Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand | LONDON - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts. | Crude pric... (photo: WN)Khaleej Times
How the world's oceans are running out of fish | The future of our seas has never been more precarious. Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihood... (photo: WN / James)The Guardian
Putin: Still Russia's paramount leader | Most keen observers of the Kremlin are convinced that Vladimir Putin will continue to be the paramount leader of Russia. He is, officially, only the head of government as prime minister. But his pro... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)The Manila Times BurmaEuropeKremlinPhotosPoliticsRussiaWildlifeWorld
Hong Kong stock index drops 1.5 percent | HONG KONG—Hong Kong's key stock index dropped its third straight session Friday as investors sold real estate companies. | The blue chip Hang Seng Index fell 386.62 points, or 1.5 percent, to ... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)The Boston Globe AsiaBusinessMarketPhotosStock
Govern global arms trade | IN the present scandal of the attempt to ship tonnes of arms and ammunition to Zimbabwe, it is the Chinese who have spoken the most sense. China's foreign ministry said... (photo: AP / Jeff Roberson)The Australian LawPhotosTradeUNWeapons
Chinese stocks rise on bargain-hunting TOOLS | SHANGHAI, China - Chinese stocks rose Thursday on late-session bargain-hunting, although worries over inflation and rising oil prices capped gains. | The benchmar... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)Houston Chronicle ChinaMarketPhotosShanghaiStock
Asian stocks close mixed | HONG KONG, May 7: Asian stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the oil price soared to a fresh all-time high, with the Chinese market tumbling more than four per cent o... (photo: AP /Eugene Hoshiko)Dawn AsiaFinanceInvestmentMarketPhotos
Oil, rice situation worsens | The situation for both crude and rice prices has taken a turn for the worse. | Crude prices have scaled $122.73 per barrel for the first time. There is no light at the ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)The Manila Times EnergyFoodOilPhotosPrices
NZ undoes $1m whale case against Japan | AUSTRALIA is likely to abandon its $1 million attempt to take Japan to the international court over whaling after New Zealand gave up its plans to use legal action to s... (photo: AP / Royal Gazette, Chris Burville)The Australian JapanLawNew ZealandPhotosWhaling
