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A woman suspected of being infected with bird flu has died in Beijing, the local health bureau said today. It would be the first bird flu death in the country in almost a year. The woman died yesterdat. Her age...

Seven airlines, including American Airlines, have sued the Federal Aviation Administration, opposing new regulations designed to reduce flight crew fatigue on long international routes...Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., questions the validity of the new rules, which affect work rules...

People look at giant ice sculptures at the Ice and Snow World Park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province January 5, 2009. Over 50 million yuan and 100,000 cubic meters of ice were consumed there for the sculptures of the...

Qi Ji, vice-minister of the housing and urban-rural development, told a press conference Tuesday. The move would help the country's real estate developers raise money by means other than commercial bank loans, which are now the primary source of funds,...

The mainland stock market began the New Year with a broad rally yesterday, led by the policy-driven auto and steel sectors and a rebound on bourses across the world. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 3.29 percent, or 59.91 points,...

Police in central China have launched a huge manhunt for a suspected mass killer after finding eight bodies including that of a two-year-old boy and his grandmother, state media reported Tuesday. Police in Hubei province are offering a 50,000 yuan...

A Sierra Leone cargo ship with 32 Chinese crew members on board outran four pirate boats in the Gulf of Aden Monday, Chinese officials in Beijing said. The China Maritime Search and Rescue Center said the pirates gave chase in...