Hopes high on income reform

India launches exploratory spacecraft to red planet

Report shows jump in Chinese students going to the US

Lang Lang takes on UN Messenger of Peace role

Israel slams nuclear agreement with Iran

Electric car buyers must try their luck in lottery

Obama informed of Merkel surveillance

Europe monitors phones, Internet

Ancient Chinese built Forbidden City with stones dragged on ice

Hospital denies reports linking cancer case to pollution

Charles ready for pension, still waiting for job

Xi calls for targeted policies to fight poverty

Market for English courses surges

Rupert Murdoch OKs 'amicable' divorce

Nation ‘a strong Games candidate’

Human Library gets people talking

Tragedy leads to calls for school safety

Yili looks to Italy for better milk

European satellite plunges to Earth

Family healthcare offered to eco-city residents

Tickets for 9 yuan offered on new Hebei air route

Laojiao facilities in limbo as detention system to end

Far horizons beckon as agencies eye Chinese

Xi thanks Clinton for furthering ties

Erupting volcano forces villagers to flee in Indonesia

17 accused of making and selling fake drugs

Kerry will visit Israel to discuss Iran nuclear issue

Giant duck to exit after drawing crowds

US Ambassador Locke to leave post next year

Hukou reform expected to be a gradual process