Castrol has strengthened its position in football by signing a prestigious six-year deal as a FIFA World Cup Sponsor until 2014. The agreement awards the global lubricants company worldwide rights for the 2010 FIFA World CupT in South Africa, the
Xinhua has reported on new ethics regulations that will be implemented following the controversial case of so-called Runner Fan, a teacher who fled his classroom before his students during the Wenchuan earthquake: A draft of the new State ethics regulation
The Canadian Press is reporting that the China Anti-Doping Agency's lifetime ban of swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng and his coach, Feng Shangbao, was done to set an example:China's decision to ban one of its top swimmers for life after he failed
From Reuters:China has launched a nationwide campaign to defuse protest ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games, state media reported on Monday, days after a riot in the country's southwest highlighted volatile social strains.With authorities eager to present China as a
The Chicago Tribune (via the LA Times) reports on the growth of Christianity in China today, and looks at the recent Frontline/World documentary on the topic:Some Chinese Christians say their faith is actually a boon for the party, because it
Officials from Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova have begun converging in the Georgian city of Batumi for a two-day GUAM summit starting July 1. The regional grouping, whose full name is the ...
During a visit to Stepanakert, OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair, Ambassador Bernard Fassier said time will come for Karabakh to be a more active participant in the talks. "One can't say that Karabakh ...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a formal visit to Turkey on July 2. "The purpose of the visit is to discuss urgent regional and international issues, including the Iraqi problem, Iran's ...
Today and tomorrow on the live broadcast of Public TV the first round of childrens Eurovision 2008 Armenian song will take place. 200 applications have been received and selected 36 applications will ...
The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in a phone talk has congratulated the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan for his birthday. In the phone discussion the presidents expressed their satisfaction ...
Beirut / Jerusalem : The Israeli prisoner swap with Hezbollah could go ahead in two weeks if the Lebanese militia provides a report on the fate of an Israeli airman who went missing in Lebanon in 1986, officials said on
Beirut- Lebanon's Democratic Gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt has reportedly threatened to reconsider his tentative approval of giving up the telecommunications ministry in the new cabinet.
Beirut - Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concern over a possible deal being prepared at the expense of Lebanon and the international tribunal.
Beirut - The Mufti of Tripoli and North Lebanon Sheikh Malik Shaar expressed his worry that the temporary calm between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen were in fact no more than a truce.
Beirut- Mo'een Hamzeh head of the Bhannes Center for Seismic and Scientific Research said Lebanon could face an earthquake similar to the one that hit Lebanon in 1956 and resulted in the death of hundreds of people and the destruction
Beirut - The army command on Monday urged troops to safeguard their unity by disregarding media agitation. The command, in a release to troops, said some factions harmed by the atmosphere of reconciliation and entente that followed recent violence, especially
ArmInfo. The Cassation Court of Armenia is considering the claim on the priority of BI LINE trademark. As lawyer of BI LINE company, one of the largest enterprises engaged in sale and service of computer equipment, Hayk Haroutyunyan told ArmInfo
Lebanon's National Council for Scientific Research denied on Monday Israeli reports that a large-scale earthquake could soon rock Lebanon and parts of the Jewish state, saying that it was "impossible" to predict such seismic activity. The council's secretary general, Mouein
The saga over distributing portfolios in Lebanon's new cabinet continued on Monday as President Michel Sleiman was reported to have initiated fresh efforts to break the logjam. As the crisis persisted, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was reported to have left
Families of Lebanese prisoners held in Israeli jails have started preparing for the return of their loved ones following the Israeli Cabinet's approval a prisoner swap on Sunday. Mohammad Abdel Hamid Srour's 60-year-old mother Sobhieh has been waiting for her
