MTV series “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF” in Los Angeles.(Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)...
French writer wins 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature
09/10/2008 05:00
French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio (File Photo) The Academy cited Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio as “author of new...
Bush signs U.S.-India nuclear legislation
08/10/2008 05:00
U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law on Wednesday a bill approved by Congress allowing civilian U.S. nuclear trade with India, saying “It’s a big deal …between the world’s two largest democracies.” U.S. President George W. Bush signs the United...
American, Japanese scientists share 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry
08/10/2008 05:00
American scientists Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, and Osamu Shimomura of Japan won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, or GFP. Gunnar Von Heijne, chairman of the Nobel...
Russia closes down all checkpoints in South Ossetia
08/10/2008 05:00
Russia completed the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from the buffer zone bordering Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, the commander of the Russian peacekeepers in the region said Wednesday. Russian soldiers withdraw from a checkpoint near South...
Ukraine to hold parliamentary election on Dec. 7
08/10/2008 05:00
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced Thursday to hold parliamentary election on Dec. 7. Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko speaks during his televised address in Kiev Oct. 8, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) “I decree … to hold early...