Being happy makes you have longer life
2011-03-03 07:45:38
Today's lesson: be happy, live longer. Now science seems to back the glass half-full approach.
Earth Hour: From switching off to taking action
2011-03-03 07:45:38
The Earth Hour global movement to help fight climate change is going beyond asking people to turn off their lights to making firm commitments to protect the environment.
Evacuees cheer arrival of Chinese ship
2011-03-02 08:47:48
Whistling, cheering, waving and shouting, crowds of Chinese evacuees from Libya on the deck of the Greek ship Venizelos showed their national pride in every possible way as the Chinese frigate Xuzhou approached.
NZ mourns quake dead with silence
2011-03-02 07:45:10
The jackhammers fell silent, church bells pealed and a Maori lament filled the air as New Zealand came to a standstill to mourn the estimated 240 people killed in an earthquake one week ago on Tuesday.
EU's BPA ban alarms Chinese parents
2011-03-02 07:41:36
The ban by the European Union on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic baby bottles has alarmed Chinese parents looking for safer alternatives.
Iran calls London 2012 logo 'racist'
2011-03-01 09:51:17
Iran said on Monday it might boycott the 2012 London Olympics because of the event's "racist" logo which resembles the word Zion.
Volunteers help foreigners evacuate from Libya
2011-03-01 07:05:42
In spite of dangers, Essreatis and his colleagues are working as volunteers to help foreigners still stranded in the port city, offering food, tents, quilts and even temporary lavatories. 
A journalist's diary
West, al-Qaida blamed for unrest
China withdraws 1,115 more evacuees from Malta
2011-03-01 06:41:51
Four chartered planes of China Eastern Airlines left Malta Monday, taking home 1,115 Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya.
Egypt's Mubarak, his family banned from leaving Egypt
2011-02-28 21:44:37
Egypt's Prosecutor General Abdel- Mageed Mahmoud ordered on Monday to ban former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family from traveling abroad, the official MENA news agency said.
Israeli fire kills Palestinian worker in Gaza
2011-02-28 20:51:58
A Palestinian ambulance crew evacuated a body of a Palestinian worker said to be killed by Israeli fire in northern Gaza Strip, a medical spokesman said Monday.
Visit of Iranian ships to Syria within normal co-op
2011-02-28 19:09:45
Iranian Ambassador to Damascus Ahmad Mousawi said the visit of two Iranian ships to Syrian is within the normal cooperation between the two countries.
Light plane crash kills 4 in UAE
2011-02-28 17:29:27
Four people were killed in a light plane crash late Sunday in Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).