China had brought back 2,433 Chinese citizens stranded in Thailand by 8:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) on Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
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Cheng Zi fell under the banner of "kou kou zu", or the "stingy group", soon after she went to university.
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The CSRC said that a probe into Huang Guangyu, chairman of Gome, was mainly because of his alleged irregularities in asset restructuring and swaps in two listed companies.
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President Hu Jintao attends the APEC summit in Lima and leaders plege free trade.
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A 9-month-old baby narrowly escaped death under the wheels of a truck whose driver didn't notice the tot left in the grass by his careless father.
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The China Customs announced on Tuesday a trade surplus of US$35.2 billion in October.
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The renminbi yesterday registered the largest one-day fall since it was de-pegged from the US currency in July 2005.
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Chinese equities closed mixed, with the key index down slightly, on Tuesday as investors were worried about the plunge of Wall Street and peripheral markets.
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The sudden collapse of BHP Billiton's takeover of rival Rio Tinto Group on Nov 25 may give the Chinese steel industry a vantage point in the negotiation of iron ore prices.
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The Chinese government has reaffirmed its commitment to stabilizing the real estate and stock markets, and to boost auto sales.
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China's GDP is likely to grow 9 percent next year thanks to Beijing's huge stimulus package and an easier monetary policy, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said.
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Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was banned from politics for five years and his party disbanded on Tuesday, plunging the country deeper into chaos.
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Sky watchers are getting a rare treat from the heavens Monday night as as Venus, Jupiter and a waxing crescent moon combine to create a celestial smiley face.
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Financial turmoil in the United States is taking toll on the global economy as the crisis spreads.
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Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
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The terrorists who attacked India's financial capital had no links to any government, Pakistan's president said Monday amid claims that at least one of the gunmen belonged to a banned Pakistani militant group.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter vowed to press ahead with controversial plans to restrict the number of foreign players despite the opposition from the EU Commission.
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China's pride and joy in the field of athletics will go under the knife later this month in Houston.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter vowed to press ahead with controversial plans to restrict the number of foreign players despite the opposition from the EU Commission.
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David Nalbandian denied on Monday that he was considering quitting Argentina's Davis Cup team after their home defeat by Spain in the final.
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Boston's Kevin Garnett made his long-awaited return to the court in Minnesota on Friday and led the Celtics to a 95-78 victory over the Timberwolves.
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Volleyball legend Lang Ping's decision to coach Turkish league after quitting the US national team has been met with support from Chinese fans.
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Britney Spears, who has been married twice, has revealed she wants to wed again in "five years" time.
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Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother,brother and young nephew.
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Sean Penn asked for more gay sex scenes to be written into new movie 'Milk'.
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Britney Spears hid her face as she left the UK on Nov.11th, after fans blasted her "disastrous" performance on British television on last Saturday.
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X Factor bosses are said to be furious after a pregnancy testing kit was discovered in the house the female contestants share.
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Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles.
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Kristen Johnston has become the latest celebrity to pose nude for PETA.
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People may be tightening their belts to cope with the credit crunch, but their favourite free leisure activity involves whipping off their undies for a quick roll in the hay, a new poll showed on Monday.
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Although the global financial crisis is hurting sales, luxury goods companies should see sales and profit rise in 2008 and the next two years, albeit at a slower, single-digit pace.
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The blaze broke out at a 600-sq-m chicken farm around 1:45 pm and quickly spread to cover the whole chicken farm.
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A world renowned Chef at the helm, a beautifully renovated Shikumen, and a menu stacked with already well-known signatures. These are the sum parts that make up Le Platane.
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Night terrors, which send children into sudden inconsolable screaming, are at least partially inherited, according to a study published Monday.
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The second-phase repair work on the Potala Palace, an iconic building in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, is nearing completion.
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Model Isabeli Fontana poses during a presentation of the 2009 Pirelli calendar in Berlin November 20, 2008.
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