Former US Vice President Al Gore (L) and his wife Tipper leave after holding a news conference in Palo Alto, California after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in this October 12, 2007 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.
