Thousands Attend Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
An eight-ton, 72-foot Norway spruce lit up with sparkling holiday colors as thousands of onlookers packed into the streets surrounding the Rockefeller Center plaza.
A lesson in ingenuity: Ads sold on tests
Squeezed by classroom budget cuts, high school teacher Tom Farber is selling ads on his exams to cover the costs of printing them. So while students demonstrate their mastery of calculus, they can also find out where to get braces or even a haircut.
Brown: Bailout plan doesn't make sense
It goes without saying that there is a lot of confusion about just how the $700 billion in federal bailout money is being spent.
Bolivia:jueces acusan a gobierno de Morales de profundizar crisis
Los jueces del Poder Judicial acusaron el mircoles al gobierno del presidente Evo Morales de profundizar la crisis poltica del pas 'antes que solucionarla' y de recurrir a la violencia y no 'al dilogo pacfico'.Los jueces del Poder Judicial analizaron la
China's "world factory" struggles to find its feet
By James Pomfret DONGGUAN, China (Reuters) - Strolling the production lines of his toy factory in southern China, Peter Lin barks orders as hundreds of workers in green overalls snap wheels onto toy cars and affix tiny batteries into die-cast replica
FEATURE-China's "world factory" struggles to find its feet
By James Pomfret DONGGUAN, China, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Strolling the production lines of his toy factory in southern China, Peter Lin barks orders as hundreds of workers in green overalls snap wheels onto toy cars and affix tiny batteries into die-cast
President says China raised issue of peace accord a year ago
(CNA) Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday that China's President Hu Jintao raised the issue of signing a peace accord with Taiwan about one year ago, which Ma said was an indication that China wants peace as much as Taiwan. Hu's
Time not ripe for Kinmen to admit Chinese workers: official
(CNA) Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The time is not yet ripe for the outlying Kinmen County to lure investment or admit workers from China, Kao Chang, deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council, said in Kinmen Wednesday. 'For the time being, it is
President pledges to uphold Constitution in promoting ties with China
(CNA) Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou pledged Wednesday to abide by the Constitution and the '1992 consensus' on the 'one China, separate interpretation' issue in promoting relations with China and other countries. Ma said that while his
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