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US Congress seeks debt solution, Obama goes to public

2011-07-17 09:40

US President Barack Obama appealed for public support Saturday to push Congress to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt as lawmakers worked on dual tracks to reach an elusive deal.

A green headache for E China city

2011-07-17 09:12

Several of the bathing beaches in the coastal city hQingdao have been attacked by enteromorpha prolifera, a sea plant that reproduces rapidly, for the past week and the clearing work is under way.

Oil refinery on fire in NE China

2011-07-16 16:44

Fire and smoke engulfs an oil refinery of PetroChina in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, July 16, 2011. The fire started about 2:30 pm, Xinhua reported.

FINA World Championships opens in Shanghai

2011-07-16 22:52

Performers put together a giant emblem of the 14th FINA World Championships during the opening ceremony of the event in Shanghai July 16, 2011.

Murdoch says, 'We're sorry' for hacking scandal

2011-07-16 21:30

"We are sorry," Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as News Corp tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken the company and claimed its top two newspaper executives.

Like Mao in ’66, swimmers cross Yangtze River

2011-07-16 16:23

Swimmers at the 38th International Yangtze River Crossing Festival in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, carry a poster of Mao Zedong, July 16, 2011.

Oil refinery on fire in NE China

2011-07-16 16:44

Fire and smoke engulfs an oil refinery of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, July 16, 2011. The fire started about 2:30 pm, Xinhua reported.