Sports | Motor racing
2010-3-14
INDIANAPOLIS is still a logical venue for a US Formula One Grand Prix and an eventual return is on the cards, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said. "It is. It's only the fact that it's all the wrong crowd...
World
2010-3-14
SOME 32 million Russians, or one third of the total voters, went to the polls in today's regional and local elections. So far no violations have been registered in some 31,000 polling stations across Russia, said...
National
2010-3-14
THE Shenyang Municipal Government in northeast China has allocated 7 million yuan (US$1.03 mln) to assist a local zoo in protecting animals after 11 Siberian tigers were reported to have died of malnutrition there...
National
2010-3-14
THE death toll in north China's bus rollover this morning has climbed to 11, local police said. The accident occurred at 11:20 am in Datong City of Shanxi Province when the bus hit the guardrail on the outer ringroad...
World
2010-3-14
A strong earthquake has hit central Japan, rattling buildings in the crowded Tokyo capital. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimates the quake had a magnitude of 6.6. It hit at 0808 GMT today off the eastern coast...
National
2010-3-14
CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao said at a press conference today that the United States was responsible for the recently disrupted Sino-US relations. US leaders' meetings with the Dalai Lama and the country's arms...
National
2010-3-14
CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao said today that China is facing the "most complicated" economic conditions this year, and it will be "very cautious and flexible" in choosing the timing of the stimulus exist to shore up...
National
2010-3-14
A total of 26 animals in 15 species were reported dead in January in a zoo in northeast China's Liaoning Province, where massive death of Siberian tigers were reported last week. The January death toll of animals...
National
2010-3-14
CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao said today that the diplomatic snub and ensuing rebukes against the Chinese delegation during last year's Copenhagen climate summit were "still a mystery." Wen said he and the Chinese...
World
2010-3-14
AN avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains yesterday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said. Rescuers were still scouring remote...