The CIA's former top administrator pleaded guilty yesterday to steering agency contracts to a defense contractor and concealing their relationship, making Kyle "Dusty" Foggo the highest-ranking member of a federal intelligence or law enforcement agency to be convicted of a

Turkey has no right to make any demands from Armenians in return for the opening of the border, Harut Sassounian said.

Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.

The President and the Ambassador expressed satisfaction with the level of cooperation and political dialog between Yerevan and Beijing.

Co-founder and president of Georgian Rustavi-2, former Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili said he leaves the ranks of President Saakashvili's supporters.

Turkey's Caucasus platform serves the interests of all countries in the region, Murat Bilhan said.

The United States should urge Turkey to protect the rights of its Armenian minority, and return historic Armenian churches to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Harut Sassounian: the U.S. House of Representatives has already adopted two congressional resolutions on the Armenian Genocide

Many Republicans viewed the bill as "socialism" for its unprecedented use of taxpayer dollars to help the private sector.

John McCain on the other hand knows Turkey well and can understand our strategic value," a Turkish politician says.

The presidential meeting was followed by expanded talks.

Richard Giragosian: Turkey offered to build a second line - Kars-Gyumri - to engage Armenia into the project.

Turkey has become more cautious about political projects, a Russian expert said.

Bishkek residents are surprised to hear unusual music on the streets of the otherwise very quiet city. A violinist, who grew up in Tokyo and Taiwan, studied and got married in the US, is a living representative of a cultural

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met here Tuesday with Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of the Science Magazine of the United States. Wen spoke highly of the important role of the Science Magazine in advancing global scientific and technological development. He expressed his

One body was found while five sailors remained missing after nine were saved from a vessel capsizal of a Panamanian-nationality vessel with 15 sailors in east China's Nanji Islands sea area on Monday, local authority said Tuesday. The body was

European news channel Euronews on Monday highly praised China's progress as a leap in space technology when reporting the successful landing of the reentry module of Shenzhou-7. The three astronauts aboard carried out China's first-ever spacewalk which was "a small

China's auto imports jumped 35 percent in value in the first eight months from the same period last year, while exports surged 28 percent, according to the latest figure released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on Monday.

Michael Phelps who claimed a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games said it was harder for him to learn Chinese than to win swimming races. Before the American came to China for the 2008 Games he seriously

Overseas Chinese in Germany are proud of the successful Shenzhou-7 space mission, members of the community told Xinhua Monday at a party held by the Chinese embassy here to celebrate the country's National Day, which falls on Oct. 1. "Chinese