2011-12-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama spent some time Saturday answering calls from children across the country who were hoping to find out where Santa Claus was on Christmas Eve.Just as she did last year, t

2011-12-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

The White House says Vice President Joe Biden has spoken by phone with Iraqi leaders to urge them to hold a "dialogue" to resolve a political crisis in their fragile power-sharing government.Biden's

2011-12-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

Iran is denying a U.S. accusation that it is harboring an al-Qaida financier suspected of moving money and terrorist recruits through Iran to al-Qaida bases in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The U.S. gover

2011-12-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

After a tense impasse on Capitol Hill, lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation to extend a payroll tax cut for two months and continue unemployment insurance for nearly

2011-12-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

The international aid organization Oxfam says thousands of Somali families could be cut off from much needed aid if a U.S. bank goes through with plans to discontinue its money-wiring services at the

2011-12-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Renowned China economist Li Yining said Saturday that adjusting the structure of China's economy is a "matter of life and death" while the structure of GDP is more import

2011-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The two chambers of U.S. Congress on Friday passed a short-term payroll tax and jobless benefits bill, which is now on its way to President Barack Obama's desk to be s

2011-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday urged its members to step up efforts to complete its governance reform package inked last year.The Executive Board of the

2011-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks extended gains on Friday, with major indexes higher for the fourth straight day as most of the latest data signaled a pick-up in the economy.As of Friday's c

2011-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

A series of bomb blasts hit the Iraqi capital Thursday, leaving at least 63 dead and more than 180 wounded. The attacks came as Iraq is gripped in a political crisis between Shi'ite Prime Minister N

2011-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

Turkey has announced several sanctions against France, following the French parliament's passing of a bill that will make it a criminal offense to deny Ottoman Turkey committed genocide against Armen

2011-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

After studying English as a foreign language for more than 10 years in her native Spain, attending summer courses in neighboring England and visiting New York, Washington, D.C. and other U.S. cities o

2011-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- With downside risks in advanced economies increasing and policy environment uncertain, the world economy may see worse conditions in the coming year, warned chief econo

2011-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

MANILA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from tropical storm Washi (local name Sendong) breached the 1,000 mark on Wednesday even as search and retrieval workers intensified their operations in Nort

2011-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- In his latest pitch to solve the Washington political stalemate, U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday made phone calls to top congressional leaders to urge the extensi

2011-12-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

As Europe's fiscal concerns mount, relations between France and Britain are fraying as the two countries trade barbs over which economy is the worse off. The spat among historic rivals comes amid mor

2011-12-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is seeing a surge in support among voters, with poll numbers released Tuesday suggesting his approval rating is nearing the 50 percent mark.

2011-12-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is urging Iraqi leaders to settle their political differences with the country's Sunni Muslim vice president facing charges that he plotted to kill other government offi

2011-12-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development says the outlook for the world economy is very bleak. UNCTAD warns Europe is facing a full-fledged recession next year, and the best the United States and

2011-12-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

European finance ministers have failed to raise $261 billion to help contain the continent's governmental debt crisis.Finance chiefs from the 17 nations that use the euro agreed Monday to raise $195

2011-12-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone countries on Monday have agreed to channel 150 billion euros (about 195 billion U.S. dollars) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to boost a firewall agains

2011-12-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

The last convoy of U.S. soldiers has left Iraq, ending an almost nine-year long U.S.-led war that ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and left Iraqis with a fragile democracy still facing insurgents

2011-12-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

Europeans head into a grim holiday season, as governments cut spending and recession fears mount for 2012. Austerity is the byword in some of the countries hardest hit by Europe's debt crisis, but o

2011-12-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

Several African governments have declared their intention to assert greater control over private sector mining operations and transfer the revenue to weaker areas of their economies. Africa's new "de

2011-12-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday said he was pleased that the Senate approved the extension of payroll tax cut, but expected Congress to further extend the tax cut