ANA and Air China to Commence Code-sharing on Tokyo Haneda - Beijing

September 20th, 2009 BEIJING - - Passengers can view Mount Everest from their aircraft Air China has seen a huge increase in Chinese tourists visiting Nepal. There are now 70 times more Chinese tourists visiting the country than in 2002, the year that Nepal became a tourist destination for Chinese people.

September 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - With the much-anticipated October announcement of the winning host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics, ORC Worldwide surveyed prices of goods and services in each candidate city - Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo - and compared them to London, the host of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Rio appears to be the most attractive option from a cost perspective - it's 18 percent less costly than London, followed by Chicago (11 percent) and Madrid (3 percent).

August 26th, 2009 HOUSTON - Far East Energy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FEEC) announced that it has received final approval by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of two Modification Agreements that extend the exploration periods of both its Shouyang and Yunnan Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) by two years apiece to June 30, 2011. The Modification Agreements also revise other terms of the PSCs and the Company has included the Modification Agreements in the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2009.

August 10th, 2009 SAO PAULO - - Customers from both companies can enjoy an integrated network and outstanding service on their flights TAM (NYSE: TAM, BOVESPA: TAMM4) and Air China will begin operating codeshare flights that connect Sao Paulo and Beijing this month. The agreement will provide greater comfort and convenience to passengers of both companies.

May 31st, 2009 BEIJING - From June 1 to July 31, 2009, you will earn 30% extra bonus mileage on all Asiana scheduled flights between China and Korea. Just simply register, purchase and complete a qualifying flight.

May 5th, 2009 BEIJING - Following the launch of the online check-in service on its Chinese website for flights departing from London and Stockholm international airports, Air China today launched the same service on the Company's U.K. and Sweden-based websites.

May 4th, 2009 BEIJING - The prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts is now accepting enrollment for its first-ever International Foundation Course, a highly anticipated pre-bachelor's degree program developed in conjunction with China's Ministry of Education. CAFA is the leading institution for modern art education in China and is the only art academy of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education.

April 16th, 2009 SAO PAULO - The first two flights to Recife and Salvador begin this Friday, April 17. The remaining start on April 27 to Brasilia, Belo Horizonte (Confins), Curitiba, Vitoria and Aracaju This month TAM (NYSE: TAM and Bovespa: TAMM4) will commence operating 34 new flights from Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, to seven domestic destinations -- Aracaju, Belo Horizonte (Confins), Brasilia, Curitiba, Recife, Salvador and Vitoria.

March 17th, 2009 TOKYO - In conjunction with our Spring 2009 Parka Campaign, UNIQLO is offering an amazing 1000 styles of colorful parkas for customers to choose from. The new campaign called "TOKYO FASHION MAP" features 1000 styles of real Tokyo fashion wearing our parkas.

March 15th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Major Step for Sino-African Cooperation The China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) opened the first representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa today. The Fund will boost economic development in Africa by encouraging investment by Chinese enterprises.

February 17th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Wednesday signed a code-sharing agreement with Jet Airways and plans to seal a deal with it for a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in Hyderabad, India, by February end, its chief executive officer Idris Jala said here. The airline, which is also Malaysia's national carrier, was hopeful that India's Jet Airways would become its anchor tenant, Jala said after signing the code-sharing agreement with the Indian airline.

April 25th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's visit to China has been cancelled due to soaring tensions between his government and the Nepal Army over the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) clarification episode. The Prime Minister was scheduled to commence his visit from May 2, nepalnews reports.

August 31st, 2009 Typhoon slams into Japan's east coast injuring 3TOKYO — Japan's Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Krovanh has slammed into the country's east coast bringing heavy rain and strong winds. The agency says the typhoon dumped heavy rain in Tokyo and its environs Monday and is moving north.

May 31st, 2009 Geithner says US wants closer ties with ChinaBEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he wants to develop the same kind of close working relationship with China that the U.S.

August 19th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways has signed a code sharing agreement with the American Airlines that will benefit travellers from the region, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. The new agreement will come into effect this week.

May 5th, 2009 US says 4 citizens quarantined in China; 2 remainBEIJING — The American Embassy in Beijing says four U.S. citizens are now or have been quarantined in China due to swine flu fears.

June 11th, 2009 China rejects move to send detainees to PalauBEIJING — Beijing said Thursday that the 17 Chinese Muslims the United States is sending to Pacific island nation of Palau are terrorists and should be handed back to China instead. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the United States should "stop handing over terrorist suspects to any third country, so as to expatriate them to China at an early date." Palau President Johnson Toribiong said earlier in the week that Palau had agreed to a U.S.

April 27th, 2009 Southwest Airlines to add link to Mexico's VolarisDALLAS — Southwest Airlines said Monday it would offer a link on its Web site to let customers buy tickets on Mexican carrier Volaris, a step in the carriers' plans to cooperate on U.S.-Mexico service. Southwest said the availability of Volaris flights from a link on southwest.com was "an important first step" in the companies' relationship.

March 23rd, 2009 TOKYO - The pilot and co-pilot of a Federal Express cargo plane were killed Monday in a fiery landing at Narita airport near Tokyo, media reports said, citing official information. CNN showed footage of the crippled plane bouncing twice, as it veered off the runway aflame.

April 23rd, 2009 China protests Japanese leader's shrine offeringBEIJING — China protested an offering by Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso to a war shrine seen as a symbol of his country's militarist past, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. China expressed its "concern and dissatisfaction" to Japan through diplomatic channels, ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said.