SYDNEY — Australians struggled to contain their outrage after learning that nearly half the fires... detained on suspicion of starting fires that have burned for nearly two weeks in New South Wales ……

悉尼圣诞节火光冲天A RING of fires surrounded (包围) Sydney, Australia, on Christmas Eve. The series of bush fires is expected to get worse because of the hot, dry weather and strong winds. Firefighters have ……

After his two international bestsellers, "The Horse Whisperer" and "The Loop," Nicholas Evans... to help them "find themselves." But one among them will be lost forever. For soon fire will consume ……

NEW YORK — A team of engineers with expertise in high-rise design, collapses and blasts will investigate why the damaged World Trade Center (WTC) buildings and part of the Pentagon crumbled after ……

in ancient England and Gaul and the Romans in Europe both used evergreen branches to decorate their homes... glass figurines. Candles were sometimes used, but often caused devastating fires, and many different ……

), purpose of trip — and will be tested to find out how well they remembered the new identity... with deadly poison in its top, a shoe heel transmitter (安装在鞋跟里的发报机) and a gun shaped like lipsticks ……

All fireworks plants in Jiangsu Province are to close after a series of deadly explosions in factories, Xinhua News Agency said last week. The decision is part of Jiangsu's efforts to ensure ……

Lake.Hundreds of thousands of people have been driven from their homes in Hunan Province in a summer... of the city had to be evacuated when their low-lying homes sank into the swelling river.The Chinese Red ……

style — putting new life into old houses," said after World War II, Japanese rushed to destroy wooden houses because those thatched roofed homes were considered a symbol of poverty."After Japan ……

HONG KONG — A new outbreak of bird flu scared consumers and devastated poultry sales last Thursday.Authorities announced last Wednesday they had discovered a new virus strain similar to the deadly ……

, rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters, all commonly found in homes.Across the Atlantic, in the New York City... schools also have class pets and children are encouraged to look after them and are taught how to treat ……

AT Beijing's new Urban Planning Exhibition Centre, visitors crowd around a computerized city... City and sites for new construction, including the ultramodern sports complex for the 2008 Summer ……

ATLANTA — For revelers determined to drink and drive on New Year's Eve, a group of US funeral homes is offering a sobering incentive to think again — free burial service. It's made in an effort ……

, the New York Times bestselling author, comes with a new novel that sweeps us from the frightening nightmares of a young girl, to the deadly world of international crime, and to the shadowy bond ……

AMERICAN singer LeAnn Rimes is singing a new tune — and it doesn't have a country twang.A source... and his struggles to adapt to life in various foster homes.WAS the late rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley ……