Perry Moore, Narnia films producer, dies at 39

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet)--Perry Moore, the executive producer of the fantasy movie series for children The Chronicles of Narnia, died at the age of 39, according to media reports Monday. Moore was found unconscious（无意识的） in the bathro

China's legislature ends bimonthly session

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Friday ended its bimonthly session（会议）, adopting a series of bills including a law on vehicle and vessel taxation, which is aimed at standardizing taxation and promoting environmental aw

China to spend massively on farmland improvement

China to spend massively on farmland improvement BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The government will spend 37.36 billion yuan(about 5.93 billion U.S. dollars) to improve the quality of farmland this year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. The fund,

Tunisian interim government to convene first meeting Thursda

TUNIS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian interim（临时的） government, born on Monday, is expected to convene its first meeting Thursday, amid protests against the make-up of the national unity cabinet, state TV reported Wednesday. The meeting, t

Zhang Yimou's Nanjing Massacre film to get Japan release

BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese director Zhang Yimou's upcoming film Nanjing Heroes set during the Japanese invasion of China will be released in Japan. Film producer Zhang Weiping was quoted by Sohu.com as saying that the film had found a Ja

Obama Enters Talks on US Debt, Spending Cuts

With a little more than a month until a deadline to raise the nation's debt limit, President Barack Obama met on Monday with the top U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican leaders to try to narrow differences in long-running talks on reducing governme

Obama: Lawmakers Need to Do Right Thing on Debt

President Barack Obama says congressional leaders from both political parties need to do the right thing and work with him to achieve the largest possible compromise to cut deficit spending and raise the national debt limit. Mr. Obama used a news con

Obama,Lawmakers Meet for Third Day on US Debt

Negotiations between President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers appear deadlocked, with Republican leaders sharply criticizing Mr. Obama's approach in talks about slashing U.S. budget deficits and raising the government's borrowing limit. The pr

Obama, Lawmakers Hold Round Four of Debt Talks

President Barack Obama along with several Republican and Democratic congressional leaders held a fourth round of negotiations in as many days Wednesday at the White House aimed at achieving a deficit reduction and debt compromise. With media reports

EU Mulls Gender Quotas to Crack Glass Ceiling

Francoise Roels is the only woman among 12 board members at Cofinimmo. But that's about to change. The top brass of the leading listed real-estate investor in Belgium will soon have a completely different set-up. Last year Belgium introduced gender q

Poorest Chinese province to settle 100,000 in new homes

GUIYANG, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A southwestern Chinese province with the largest impoverished population in the country will relocate more than 100,000 destitute rural residents into modern communities before spring 2013. The move was part of a poverty a

U.S wins world basketball championship

ISTANBUL, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States defeated Turkey（土耳其） 81-64 in Sunday's final of the 2010 World Basketball Championships here. The U.S. took the lead early in the first quarter and held through for the entir match. Kevin Dur

Comfortable win for Spain in Euro warm-up

MADRID, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish national team enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 win over Serbia in their first preparation game for the European Championship this Saturday. Playing in the Swiss town of Saint Gallan, the reigning European and world cha

U.S. Fed minutes show more urgency for monetary easing

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve would lean more close toward new stimulus actions unless incoming information signifies a substantial strengthening in the economic recovery, the central bank's policy meeting minutes showed on

Iran starts exporting gasoline: official

TEHRAN, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran has started exporting gasoline（汽油）, an official was quoted by the local satellite Press TV as saying on Tuesday. The first shipment of Iran's gasoline has been exported（出口 ）, Ali Asghar Arshi, manager

Man drinks gasoline for 42 years

BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Gasoline powers vehicles all around the world, but a sick Chinese man has been drinking the sticky liquid for 42 years under the illusion that it can relieve his physical pain. Chen Dejun, 71, lives by himself in shabb

China to raise gasoline, diesel prices

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China will raise the retail prices for gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan (47.53 U.S. dollars) per tonne starting Feb. 8, the country's top economic planner said Tuesday. The benchmark retail price of gasoline will be lifted

Inter penalised for protesting against referee

ROME, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Inter have been hit with suspensions and fines following their protests in Saturday's controversial loss to Napoli. The Nerazzurri suffered a 3-0 defeat at the Stadio Meazza in a game where the decisions of referee Gianluca R

Napoli coach Mazzarri blames referee for mistakes

ROME, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Napoli head coach Walter Mazzarri accused the referee of robbing his side's deserved win after they were held to a scoreless draw at home on Wednesday. Napoli were held at the San Paolo, as Goran Pandev's goal was disallowed

US House Approves Extension of All Bush-Era Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that will preserve tax cuts for all Americans regardless of income, setting up an election-year standoff with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrat