BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Nani Roma won the first stage of the Dakar Rally in a BMW and David Casteu of France led home the bikes on a Saturday marred by the first death of a fan in four years.
XIAMEN, Fujian province: China's top women marathoners are slowly but surely building up for a push at gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: One of the largest crowds of the season showed up at the Izod Center, with many fans awaiting LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal.
Businesses in Beijing are gearing up for one of the biggest shopping seasons in China, but some predict bad tidings for profit after the economic crisis.
The Great Wall may open three new sections totaling 50 km in a government-funded move to protect the World Heritage site over the next five years.
A pilot program that would assist the mobility of elderly and disabled people has been stopped after noise complaints from residents.
About 260 passengers expecting to fly from Beijing to Helsinki had their flights cancelled or rerouted yesterday after 750 Finnair pilots went on strike yesterday morning in Finland.
The A/H1N1 influenza inoculation plan may be expanded to include people without a Beijing residency permit, the government said yesterday.
Top retailers have said they will open new outlets in southern Beijing, just 10 days after the city government unveiled its ambitious development plan for the area.
A former head of the Huairou district urban management department who took bribes and embezzled money has been jailed for more than eight years.
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