Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has accused China of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and claimed the Chinese authorities were conducting "patriotic re-education" campaigns in monasteries in...

"Indian Film Festival 2010" in Australia and New Zealand is holding special "Rani Mukherjee...

Reports indicate that Australian archaeologists have uncovered a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, which they believe is the world's southernmost site of early human...

Search engine Google has said that it is not prepared for further censorship at the hand of the Chinese Government, and is ready to leave the country if pushed...

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has become the richest man in the Asia-Pacific region and the fourth in world rankings as per the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires released on...

After a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney Tuesday, reports here...

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has reportedly told Cricket Australia officials that he doesn't want vice-captain Michael Clarke back in his side until the troubled star has sorted out his off-field issues with model fiancee Lara...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he said Buddhists were living in prison-like conditions and expressed...

HONG KONG: Chinese inflation data showing a sharp jump in consumer prices sent Asian stocks lower Thursday as dealers grew anxious that Beijing would introduce further monetary tightening...

The accident occurred late Wednesday in Guizhou province when the bus carrying 19 passengers to an airport near the provincial capital of Guiyang fell off the bridge and down a mountain side, Xinhua...

Washington, March 11 : Reports indicate that Australian archaeologists have uncovered a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, which they believe is the world's southernmost site of early human...

Washington, Mar.11 : Search engine Google has said that it is not prepared for further censorship at the hand of the Chinese Government, and is ready to leave the country if pushed...

BEIJING — China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations. At the same time,...

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(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Investors look at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have ended a three-day rally and fell...

Taipei - Taiwan police on Thursday questioned an American pastor who has been accused of shooting stray cats with a toy gun, killing at least one cat and injuring another, police and animal...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dozens of fish wholesalers protested at a market in Tokyo on Thursday against a proposed ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna trade ahead of a meeting that could decide to protect the...

Canada must enhance competitiveness, especially in telecoms and postal services, as well as reform E.I. to make it a post-recession global economy, the OECD...

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan, the biggest buyer of U.S. wheat, may stockpile the grain or seek alternative supplies before the U.S. closes its largest export gateway later this year for a...

China now has more billionaires than any other country besides the United States, according to Forbes magazine.There are a total of 64 people in that bracket in mainland China, the magazine says in...

Carmaker Daihatsu is recalling 274,551 vehicles in Japan because of a number of possible defects.The company, a subsidiary of Toyota, said the recall affected its Hijet and Atrai mini-van models....

Google Inc. broke a long silence in its clash with China on Wednesday as its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said that the Internet search giant was talking to Chinese officials and that he expected...

The nation's exports grow for the third consecutive month compared with a year earlier. Critics of China's artificially low currency are expected to increase demands for a hike in its...

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried strong loan growth and quickening inflation in China would spur Beijing to tighten monetary policy sooner than expected, while the yen...

These days, 10 is practically the new teen—as knowing, and as confused, an age. You think you understand who you are, but you don't, not really. You want to be independent, but you still need...

China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that includes training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing problems with the...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried strong loan growth and quickening inflation in China would spur Beijing to tighten monetary policy sooner than expected, while...

TORONTO: After a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney on Tuesday, reports...

-(Dow Jones)- Japan's finance minister said Thursday the government and the Bank of Japan must share the same policy direction to beat deflation, putting fresh pressure on the central bank to do...

The yen rose against the dollar and euro, bouncing back from Thursday's disappointing Japanese economic-growth revision, after Chinese economic data raised investors' concerns that interest rates...

Shares in the Chinese mainland closed higher Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 2.36 points or 0.08 percent to close at 3,051.28. The Shenzhen Component Index down by 23.96...

(RTTNews) - The Australian market ended in negative territory with minor losses on Thursday, paring early gains as traders turned jittery amid concerns that China might further tighten monetary...

Hui Ka Yan, president of Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. Rank: 212 A total of 64 people from the Chinese mainland made the Forbes magazine list of the world's richest billionaires, coming in second...

A characteristically weird and wonderful work by Chen Man. Provided to China Daily Apart from all being celebrities and some of China's most attractive and desirable stars, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Xun, Li...

The iron ore pricing negotiation is at a tough time, as ore spot price keeps rising. "Vale of Brazil (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, CVRD) had exited the negotiation for they cannot accept the low...

Chinese courts laid special stress on facts and evidence in the trials of suspects involved in the riots in Lhasa in 2008 and in Urumqi last year, said a report delivered by the country's chief...

China's procuratorate conducted graft probes against 2,670 officials above county level last year, including eight at the provincial or ministerial level, according to a report to be delivered at the...

Sun Zhihui, CPPCC member and director of State Oceanic Administration, said March 10 in an interview that the home-developed manned submersible, the first of its kind worldwide has been successfully...

CLOVIS, California, March 9. LINNEA Mack, a 14 year old young lady swimming for Osprey Aquatics, set a new Pacific Swimming record in the 100 back on Sunday at the Juanita Allington Memorial Sr. Meet...

Exports are up by 45.7 per cent; imports by 44.7 per cent. Consumer prices jump 2.5 per cent, the highest increase in 16 months. Official sources say public debt by local government could be higher...

(Wednesday, March 10th) Final Score: Oregon 82, Washington State 80 (OT) Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Tajuan Porter exploded for 32 points to power the eighth-seeded Oregon Ducks to an 82-80...

Sheng Laiyun, the spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics, said inflation would remain 'mild and controllable' and blamed February's rise on holiday spending and bad weather, which pushed up...

SINGAPORE, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing need to implement modern technologies to replace ageing equipment has boosted the prospects of the Asia Pacific land defense systems market. Threats in...

SINGAPORE, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia Pacific biometrics market has made hay against the background of escalating security concerns in the region. The Bali bomb blasts and recent attacks on...

Google Inc., in talks with China after threatening to stop censoring Internet search results there, said the discussions will yield results soon. "We decided not to publicize our dealings with...