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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4 percent in the second quarter of 2007, the fastest pace since the first quarter of 2006, the Commerce Department reported T...

Aerial view of the United Nations in midtown Manhattan, in New York City. Several vials of potentially hazardous chemicals, originating from an Iraqi chemical facility, have been fou...

Special report: Internal situation in PalestineGAZA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hamas, or Islamic Resistance Movement, pledged on Thursday not to make concessions on the demands it presented for exchanging a...

HONG KONG, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks continued its bull run Friday as investors bought into major blue-chip shares like China Mobile, propelling the Hang Seng Index to its highest closing i...

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- PetroChina and Sinopec, China's two biggest oil companies, may continue to cut gasoline exports in September following a huge reduction in August, the China Securities Jou...

Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- A draft report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Iraq has failed to meet all but three of the 18 congres...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Justice Department is probing whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales gave false or misleading testimony to Congress on a broad range of issues,...

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- DuPont announced Thursday it has acquired from Process Dynamics, Inc., certain business assets including the intellectual property of IsoTherming Technology, a leading te...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Reserve pumped 10 billion U.S. dollars into the financial system on Thursday to help beat back a widening credit crisis. Since Aug. 9, the U.S. central bank...

TIRANA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Serbia threatened on Thursday to take every means possible to retaliate if Kosovo declares unilateral independence, news reaching here from Belgrade reported. “If someone...