Former US Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper pose for photos as they promote two books they are writing at the BookExpo in New York, in this May 4, 2002 file photo. [Agencies]
Homeless people in cities such as Shanghai are discovering new comforts in 24-hour fast-food restaurants.
China will surpass both the UK and Japan to be the world's second largest property investment market by 2011, a report said.
Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years.
Gary Coleman died after a fall at his home put him in a coma.
Eckart Loewe, a volunteer teacher from Germany, has spent more than 10 years with children from some small villages in China's Guangxi Province.
