Aid, trade package set to be announced 　China will announce a package of measures covering aid, investment, trade and social development for African countries during the weekend Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC). 　　Vice-Commerce Minister Wei Jianguo made the remarks yesterday at the closing ceremony of the Senior Officials Meeting of FOCAC. 　　 　　Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Seychellois President James Alix Michel review a ...

One night, a drunk comes stumbling into a bar and says to the bartender: "Drinks for all on me including you, bartender." So the bartender follows the mans orders and says: "That will be $36.50 please." The drunk says he has no money so the bartender slaps him around and throws him out. The next night the same drunk comes in again and orders a drink for everyone in the bar including the bartender. Again the bartender follows instructions and again the drunk says he has no money. So the bar...

A psychotherapist was having a roaring business since he started from scratch. So much so that he could now afford to have a proper shop banner advertising his wares. So he told a kid to paint the sign board for him & put it above his shop entrance. But, instead of his business building up, it began to slacken. He had especially noticed the ladies shying away from his shop after reading the sign board. So he decided to check it out himself. Then he understood why ! The boy found a small...

BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ninety-one Chinese prosecutors have been punished for violating law enforcement procedures while carrying out criminal investigations since May 2005, Prosecutor-general Jia Chunwang of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said here Monday. The prosecutors were punished as a result of a nationwide campaign launched by the SPP to regulate law enforcement activities in a bid to "enforce legal supervision and safeguard justice", said Jia in his report to Ch...

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korea resumed beef imports from the United States on Monday to end a three-year ban against U.S. beef. South Korea banned the import of U.S. beef in late 2003 after a case of mad cow disease was reported there. A shipment of nine tons of U.S. beef is expected to arrive at South Korea's Incheon International Airport on Monday, which will be the first U.S. beef arrive in South Korea since the South Korean government decided to lift the ban in early Septem...

BEIJING, Oct. 28 -- In a warm-up for the upcoming launch of index futures trading, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFE) will hold index futures simulation trading on Monday. "We will begin trading in the index futures at the beginning of next year," said CFFE General Manager Zhu Yuchen. "The launch date is to be determined by the stock market performance." For now, every futures company, security company, fund management company, insurance assets management company and comm...

13757468_338390.jpg These Miao Style bridges can be seen in many places in Guizhou Province. They serve as places for people to gather around to communicate and entertain themselves rather than "ordinary bridges". [Photo Source: cnsphoto]

¡¡¡¡ 11020308_1162771211040_1.jpg 11020308_1162771211260_2.jpg Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yells at the court as he receives his verdict during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone November 5, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) ¡¡¡¡Photo Gallery >>> Bush hails Saddam Hussein's death sentence WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Sunday's verdict of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as "a ...