WASHINGTON,  (Xinhua) — Richard Lugar, one of the U.S. Senate’s longest-serving members, lost the Republican Primary in his homestate Indiana on Tuesday, ending over three decades of Senate career.

Lugar, 80, lost the Senate seat to Tea Party challenger Richard Mourdock, the Indiana state treasurer.

Mourdock’s campaign was fueled by Tea Party groups and national conservative organizations that deemed the six-termer Lugar too willing to compromise, and poured millions of …

MOGADISHU, May 8 (Xinhua) — At least seven people were killed and six more injured after an overnight mortar attack in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, emergency officials and witnesses said Tuesday.

A series of attacks have been launched in the Horn African country by Al-Shabaab militants since they fled the capital following major offensives by Somali government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers in August last …

PHNOM PENH, May 8 (Xinhua) — Four Cambodians were killed and 7 others injured in a mini-bus crash at noon Tuesday in Kampong Thom province’s Stoung district, about 168 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, provincial police chief said.

“The accident occurred when one of the mini-bus’ tires exploded and caused the car to turn upside down,” said Phan Sophean, the provincial police chief, adding that all the victims were …

This article titled “Al-Qaida airline bomb plot thwarted by CIA” was written by Ewen MacAskill in Washington, for The Guardian on Monday 7th May 2012 23.26 UTCUS intelligence services foiled a plot hatched by al-Qaida’s Yemeni affiliate to blow up a plane bound for America using a more sophisticated version of the underwear bomb deployed unsuccessfully in 2009, according to the White House and the FBI.The FBI said …

PARIS, May 7 (Xinhua) — Socialist candidate Francois Hollande was elected the next President of France on Sunday, beating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the runoff vote as most opinion polls have predicted.

The following is a list of elected presidents of French Fifth Republic:
Nicolas Sarkozy 2007-2012

Sarkozy was born in 1955, the son of a Hungarian immigrant and a trained lawyer, representing the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). He …

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday congratulated Francois Hollande on his victory in the French presidential election, saying the United States would collaborate with France on an array of important global issues.

In a phone call made to President-elect Hollande after the results of the French election were announced on Sunday, Obama indicated that he looked forward to working closely with Hollande and his …

WASHINGTON,– Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the April 2012 Employment Situation report released today:

“Our nation’s labor market added 130,000 private sector jobs in the month of April, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, its lowest level in three years.

“Over the last four months, we’ve added an average of 207,000 private sector jobs. Significantly, the labor market added 53,000 more private sector jobs in February and March than previously had been reported.

“I would characterize our growth as durable …

PARIS, May 6 (Xinhua) — Francois Hollande said he feels proud of bringing hope to France and that change will start from now, in an address to his supporters on Sunday night after the presidential election.

In his first speech as the French president-elect, Hollande said his first mission upon his inauguration would be uniting the French people, facing all challenges and getting the country out of crisis.

“I feel …

LONDON, May 6 (Xinhua) — British scientists reported on Sunday that they have identified a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice with neurodegenerative disease, and by blocking the pathway, the team could prevent brain cell death and increase survival in the mice.

Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers at University of Leicester, UK reported their study of mice with neurodegeneration caused by prion disease. These mouse models currently provide the best animal representation …

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TIANJIN.- May 6 (Xinhua) — A “supermoon” appeared in the sky on Sunday, when the natural satellite of Earth was at its biggest and brightest this year.
In many places of China, the public enjoyed seeing a much bigger and brighter moon than usual.
The moon’s distance from Earth varies between approximately 350,000 km and 400,000 km due …