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UN chief 'deeply regrets' Syria vote

[2012-07-20 08:47]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday expressed his disappointment at the Security Council's failure to adopt a western-proposed resolution.

Jiaolong pilot recounts journey

[2012-07-20 07:27]

While the film director James Cameron was undertaking a 10,898-meter dive into the western Pacific Ocean in March, Fu Wentao, a 30-year-old man from Hunan province, was busy preparing for China's 7,000-meter dive project.

UN resolution on Syria vetoed

[2012-07-20 04:06]

Russia and China vetoed a Western-backed UN Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions.

Hu vows more aid for African countries

[2012-07-20 02:15]

President Hu Jintao on Thursday proposed measures in five priority areas, including financial assistance, to boost China's ties with the continent.

'Linsanity' ends NY run, heads to Houston

[2012-07-19 20:49]

Basketball sensation Jeremy Lin's brief but spectacular run in the Big Apple is over. Now the question is whether "Linsanity" can play as well in Texas.

Olympic pandas to sojourn in Malaysia

[2012-07-19 17:08]

Feng Yi plays in the water at a zoo in Guilin, July 19.

President Hu attends China-Africa meeting

[2012-07-19 12:19]

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday attended the opening ceremony of the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Scientists detect exoplanet smaller than Earth

[2012-07-19 10:43]

US space agency NASA announced that astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth.

Kim Jong-un named Marshall of the DPRK

[2012-07-19 09:59]

DPRK leader Kim Jong-un was named as marshal of the country's army, completing his control over the state and military, DPRK media reported on July 18, 2012.

Chinese VP meets South Africa's president

[2012-07-19 07:08]

Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with the visiting President of South Africa Jacob Zuma at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing.

Deadly explosion kills top Syrian officials

[2012-07-18 18:46]

Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha, his deputy, Assef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice-President General Hassan Turkmani died after a bombing in the capital.
Responses: Rebels say they carried out attack Govt pledges retaliation US: Syria spinning out of control Russia: West inciting opposition

Desperately seeking real mom

[2012-07-18 16:58]

A Chinese girl who was adopted and moved to the US has returned home to try to trace her birth mother.

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