Taipei - Taiwan on Wednesday reiterated its determinat

Beijing - Two military pilots parachuted to safety after their jet fighters collided and crashed early Wednesday in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia, state media said.

Madrid - Spanish doctors are preparing to perform the country's first face transplant operation, one of the first in the world, media reported Wednesday.
Doctor Pedro Cavadas said he had two young candidates for the operation, one of whom has been disfigured by burns and the other by a disease.
The transplant would only cover the lower half of the face below the eyes. The medical team in the eastern city of Valencia was waiting for a suitable donor to appear.
The National Transplant Organization has given the green light to the operation. It still needs the approval of regional health authorities, which was regarded as a mere formality.

New Delhi, June 25 : India’s Ambassador to China, Nirupama Rao today said that her country plans to hold discussions with China on further ways to provide relief and reconstruction in the country's

Taipei  - Three Chinese airlines have launched a

Beijing - China has punished 43 officials who misused relief goods intended for victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake or failed to join rescue efforts, state media said on Monday.