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Following the eruption of the July 5 incident, local residents from various ethnic groups proactively went to blood collecting stations or vehicles and made free blood donations for people injured in the incident. Some foreigners working or studying in Urumqi also participated in blood donations, contributing their kindness and love that goes beyond borders. On July 20, Wang Boling, Party Branch Secretary of Urumqi Blood Center, told reporters that the latest statistics she had collected sho ...

Fears for a return of the country's war-plagued past spread in Honduras as negotiations for a solution to the political crisis remained deadlocked and both sides were urged to resume talks in three days. The two-day talks on ending Honduras' political crisis failed Sunday in Costa Rica due to both sides' non-compromising stances. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who is mediating in the crisis, said he would spend 72 hours to try to convince Honduran post-coup leader Roberto Michelet ...

Two points in the final minute of normal time from Rory Grugan saw Armagh close out the Ulster MFC final at the expense of Down in Clones yesterday.

Talks between negotiators faltered as the de facto government that exiled President Manuel Zalaya refused to give ground on restoring him to power.

AP - The price of the Connecticut mega-mansion owned by rapper 50 Cent has dropped again — to $10.9 million.

Kiefer Sutherland won't be in Manhattan court this week to answer allegations that he head-butted a fashion designer.

A federal judge has dismissed an civil insider trading lawsuit against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Investors weighed upbeat news on home construction against earnings results that showed the continued impact of the downturn.

Macao's Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the second quarter of 2009 rose by 1.77 percent year-on-year to 146.09, according to the figures released on Wednesday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Of the TPI, the price indices of Restaurant service and food, Alcoholic drinks and tobacco increased notably by 6.29 percent and 6.1 percent respectively, while that of Accommodation registered a year-on-year decrease of 4.75 percent, the figures showed. On a quarterly b ...

I should probably get one thing clear from the off. Until last night, I'd never watched Entourage. So, if you're a hardcore fan who's only going to get exasperated by my relative ignorance and inevitable observation of the obvious, please, can I point your gaze a little further down the page where you should, printers willing, find a considerably better informed view of Rick Stein?

The commander of all U.S. forces in South Korea stepped up war rhetoric Tuesday, saying he is "confident" that U.S. and South Korean forces can fend off "any threat" from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Speaking via video-link with foreign reporters in Washington from New York, Walter "Skip" Sharp, the commander, said that in case that diplomatic efforts are exhausted, he is "absolutely confident" that U.S. and South Korean forces can defeat any missile, cyber, land or ...

Boaz Yakin begins "Death in Love" by showing graphic erotic images interspersed with shots of a Nazi concentration camp doctor performing bloody surgical procedures. Later, the writer-director intercuts images of an aging Holocaust survivor attending a funeral with shots of that same woman lying on her back having sex.

And the Oscar for the best animated short film goes to ... an Internet community?

AFP - Some 25 Iraqis who worked for the British military are to take legal action against the government, saying they were not properly protected from extremists, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Actress Maura Tierney (MOHR'-uh TEER'-nee) says she's having surgery to remove a tumor in her breast.

Register your gamertag, then play NASCAR 09 online between January 30 – February 1 to enter. You could win some great prizes from EA SPORTS.

This week on Start/Select, we take an in-depth look at Scribblenauts, go on Xbox Live Arcade to check out Madballs and Trials HD, and get our mitts on Ninja Gaiden Sigma II. Plus, we give away copies of Overlord II.

LiveScience.com - Albert Einstein is practically alive and smiling in the guise of a new robot that looks eerily like the great scientist and generates facial expressions that take robotics to a new level.

PC World - Sony Electronics was early to offer HDTVs capable of connecting to the Internet, but the company has been missing one very obvious streaming video provider-until now. Today Sony unveiled its latest content partners, the most noteworthy of which is Netflix.

The Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people aboard, did not break up in the air but rather hit the water intact, investigators said.