The World Bank had earlier this year forecast 8.2 percent GDP growth for China in 2012 and 8.6 percent in 2013.

For the literature prize, Chinese author Mo Yan and Japan’s Haruki Murakami share the top two spots on one betting site.

Nicolo Cristaldi said the captain of one of the boats had reported the incident and said around 10 shots were fired at the boats.

The city said the postal service and local newspaper will be among many agencies to use the unofficial Middle Earth moniker.

Assange’s supporters say that is wrong, as Australian Federal Police cleared the organization of breaking any laws.

Hugo Chavez won 54% of the vote, the country’s electoral council announced, with turnout at about 81%.

Hyping up anticipation to the release of latest Bond flick, an original soundtrack for the film has been made available for viewing pleasure.

The 3 men fled more than two weeks after independent Georgian TV channels aired footage showing inmates abused at a Tbilisi prison.

The exercise comes a day after the Israeli military shot down a drone that crossed deep into Israel from the Mediterranean Sea.

The new deal puts N. Korean military facilities which were previously out of range within reach, as well as parts of China and Japan.

French President met with leaders of the country’s Jewish community, and pledged to fight extremism and anti-Semitism.

The Allianz Award for best screenplay went to Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s Northern Irish punk comedy “Good Vibrations.”

The arrest was announced on the Twitter page of Sheikh Adnan Al Arour, who is considered one of the Salafi leaders in Syria.

Vancouver 2010 claimed the previous record, with 12,000 torchbearers covering some 45,000 kilometers.

Prime Minister warned Syria Turkey would not shy away from war if provoked in the wake of artillery fire from Syrian forces.

Left-wing incumbent Hugo Chavez, first elected in 1998, is being challenged by opposition leader Henrique Capriles.

“Two and a Half Men” at 8:30 inched up from last week’s premiere for a 3.7/11 and drew 12.7 million total viewers.

Pakistan’s tribal regions, such as North and South Waziristan, border Afghanistan and serve as bases for militant groups.

“A plane, Antonov, carrying 21 military personnel, crashed east of the Sudanese capital Khartoum,” the security source said.

Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani stopped an debate on impeaching Sports and Youth Minister Mohammad Abbasi.

The last parliamentary elections were in February and opposition Islamist and tribal candidates performed strongly.

“As you can see, I’m going back home, one of the most pleasant feelings one can have after this experience,” Santos said.

Ex-president’s possible comeback has recently become one of the most talked about issues in political and social circles.

An action will be brought in against former MP, Football Federation head Ruben Hayrapetyan on October 8.

Obama says in a message on the online social network Twitter that more than 1.8 million people donated in September.

David Cameron and Theresa May both back a cut to 20 weeks. A majority of cabinet ministers now favor cutting the time limit.

Honda said owners have reported four fires, but have been no injuries or crashes associated with the issue.

Armenian National Security Service have already readied charges against Prosperous Armenia member Vartan Oskanian.

Edward Nalbandian: Georgia is home to thousands of Armenians that serve as a key linkage between the two nations.

A base of an armed group near a village of al-Qusayr was destroyed. 40 rebels including the leader of the group were killed.