HANOI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's benchmark VN-Index went down 7.63 points to close at 434.95 points on Friday over the previous trading day. The VN-Index on the country's southern house, the Ho Chi Minh ( HCM) City Stock Exchange (HoSE), went down 7.6 …

BEIJING fake lv belts, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 370 cases involving illegal maps were investigated in 2011 during a national campaign, according to a Friday statement from the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation (NASMG) …

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A middle school teacher in northeast China's Heilongjiang province who was injured while saving students from getting hit by a bus has been honored as a national "role model woman," the All-China Women's Federation announced …

Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova got off to winning starts at the Rome Open on Tuesday, both squeaking through to the second round of the Premier-level event with hard- fought straight set wins. The No. 4 seed Kvitova was the first to advance, rallying …

Lady Gaga Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia amid concerns her sexy clothes and dance moves undermine Islamic values and will corrupt the youth. National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said Tuesday the permit for her June 3 "B …

ADEN, Yemen, May 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 al-Qaida militants and five army soldiers were killed Tuesday during battles between Yemeni government troops and the terrorist group in the southern province of Abyan, a military official said. Severe clashes …

By Al Campbell The Chinese national women's basketball team touched down in Canada on Sunday for three games, looking to turn around its fortunes after a disappointing start to a North American tour. After a 100-62 loss to the World champion U.S. Olympic …

By Al Campbell The Chinese national women's basketball team touched down in Canada on Sunday for three games, looking to turn around its fortunes after a disappointing start to a North American tour. After a 100-62 loss to the World champion U.S. Olympic …

BAGHDAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Baghdad is ready to host the upcoming round of nuclear talks between the six world powers and Iran, which is deemed as the biggest event in Iraq after the Arab League (AL) summit in late March, an Iraqi official newspaper rep …

COLOMBO, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's police have established a separate unit to investigate rising theft and smuggling of valuable artifacts from ancient temples in the Buddhism-predominated country, an official said Monday. Police set up the unit aft …