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Former England captain David Beckham’s World Cup dream seemed battered on Sunday when he tore left Achilles’ tendon in AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo in the Italian top-flight soccer league. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) 

The Thai anti-government protestors on Monday afternoon dispersed peacefully from a rally site outside the 11th Infantry Regiment in Bangkok Supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra gather for a protest outside the base of Thai Army 11th Infantry Regiment in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, March 15, 2010. Thousands of protesters on...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Sunday was discharged from a hospital in South Korea’s capital city Seoul after receiving treatment for minor stomach ache. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger receives an interview with Xinhua at his New York office, the United States, on Oct. 1, 2009. (Xinhua File Photo)He...

The government is likely to enforce a state-of-emergency decree Sunday to cope with the escalating tension in Bangkok A member of “red-shirts”, supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), shouts slogan at a rally in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, March 13, 2010. The demonstration organized by the UDD...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was taken to a hospital in Seoul on Saturday after suffering stomach ache, according to hospital officials. An unnamed official at Yonsei Severance Hospital said on the phone that Kissinger was admitted to the hospital earlier in the day due to sudden abdominal pain.The official said he is receiving...

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Caribbean nation Haiti, which was destroyed by a Tuesday quake that registered 7.3 on the Richter scale. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, and Edmond Mulet, the acting chief of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, visit the collapsed U.N. headquarters...

China is considering overturning the ban that prohibits HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country, an official said here Friday. “We are discussing lifting the ban as soon as possible,” Hao Yang, deputy director-general of the Ministry of Health’s Bureau of Disease Control, told Xinhua.Hao made the remarks when responding...

A lawsuit was filed on Friday against the Los Angeles-based Toyota Motor Sales USA, which is suspected of allegedly selling defective vehicles and deceptive business practices. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda (C) testifies at a hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the...

Lehman Brothers has used accounting gimmicks to conceal its bad investments that led to its bankruptcy. Employees carry their belongings out of the headquarters of the investment bank Lehman Brothers in New York, the United States, Sept. 14, 2008. The bank prepared to file for bankruptcy on Sept. 14 after Barclays PLC and Bank of America Corp....

Violent clashes between police and groups of hooded youths broke out in central Athens on Thursday. At least two people were injured and dozens were arrested by riot police officers during the clashes that moved from Syntagma Square in front of the parliament to Omonoia Square. Dozens of hooded young men holding crowbars and bats broke...