Nakagawa Disgrace Is Boost For Opposition 日本财政大臣因醉酒失态辞职 Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan's finance minister, yesterday resigned amid harsh criticism of his erratic performance at a weekend meeting of the Group of Seven, delivering a...
Couples kiss in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. Thousands gathered in Mexico City's central plaza to pucker up for peace and break the world record for the largest number of people kissing at one time. Mexico City pucke...
Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that his country would not open the border crossings with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip before the kidnapped Israeli soldier is released. "We will not allow the openi...
Smokeless tobacco does not increase American smokers' quit rates, a theory that contradicts previous findings, a new study suggests. Previous researches showed that many smokers in Sweden try to quit smoking by using snus, a...
The "buy American" products only clause in the $787-billion US economic stimulus package will create a number of trade barriers and hurt exports powerhouses such as China, economists said yesterday. "Trade protectionism will ris...
Cambodia will face more challenges in the upcoming decade and feel much harder to revitalize its economic glory of the past 10 years, said the Economic Conferences in a press release here on Monday. "The next 10 years will b...
Cambodia will try to maintain its economic growth at 6 percent in 2009, in context of the current global financial crisis, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Monday. The annual inflation rate is expected to drop to...
