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More Asian Americans, other minorities recruited in U.S. arm

LOS ANGELES, June 23 (Xinhua)-- The United States has seen a record high of Asian Americans and people from other ethnic groups getting recruited in the army, according to a study published on Wednesday. This can be attributed to rising unemployment rate in the country during recession and the increased bonuses provided by the U.S. government, said researchers at RAND Corp., a non-profit think tank. In Los Angeles County last year, 22 percent of Army recruits were Asian-Americans,...

Naked Cowboy threatens to sue Naked Cowgirl for trademark vi

Robert John Burck (C) poses for a picture with tourists on the Times Square in New York City, the United States, June 18, 2008. (Xinhua file photo) BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhuanet) -- The famous \"Naked Cowboy\" in New York\'s Times Square threatens to sue a bikini-clad woman who calls herself The Naked Cowgirl of copyright infringement, according to Reuters reports Wednesday. Robert Burck, a...

Int\’l conference on widowhood kicks off in Nepal

KATHMANDU, June 24 (Xinhua) -- A two-day international conference on widowhood has begun here in Nepali capital Kathmandu Thursday with the slogan \"Widows Voices Empowered\". The conference inaugurated by Nepali Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarba Dev Ojha, anticipates an international voice to be developed after the powerful discussion on the injustice of widow women. Women in Nepal are discriminated in various aspects of everyday life, rights from cultural...

Disgraced Spitzer to co-host CNN new program

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer addresses the media at his office in New York, March 10, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Eliot Spitzer, the ex-New York governor who resigned?two years ago?following a prostitution scandal, will co-host a new 8 p.m. show with conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, CNN announced Wednesday. \"Other cable news channels force-feed viewers one narrow, predictable point of view; in contrast,...

Whaling body ponders hunting ban suspension

BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhuanet)-- The International Whaling Commission ponders suspending a 25-year ban on commercial hunting as the 1986 moratorium has failed to prevent Japan, Norway and Iceland from killing hundreds of whales each year?, according to AP report on Monday. The proposal before the 88-member commission would allow the three countries limited whaling while imposing a 10-year period of international monitoring. The proposal would require whaling countries to outfit their...

More Singaporeans stay single: report

SINGAPORE, June 22 (Xinhua) -- More Singaporeans are not getting married with the proportion of singles in 2009 significantly higher compared to a decade ago, official data showed on Tuesday. Among those aged 30-34, the proportion of singles in 2009 (41.9 percent for males and 29.8 percent for females) was significantly higher compared to 1999 (33.2 percent for males and 21.7 percent for females), according to the official Population in Brief 2010 report. Singlehood rates were the...

Australian man travels to earth ends to raise money for wate

CANBERRA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Polar bears, guerrillas and ice crevasses will be some of the hazards to the Australian man, Pat Farmer, who is likely to face on the longest run on earth, from the South Pole to the North Pole, Australia\'s media reported on Wednesday. The ultra-marathon runner and outgoing federal Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the southwestern Sydney seat of Macarthur, was to attempt the absolutely ultimate marathon to raise 100 million U.S. dollars for water...

Queensland Tourism launches online game to lure Chinese tour

SYDNEY, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Queensland Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor on Tuesday launched the \"Sunshine Exchange\" campaign, challenging Australian families to compete in an online game for a free holiday to China -- and vice versa. Any family who registers after playing the game will be in the running for a free holiday as Queensland Ambassadors for the Shanghai World Expo in August. Gamers take control of one of two mascots -- either PoPo the panda or KoKo the koala -- before...

TIME: Top 10 most annoying sounds

BEIJING, June 17(Xinhuanet) -- Since the 2010 World Cup started on June 11, several fantastic goals and enthusiastic soccer fans have impressed us. Besides, there\'s one thing that you definitely can\'t ignore -- Vuvuzela, a long plastic horn popular with South African soccer fans. Its loud buzz has sparked a debate about the level of tolerable noise at a sporting event. Including Vuvuzela, TIME magazine summarized some other sounds that are not music to our ears. 1.Vuvuzela ...

Ten richest self-made women in world – J.K. Rowling

10. J.K. Rowling, UK Author of \"Harry Potter\" Series Net worth:?1 billion U.S. dollars File photo of J.K. Rowling (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) ? ...