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NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Crude futures fell Thursday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he expects slower U.S. economic growth in 2008. Bernanke, testifying before Congress, confirmed ...

Police officers carry children away during a gun battle in Tijuana, in Mexico's state of Baja California, January 17, 2008. A shootout on Thursday, after police agents moved in on a drug cartel group,...

President George W. Bush speaks via conference call to Bicameral and Bipartisan leadership from the Oval Office as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (R) looks on from the White House in Washington, Jan...

U.S. President George W. Bush gives a speech at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi Jan. 13, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters FilePhoto)Photo Gallery>>>BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. President ...

BANGKOK, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday said it has no power to rule case about if the People Power Party (PPP) is the proxy of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, s...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush embraces calls for an economic stimulus plan to help avert recession, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Thursday. “The president do...

Wall Street plunges on Bernanke's warn, weak dataBen Bernanke: downside risks to growth become more pronounced WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman backed on Thursday calls f...

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Merrill Lynch on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 9.8 billion U.S. dollars, the largest in the company's history, due to credit crisis. The largest U.S. bro...

NEW YORK - Wall Street extended its 2008 plunge Thursday, tumbling after a regional Federal Reserve report showed a sharp decline in manufacturing activity and as investors feared that downgrades of k...

TOKYO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi said Friday that Japan is to resume as soon as possible its “investigative whaling“ activitie...