From AP:The lawyer for a prominent Chinese writer secretly detained six months ago called on authorities Monday to free his client or formally charge him.Dissident author Liu Xiaobo was taken away by police on Dec. 8, a day before the

From BBC News:The mayor of China's southern boom town of Shenzhen, Xu Zongheng, is being questioned as part of a corruption investigation, state media has said.He is the latest official to be caught up in an investigation into Wong Kwong-yu,

The city of Dalian enveloped in fog, by Birger Hoppe

From Reuters:Please, please buy our bonds -- and bits of our bankrupt car companies, if you like -- but keep your hands off our big natural resource companies.After events last week, that is what China must be making of the

Two American journalists have been sentenced to 12 years of labor in North Korea after being arrested while reporting on North Korean refugees in China. It is unclear whether the two women were detained after crossing over the North Korean

Today is Krishna Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna. I am making a promise today that the people of all the countries, viz. Pakistan, China, Germany, Russia will be united. That should be our goal. The goodness of Bharat will

Perspectives XXI" International Music Festival organizers intend to launch "Kshishtof Penderetski Days" annual festival in Armenia. The festival will be dedicated to one of the most outstanding modern ...

At a panel discussion on the limits of laws on Holocaust Denial at the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Conference in Oslo, Norway on Friday, a Turkish consulate official interrupted a discussion ...

Titled "Redefining the Security and Transatlantic Diplomacy Role of NATO For the 21st Century," the conference was organized in Istanbul by Ar Movement, a civil society organization. It focused ...

RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met French MP, France-Armenia Parliamentary Group Leader, Francois Roshbuon. RA FM gave a high assessment to French MP's personal contribution to strengthening of ...

The first concert within "Perspectives XXI" 10th International Music Festival framework was held 10 years ago - on Oct. 25, 1999. On the same day of 2009, Yerevan will host a Jubilee gala concert. ...

RF never employed the term "Axis of Evil", RF Vice Premier Sergei Ivanov said at the conference on "Economic crisis and new threats to global security" organized within International Economic Forum ...

Most important foreign policy legacy of the two governments I were a part of was clearly our willingness to enter into relations with Turkey with no pre-conditions," RA FM of 1998-2008, Head of Civilitas ...

Establishing GUAM peacekeeping battalion is not priority for the organization at the moment, GUAM Secretary General Valery Chechelashvili said. "Currently, establishing peacekeeping battalion is not ...

Well known American singer Jessie Norman's concert will be organized in Yerevan within "Perspectives XXI" 10th International Music Festival framework. "We've had negotiations with Yuri Bashment (on ...

International Federation for Human Rights and Civil Society Institute call the president of Armenia for the release of all political prisoners. As it is mentioned in the claim, on May 28, 2009 the ...

Development of relations between EU and Eastern Partnership member states will become one of Sweden's priorities during its EU chairmanship. Energy security provision, promotion of Russia's dialogue ...

Veterans of the World War II take part in the ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. Commemoration events, from re-enactments to school concerts, were being held in seaside ...

The announcement published by Google gives a humorous motivation, saying the site should contain no more than 28 words, so the company ventured an unprecedented step - one word had to be removed from ...

Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham and his coach Ulli Wegner made a brief trip to Zagreb this week where the shooting for the Max Schmeling movie has begun. With Henry Maske impersonating ...