Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang Monday urged more government funding for the building of a social security system for rural areas.
Chinese President Hu Jintao Monday stressed the role of science and technology in "building an innovative nation, transforming the growth pattern and gaining initiative in development."
An Indian court Monday sentenced eight people to two years in jail in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster in which over 20,000 were killed by toxic chemicals leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the central state of Madhya Pradesh's capital.
A Chinese representative on Monday stressed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board Meeting that China attaches great importance to nuclear security.
A Chinese government crackdown on online gambling that started in February had as of Friday netted 3,430 suspects and frozen nearly 600 million yuan ($88 million) in funds.
The death toll from landslides and flooding in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has climbed to 53 with the recovery of the bodies of all those missing.
Artists perform The Bodhisattva With a Thousand Hands (Qianshou Guanyin) during a performance dubbed "My Dream" (VI) presented by China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, the United States, June 7, 2010.
As millions of her peers rose early to do last-minute cramming for China's national college entrance exam Monday, Yu Lu was sleeping soundly, as she has been every morning for the last three months.
China's annual national college entrance exam began on Monday with 9.57 million students nationwide sitting the exam this year.
Miami-area police say a gunman shot and killed four people at a restaurant and wounded three others before killing himself.
A modern interpretation of one of China's most traditional Kunqu Opera classics, "The Peony Pavilion," made its debut at Kezhi Garden in Zhujiajiao watertown on Saturday night.
Kim Yong Il, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was replaced by Choe Yong Rim, general secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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