HONG KONG, Dec 9 - Chinese soccer suffered yetanother humiliation this week when the national under-21 teamfailed to get out of the group stage at the East Asian Games.A 1-0 victory over hosts Hong Kong on Tuesday was notenough to prevent the defen
PRAGUE - Central and eastern Europe's auto industry -- the engine driving several of the region's economies -- was hit hard by the global crisis, but its focus on small, thrifty models is fuelling recovery. Since the last increase in oil prices, i
JERUSALEM - In a confidential report obtained by AFP on Thursday, the European Union accused Israel of actively pursuing the annexation of Arab east Jerusalem and undermining hopes for peace with Palestinians. The annual report drafted by the EU he
JERUSALEM on Tuesday criticized a proposed statement by the European Union recognizing East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state part of the country's growing resistance to efforts to pressure it into reaching a peace deal with
JERUSALEM - Israel sternly warned the European Union on Tuesday against recognizing east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital, saying such a move would damage Europe's credibility as a Mideast mediator. The warning came as Jewish settlers in the Wes
Emerging east Asia’s local currency bond markets have tripled as a proportion of the global market since the Asian financial crisis, but remain plagued by poor liquidity, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Asian Development Bank.It sa
WARSAW - The European Union may have inched out of its sharpest recession since the global slump of the 1930s, but green shoots are not emerging uniformly across the 27-nation bloc's eastern member states. Contrasts are sharp among the 10 ex-commun
GOMA, Congo - Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas. Virunga National Park spokeswoman Samantha Newport says the park is building a sanctuary where schoolchildren and tourists
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