Thousands of earthquake victims were seen Saturday fleeing a Chinese village near the epicenter of the past week's powerful earthquake due to worries of flooding.
Thousands of earthquake victims were seen Saturday fleeing a Chinese village near the epicenter of the past week's powerful earthquake due to worries of flooding.
Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese tradition, and 2008 was supposed to be a joyful year, a time for celebrating at the Beijing Olympics and basking in international recognition of the country's tremendous progress under the careful leadership of the Communist Party. It has not turned out that way.
The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar’s killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts.
President Leonel Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic’s national election and pledged to continue pushing forward economic projects that have helped pull the Caribbean nation’s economy out of crisis.
For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death. Losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive.
A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty childish" has sold at auction for more than $400,000.