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"Oil sales to British and French companies have ceased," the Oil Ministry says. The decision is not expected to have a big impact on either Britain or France, however.

There is no secret that when it comes to fashion and designer creations, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has a few select labels that she prefers most.

Actresses Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis stole the show at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards presentation on Friday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The 2012 London Fashion Week started on Feb.17, taking over the fashion spotlight from the New York Fashion Week and attracting hordes of journalists, celebrities and fashionistas.

Researchers from the University of Tennessee have discovered that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles.

Three astronauts will dock with Tiangong-1 module as China expands space programme.

The European Court of Justice has decisively ruled out implementation of anti-piracy filter by social-networking sites to stall copyrighted content from being uploaded on their sites. The ruling involves a case filed against Netlog by a Belgian music royalties firm, Sabam.

Animals rights groups and celebrities join forces to oppose plans for IPO by company that uses bear bile in tonics.

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The high profile visit to the White House is mainly seen in political circles as a rapport-building exercise to bridge the "trust deficit" between the two nations.

In separate reports released on Feb. 15, both Airbus and Boeing have agreed that there is tremendous potential for growth of the aviation industry in the Asia-Pacific region.

Nikon has apparently confirmed they will launch a third DSLR camera for the year, following the D4 and the D800.

As part of its ongoing OpChina campaign, Anonymous hackers have targeted Chinese government websites, posting the stolen data online.

Apple asks Amazon to stop selling iPads in China as trademark dispute with Proview Technology heats up.

Chinese custom authorities say it is difficult to implement a ban on the export of Apple iPads.

Shanghai aquarium stages wedding for Humboldt penguins because creatures are notoriously monogamous.

Cosmetics giant L'Oréal sees growth across luxury and Asian markets as profit report is released.

The U.S.-based Fair Labor Association (FLA) has begun probing working conditions at the factories of Apple's various OEMs in China, including Foxconn, upon Apple's request.

Chinese authorities have started to seize iPad stock from retailers, following a trademark dispute over the Apple tablet's name, which Proview Technology claims to own.

Continuing disagreements between policy administrators in the European Union (EU) and heads of the global aviation industry could threaten the operations of airlines both inside and outside the EU.

Vatican secret document outlining assassination plot against Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic church infighting dismissed as 'unbelievable'.

Many strange things are reported on Valentine's Day every year but this February 14, Chinese zoo officials are attempting to do something very unique and bizarre by announcing a cross species marriage between a ram and a deer.

Moscow and Beijing arms race to Sudan leading to human rights violations in Darfur, Amnesty International says.

Luxury fashion brands are seeing a spike in online searches and sales despite hard times.

Currently, Facebook has only the social networking platform in its portfolio. It lacks a physical commodity such as smartphones or tablets to compete with technology giants like Google and Apple.

A video showing the poor boy being forced to do the exercise in one of the snow-covered streets in New York has already generated outrage in China and among the online community across the world.

Website RepairLabs.com, who posted the 'leaked' back panel pictures, compared them with the iPad 2 and suggested several changes users can expect when the iPad 3 arrives sometime this year.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad is "a dead-end street".

A baby boy, weighing 15.52 pounds (7.04kg), born in central China on Saturday, is believed to be the biggest and heaviest in the country's history.

Google Inc.'s latest announcement to limit full support for CDMA mobile phones running the Android operating system has millions of customers across the world fretting over the future of their handsets.