China launched a communications satellite PAKSAT-1R for Pakistan at 0:15 am Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for US president.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went scuba diving at a Black Sea site known as the Russian Atlantis in the Taman bay on Wednesday.
Wang Leimei, 13, lives with her parents and six-year-old brother in a rundown cottage in Xialao village in Xundian Hui and Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province, where life is much different to the hustle and bustle of the city.
Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling on Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order.
Cleveland Volcano has been in low-level eruption since the end of July, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.
A man who lost five family members in last month's deadly high-speed train crash hopes to raise money for charity by selling tickets for the train.
A soldier recruited from college eyes his target amid hot weather in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province Aug 9, 2011. Recently, 138 recruits from colleges and universities all over the country came to Jiangsu Frontier Corps for military training in a bid to become qualified frontier guards.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would recall parliament from its summer recess for a day on Thursday after rioting swept through London for three consecutive nights.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Baoshan city in Southwest China's Yunnan province around 7:50 pm Tuesday Beijing Time, said the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Refit and test work will continue after the carrier returns from the trial, which will not take a long time.
Xinjiang children rescued from gangs who forced them to steal return home.
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