High-ranking officials from China and the United States held their annual defense consultative talks (DCT) as planned on Wednesday in Beijing.
Cash donations have begun to flood in for a seriously ill man whose love story is the subject of a short film that has become an Internet sensation.
2010 was dubbed as the "inaugural year" of micro blog, or weibo in Chinese, in China. 2011 is marked by its unstoppable growth. The number of micro-bloggers has grown from 63.11 million by the end of 2010 to 300 million in 2011.
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday officially submitted the paperwork required to register as a candidate in Russia's March 4 presidential election.
Liu Yang, 12-year-old, is suffering from Ewing's sarcoma, a very rare form of bone cancer that strikes children and adolescents. Being a huge Chinese chess fan, his biggest wish was to play the game against chess masters one day.
Ramiro Hinojas, a Filipino traffic policeman dressed as Santa Claus dances while directing the traffic in Manila, Dec 6, 2011.
Beijing subway Line 9 will make a stop at Beijing West Railway Station. It is among nine stops on the planned new line, which will be opened this month.
A sales representative poses behind a nine-tael 24K gold in the shape of a dragon forming the numerals "2012", symbolizing the upcoming Year of the Dragon.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged world leaders to commit to the second period of Kyoto protocol in Durban.
After six months of searching, a 21-year-old woman from the United States is now awaiting the results of DNA tests that could prove she has found her biological parents.
Volunteers from the Lanzhou Stray Animals Rescue Station check on dogs they rescued from stalls at a meat market in the Gansu provincial capital. More than 30 dogs, most of which were sick, were saved on Monday with help from law enforcement officers.