Amy Winehouse's father Mitch collapsed and had to be put in the hospital last week. The Sun says he has been suffering from panic attacks caused by all the stress of dealing with Amy. Yeah? I'd say the only thing
Botox-face and her drunk husband Keith Urban have rejected big-money offers for pics of their new baby Sunday Rose. A source told the Sydney Morning Herald:They don't think it's appropriate to make deals. They are still deciding how they feel
Sources have confirmed that another Heilongjiang Province-based human rights defender, Yuan Xianchen has been arrested on charges of †inciting subversion of state power†more than a month ago.
John McCain says the troop increase strategies used in Iraq should also be applied to Afghanistan, and that he knows more than Barack Obama about "how to win wars."
Preparing to travel to two countries where U.S. forces are at war, Barack Obama on Tuesday detailed a five-point foreign policy strategy, its top goals being an end to the Iraq war and more troops to fight militants in Afghanistan.
U.S.-led operations are having more success in Iraq than in Afghanistan, where a porous border with Pakistan has allowed Islamist extremists to cross into the war zone, President George W. Bush said on Tuesday.
Republican John McCain said Tuesday he knows "how to win wars" and that the strategy of increasing troop levels in Iraq should also be applied to Afghanistan.
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain sharply criticized the flagging U.S. war effort in Afghanistan on Tuesday and vowed to turn it around if elected, starting with sending more U.S. troops.
From the Xinhua News Network:They came; they saw; and they planted seeds of hope for improving mutual understanding across the Taiwan Straits. More than 400 mainland tourists - part of the 750-member inaugural mainland tour group to Taiwan - ended
Written by Roger Bate, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from Far Eastern Economic Review:Beijing is taking Draconian measures to clean up for the Olympic Games which start next month. In the past week, 300,000 high-emission or yellow-labeled
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), has just issued new Olympic venue rules. From the Xinhua News Network:Banners, such as those saying "Go China," will not be allowed in Olympic venues. While such posters have been frequently
Editor's Note: Since March, a series of events including unrest in Lhasa and protests following the Olympic torch relay, have brought to the surface a clash between nationalist elements of the Chinese public and international critics of China. Because of
From the New York Times DealBook blog:While the volume of mergers and acquisitions around the world was down 30 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same time in 2007, transaction volumes were actually up 5
Police have arrested 18 people suspected of kidnapping children and women in southwest China and trafficking them across the country. From ABC News, Australia:Eight victims, including one child who was kidnapped and sold only seven days after being born, were
