SAN JOSE, Calif. - Eager to find new sources of income and keep its sellers from striking out on their own, eBay Inc. launched a new service Thursday that encourages small- and medium-sized sellers to build Web stores that operate independent of the e-commerce powerhouse.
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WASHINGTON -    President Bush met Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to discuss political and military strategy at a time when U.S. public support for the war is waning, lawmakers are pressing for a timeline for U.S. withdrawal and televisions are flashing with unsettling pictures of deadly violence.

A new narcotic control law is being mapped out as part of China's efforts to combat drug use, production and trafficking.

Forward Xie Hui pounced on a long pass and fired it into goal to lift China to a 2-0 victory over Costa Rica in a soccer friendly Wednesday in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
Xie also played a role in China's first goal, when he was brought down in the penalty box late in the first half.
Midfielder Zheng Zhi calmly fire

A children's welfare organization unveiled a logo and theme song yesterday in Beijing as part of its effort to raise public awareness of children affected by HIV/AIDS.
According to Sun Zhigang, who heads the China Youth Concern Committee Development Centre, hundreds of thousands of children in China have been orphaned or made vulnerable by

The second round of Sino-US negotiations over textile frictions will open soon, China's Ministry of Commerce says.
As well as the seven categories of Chinese textile products restricted by the US Government, this round of talks is expected to cover another six categories on which curbs are being considered.
An exact timetable for negot

GUIYANG: Mass production of the country's most advanced fighter-pilot training aircraft is expected to start next year, one of the country's major military aircraft developers said yesterday.
The training plane was designed and developed based on nine years of research.Powered by a turbo fan engine and equipped with advanced e

It was a woman's first time on a plane. She boarded the plane and found herself a window seat.
After she settled in, a man came over and insisted that she was in his seat. She ignored him and told him to go away.
"Okay," replied the man. "If that's the way you want it, you fly the plane."

The government's macro-control measures to stabilize house prices have started working, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics indicate.
The bureau said on Friday that the sub-index reflecting the trend of house prices fell 3.46 points in May compared with April to 107.11.
The average house prices rose 8.9 per cent year

A senior environment official has called on Chinese companies to shift onto a "green" development track.
"It is the social responsibility of companies, given the needs of China's current situation, and driven by international trends," said Pan Yue, vice-minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration.

China and the United States have discussed settling their feud over U.S. moves to limit China's surging garment exports, amid growing Chinese concern that uncertainty over Washington's stance is deterring new business.
Trade officials in Washington and Beijing used a video link on Thursday evening (Washington time) to discuss proposed U.

China is reviewing a series of laws and regulations to tighten the supervision of financial institutions and guard against financial risks. 
(By Zhao Renfeng)
Addressing a financial forum at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), said the CBRC is co-opera

    The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. . 
    The origin of Father'

First the basics: what is AIDS? AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is a condition caused by a virus called HIV. This virus attacks the immune system, the body's "security force" that fights off infections. When the immune system breaks down, you lose this protection and can develop many serious, often deadly infections and cancers. These