Flower power
2011-05-24 07:54:45
Blooms from the nation's floriculture hub in Yunnan seldom reach major consumption areas such as Western Europe or North America, and the main reason for this is logistics.
For a feel of rural life
2011-05-21 07:54:40
City-dwellers looking to escape the concrete jungle for a weekend of fun on the farm will do well to head to Shangzhuang township, in Beijing's northwest.
Canine soldiers, beloved and battle-tested
2011-05-22 08:28:44
American Marines were on a foot patrol last fall in the Taliban stronghold of Marja, Afghanistan, when they shot and killed a lethal threat.
Beasts of burden returning as farms spurn diesel fuel
2011-05-22 08:29:24
On a sunny Sunday just before the vernal equinox, Rich Ciotola was setting out to prepare a pasture using a tool so old it seems almost revolutionary.
A risky creature comfort: sleeping with a pet
2011-05-22 08:29:24
Every night for the last year, Kathy Ruttenberg has been getting into bed with Trixie, a 7-kilogram Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.
Highway on hold
2011-05-18 08:24:05
On the way to the harbor, an anxious Tian Jiguang keeps looking out of the car window.
The sky's the limit
2011-05-17 07:52:54
Chinese airline companies are increasingly recruiting pilots and flight attendants as the industry experiences rapid expansion.
A global fish and its dark side
2011-05-15 08:00:35
The success of tilapia may pose threats to health and ecology.
Face of war looks back, years later
2011-05-15 08:00:35
Samar Hassan had never glimpsed the photograph of her that millions had seen, never knew it had become one of the most famous images of the Iraq war.
Drying tears
2011-05-13 07:52:05
Li Guihua stops peeling bills off the stack of funerary money she's dropping into the flames, drops her face into the wad of cash she's clutching and sobs.