US Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum swept the Kansas caucuses on Saturday with 51 percent of the vote, giving him a boost going into crucial primary votes in the South next week.
The fourth plenary meeting of the Fifth Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held at the Great Hall of the People.
Members of Friends of Japan take part in a candlelight vigil at the University of Dhaka campus in Dhaka.
People living in the disaster-hit areas of Japan in last March showed the world how to keep hope alive.
An empty Italian tanker ran aground on rocks in bad weather off the Sicilian coast on Saturday and all 19 crew members were rescued, the coastguard said.
Having built a reputation as China's top liquor brand, Moutai is aiming to become a world-famous drink.
Among Yushu county's post-quake reconstruction projects are 43 primary and secondary schools and 18 kindergartens.
Japan's Fukushima Prefecture is set to welcome the first group of Chinese mainland tourists organized by a travel agency since last March's quake and tsunami.
President Hu Jintao on Friday stressed maintaining national integrity, ethnic unity and social stability in Tibet.
The top legislature plans to improve laws in the cultural sector as the country throws unprecedented weight behind the development of culture.
'Linsanity' could lead to a revolution in physical education.
Nearly 3,000 deputies to the 12th NPC will be elected by January 2013 with more seats given to workers and farmers. Law to ensure human rights