Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia. The excavation paints
China has arrested more than 4,000 people for violating intellectual property rights (IPR) since November and will enforce tougher punishments to combat the "rampant" problem, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
An Iranian human rights lawyer who has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, has been jailed for 11 years for actions deemed "detrimental to national security," the activist's lawyer said
China overshot its bank loan target in 2010 and finished the year with money growth still running too fast, underscoring the need for more decisive policy tightening to keep inflation in check.
If there was any doubt that the global economy remains tightly intertwined, rising commodity prices should put it to rest. Both the U.S. unemployment rate and the amount of idle factory space
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is paying a short visit to Cyprus on Tuesday, during which she will meet President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary
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The average yield in a sale of 26-week Cyprus treasury bills jumped 50 basis points to 2.52% on Monday from the previous auction on December 15, with demand low, finance ministry data
Speculation that Portugal may be the next euro zone member forced to seek a bailout knocked the euro to a four-month low against the dollar on Monday and added pressure on world
Mounting fears over sovereign debt in the euro zone kept the euro tethered to four-month lows against the dollar on Monday, with investors nervous ahead of a flurry of bond sales from
