Reeking of rotting food and sewage from overflowing toilets, a crippled cruise ship carrying more than 4,200 people was limping into Mobile, Alabama, on Thursday.
Returning home, an annual ritual for most Chinese people before Spring Festival, has become a torturous test of will and persistence.
South African police said on Thursday a woman had been found dead at the Pretoria home of paralympic star Oscar Pistorius.
Obama called for support from a divided Congress on Tuesday for his ambitious plan to revive the economy, and for a long list of other priorities such as education, gun control, immigration reform, climate change and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
First made more than 500 years ago, the paintings represent expectations of a prosperous life.
French ultra-super sports brand Bugatti sold six sports cars in China in the first three quarters of 2012, a sales record for the brand.
Concerns that Valentine's Day clashing with the Spring Festival holiday might hurt business have been allayed as retailers and restaurateurs report good turnover.
Never mind the cultural differences, He Na reveals the secret to successful transnational marriages.
A US Senate panel approved Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defense on Tuesday, setting the stage for a vote on his confirmation by the full Senate, possibly this week.
Some people have an irrational fear of the snake, yet the legends involving this zodiac animal includes a bittersweet tale of vows and hearts broken and love transcending disaster, Raymond Zhou tells us.
It was the late Steve Jobs' worst nightmare.
Trashi Dondrup got up at 4 am on Monday for his shift as a security guard at the entrance way of Pargor, Lhasa's major commercial street which encircles Jokhang Temple.
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