Castrol has strengthened its position in football by signing a prestigious six-year deal as a FIFA World Cup Sponsor until 2014. The agreement awards the global lubricants company worldwide rights for the 2010 FIFA World CupT in South Africa, the
Xinhua has reported on new ethics regulations that will be implemented following the controversial case of so-called Runner Fan, a teacher who fled his classroom before his students during the Wenchuan earthquake: A draft of the new State ethics regulation
The Canadian Press is reporting that the China Anti-Doping Agency's lifetime ban of swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng and his coach, Feng Shangbao, was done to set an example:China's decision to ban one of its top swimmers for life after he failed
From Reuters:China has launched a nationwide campaign to defuse protest ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games, state media reported on Monday, days after a riot in the country's southwest highlighted volatile social strains.With authorities eager to present China as a
The Chicago Tribune (via the LA Times) reports on the growth of Christianity in China today, and looks at the recent Frontline/World documentary on the topic:Some Chinese Christians say their faith is actually a boon for the party, because it
Officials from Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova have begun converging in the Georgian city of Batumi for a two-day GUAM summit starting July 1. The regional grouping, whose full name is the ...
During a visit to Stepanakert, OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair, Ambassador Bernard Fassier said time will come for Karabakh to be a more active participant in the talks. "One can't say that Karabakh ...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a formal visit to Turkey on July 2. "The purpose of the visit is to discuss urgent regional and international issues, including the Iraqi problem, Iran's ...
Today and tomorrow on the live broadcast of Public TV the first round of childrens Eurovision 2008 Armenian song will take place. 200 applications have been received and selected 36 applications will ...
The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in a phone talk has congratulated the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan for his birthday. In the phone discussion the presidents expressed their satisfaction ...
Beirut- Mo'een Hamzeh head of the Bhannes Center for Seismic and Scientific Research said Lebanon could face an earthquake similar to the one that hit Lebanon in 1956 and resulted in the death of hundreds of people and the destruction
ArmInfo. The Cassation Court of Armenia is considering the claim on the priority of BI LINE trademark. As lawyer of BI LINE company, one of the largest enterprises engaged in sale and service of computer equipment, Hayk Haroutyunyan told ArmInfo
A decade ago, it was a glittering vision - a scheme to lure nature lovers to the Lebanese highlands, providing income to local people, nurturing the country's damaged environment and cementing national unity in one stroke. Today, after a war,
Around 100 Lebanese high-school students and their parents gathered at the US Embassy on Sunday for a barbeque in honor of the 2008 winners of the Lebanese Youth Exchange and Study (YES) scholarship. Charge d' Affaires Michele Sison offered words
These days, cattle are grazing in the streets of the Uzbek capital. Like Kyrgyz cattle breeders who drive their stock to the jailoo or mountainous pastures, their Tashkent colleagues have cattle outdoors в " virtually everywhere except in some central
Sources have told Ferghana.Ru that all first year college and university students in Uzbekistan will receive free tuition in the 2008/9 academic year. Sources in the Uzbek Ministry of Higher and Specialized Secondary Education have confirmed that no tuition fees
Ravi Upindranath Verma, who runs a transport business in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, used to call up random landline numbers in the north east suburb of Mulund posing as a MTNL vigilance officer and went ahead if a woman took the
Officials said the pre-dawn raid on Friday should have been approved by local authorities since security for the area was handed to Iraqi forces last year. A US military spokesman said: "Coalition forces deeply regret the loss of life and
June 30, Colombo: Informed sources say that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had appointed outgoing Inspector General of Police Victor Perera as the Governor of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
