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BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday urged Argentina to settle its debt owed to Paris Club creditor nations. “We have to find a solution be...

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States should settle their economic and trade disputes through dialogue and consultation only, Vice Premier Wu Yi said Wednesday. Speaking at the open...

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude-oil futures climbed more than 4 U.S. dollars Wednesday to close above 94 dollars a barrel after data showed U.S. crude inventories dropped for a fourth straigh...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will work with other central banks to deal with the credit crunch in the global market. It has reached an agreement with...

A U.S. Marine lance corporal was found guilty both of negligent homicide in the stabbing death of an Iraqi soldier and of lying to superiors about the incident, a military jury said on Thursday.But th...

COLOMBO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government won the crucial third reading vote of its 2008 budget on Friday amidst moves by the main opposition to defeat it and force a snap parliamentary e...

The first bullet train designed and manufactured in China with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour rolled off production line on Saturday morning. It marked that China has joined the world elite club i...

HANGZHOU, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hangzhou-based Chinese beverage giant Wahaha Group won its third lawsuit against Danone, after a court in northwest China's Xinjiang rejected Danone's litigation. Danone'...

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China will impose or raise export duties on products including wood pulp, coke, alloy steel, steel billets, and some finished steel products in 2008, the Ministry of Finan...

The 37-year-old underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a torn patella tendon and a torn quadriceps tendon in his right knee, injuries he suffered in the defeat to Atlanta on Wednesday.The seven-times...